sustantivos comunes
/sustantibos komunes/from spelling rules
The English phrase "common nouns" is translated into Spanish as sustantivos comunes.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is composed of sustantivos (nouns) and comunes (common).
How does it change in a sentence?
The singular form of the phrase is sustantivo común. Both the noun and the adjective must be plural to form the plural phrase sustantivos comunes.
Did you know?
- A sustantivo común in Spanish can change its meaning entirely based on its gender. For example, el capital refers to money and la capital refers to a city.
- The word sustantivo comes from the Latin 'substantia', meaning 'substance'. It describes the noun as the word that names the essence or substance of a thing.
- In Spanish, every sustantivo común has a grammatical gender, either masculine or feminine, regardless of whether the object is animate or inanimate.
Examples in context
- Las palabras "libro" y "mesa" son sustantivos comunes.The words "book" and "table" are common nouns.Tatoeba #2928761 by hayastan, translation #13033382 by araneo
- papas fritasFrench fries
- CasaHouse
- CocheCar
- GatoCat
- PerroDog
- CafeteríaCafé
- LibroBook
- EscuelaSchool
- PlayaBeach
- TrabajoWork/job
- Amigo(a)Friend
- Los sustantivos comunes no llevan mayúscula.Common nouns do not take capital letters.
- Necesito aprender más sustantivos comunes en español.I need to learn more common nouns in Spanish.
Example conversation
A teacher and a student are discussing a Spanish grammar exercise.
- Javier¿Qué es un sustantivo común, Elena?What is a common noun, Elena?
- ElenaEs una palabra para algo general, Javier.It is a word for something general, Javier.
- JavierEntiendo, ¿como los sustantivos comunes en esta lista?I see, like the common nouns in this list?
- ElenaExactamente, lo has entendido muy bien.Exactly, you have understood it very well.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
