botella de vino
/boteʝa de bino/from spelling rules
The English phrase "bottle of wine" is translated into Spanish as botella de vino.
botella de vino is the most straightforward and widely used way to say bottle of wine in Spanish. You can also use una botella de vino to mean "a bottle of wine".
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is composed of botella (bottle), de (of) and vino (wine).
How does it change in a sentence?
To make the phrase plural, only the noun botella is pluralized to botellas, resulting in botellas de vino (bottles of wine).
Did you know?
- While vino means wine, the word vino is also the third-person singular past tense of the verb venir, meaning 'he or she came'.
- The word botella is a doublet of botija, which refers to a traditional earthenware jar used for liquids.
- The word botella originally comes from a Latin word meaning 'small cask' or 'small barrel'.
Examples in context
- Dame una botella de vino.Give me a bottle of wine.Tatoeba #1333095 by Shishir, translation #34313 by CK
- ¡Dame una botella de vino!Give me a bottle of wine!Tatoeba #2047407 by Shishir, translation #8561062 by Smorrs
- Se bebió una botella de vino.He drank a bottle of wine.Tatoeba #2097878 by lazarus1907, translation #293398 by CK
- ¿Podrías traer una botellita de vino tinto para la fiesta de esta noche?Could you bring a small bottle of red wine for tonight's party?
- 23 more sentences on Tatoeba
Example conversation
Elena and Daniel are shopping for dinner at a supermarket.
- ElenaNecesitamos comprar una botella de vino.We need to buy a bottle of wine.
- DanielTienes razón, busquemos una blanca.You are right, let's look for a white one.
- ElenaMira, esta botella de vino es barata.Look, this bottle of wine is cheap.
- DanielPerfecto, ponla en el carrito, Elena.Perfect, put it in the cart, Elena.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries botella, de, vino, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
