etiquetas
/etiketas/from spelling rules
The English phrase "tags" is translated into Spanish as etiquetas.
The term etiquetas is used in Spanish to refer to digital metadata, physical labels on clothing or linguistic tags in a sentence.
How does it change in a sentence?
The singular form of the word is etiqueta.
How do you pronounce it?
/etiketas/
Did you know?
- Unlike English, where 'tag' can be a children's game of chase, Spanish uses la mancha or pillando for the game, never etiqueta.
- In Spanish, the word etiqueta does not just mean a label, but also refers to a strict code of social conduct or 'etiquette'.
- While etiquetas is used for digital tags, Spanish speakers often use the English word 'tag' as a verb, taggear, when referring to social media.
Examples in context
- ¿Cómo puedo añadir etiquetas a una oración?How can I add tags to a sentence?This example shows how to ask about adding etiquetas to a sentence.Tatoeba #1159897 by Shishir, translation #769539 by arihato
- Añade las etiquetas apropiadas para mejorar la estructura del documento HTML.Add the appropriate tags to improve the structure of the HTML document.
- He borrado todas las etiquetas de la foto.I have deleted all the tags from the photo.
- Necesito poner etiquetas a estos productos.I need to put tags on these products.
Example conversation
Maria and Alejandro are organizing a digital file system.
- María¿Dónde ponemos las etiquetas?Where do we put the tags?
- AlejandroPonlas en la carpeta de archivos.Put them in the files folder.
- María¿Crees que necesitamos más etiquetas?Do you think we need more tags?
- AlejandroNo, con estas es suficiente.No, these are enough.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
