muebles antiguos
/mwebles antiɡwos/from spelling rules
The English phrase "antique furniture" is translated into Spanish as muebles antiguos.
This phrase refers to furniture that is old and often valuable because of its age and style.
Which one should you use?
While muebles antiguos implies value and historical style, you should use muebles viejos if you simply mean "old furniture" that is old or worn out without necessarily being valuable. To highlight the historical aspect of antique furniture, you can use the phrase muebles antiguos de época.
Is it said differently in some regions?
In Spain, antique furniture can be referred to as muebles de época.
How does it change in a sentence?
While the standard way to say 'antique furniture' is muebles antiguos, placing the adjective before the noun as antiguos muebles is grammatically possible and can add a more poetic or literary tone.
Did you know?
- In Spanish, the word mueble comes from the Latin mobilis, meaning 'movable'. This distinguishes these items from 'fixed' parts of a house, and it is the same root that gave English the word 'mobile'.
- While English uses the uncountable 'furniture', Spanish uses muebles as a countable noun. This allows a speaker to refer to a single piece of furniture as un mueble.
- The word mobiliario is used instead of muebles in museum catalogs and official inventories. It treats a collection of antique furniture as one single professional entity rather than a group of objects.
Examples in context
- La tienda de antigüedades está llena de hermosos muebles antiguos.The antique shop is full of beautiful antique furniture.
- La exposición de arte cuenta con mobiliario antiguo de diversas épocas.The art exhibition showcases antique furniture from different eras.
- En el mercado de pulgas, puedes encontrar muebles antiguos de época a precios muy convenientes.At the flea market, you can find antique furniture from different periods at very affordable prices.
- Me gustan mucho los muebles antiguos.I really like antique furniture.
- Ella colecciona muebles antiguos de madera.She collects antique wooden furniture.
- Esos muebles antiguos son muy valiosos.That antique furniture is very valuable.
Example conversation
Daniel and Sofía are looking at a shop window.
- Daniel¿Te interesan los muebles antiguos?Are you interested in antique furniture?
- SofíaSí, busco una mesa para mi casa.Yes, I am looking for a table for my house.
- DanielEsta tienda tiene muebles antiguos muy bonitos.This shop has very beautiful antique furniture.
- SofíaTienes razón, entremos a mirar.You are right, let's go in and look.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
