venas
/benas/from spelling rules
The English word "veins" is translated into Spanish as venas.
How do you pronounce it?
/benas/
Did you know?
- While vena refers to biological blood vessels, the word for the lines on a leaf or the patterns in marble is usually nervaduras or vetas, not venas.
- In Spanish, the word vena is used to describe a sudden mood or inclination, such as vena artística for an 'artistic streak'.
- The word vena is a cognate of the English 'vein', both deriving from the Latin vena meaning 'channel' or 'water-course'.
Examples in context
- ¡Mejor me corto las venas!I better cut myself in the veins!This sentence uses the form venas.Tatoeba #3967735 by gianich73, translation #10016381 by espamatics
- La sangre circula a través de las venas.The blood circulates through the veins.Tatoeba #1262336 by hayastan, translation #8461042 by yamanq
- En sus venas corre agua, nada de sangre.In his veins runs water, not blood.Tatoeba #5018722 by don_ramon, translation #11607550 by abburns
- Los médicos estudian las venas para entender mejor la circulación sanguíneaDoctors study veins to better understand blood circulation
- Cuando hago ejercicio, puedo ver mis venas en los brazosWhen I exercise, I can see my veins in my arms
- 7 more sentences on Tatoeba
Example conversation
Sofía and Javier are looking at a medical diagram in a textbook.
- SofíaMira, estas son las venas en el brazo.Look, these are the veins in the arm.
- JavierSí, las venas transportan la sangre de vuelta al corazón.Yes, the veins carry the blood back to the heart.
- SofíaEs increíble cómo funcionan las venas.It is amazing how the veins work.
- JavierTienes razón, el cuerpo es muy complejo.You are right, the body is very complex.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
