la
/ˈθena/
Translation
dinner, supper
Word origin
From Latin cena ('dinner, the main meal of the day'). The same root gives English 'cenacle', the room of a shared supper.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- cena
- English cognates
- cenacle
Grammar
Examples
.
Dinner was ready when she got home after work.
celebrar .
I will prepare a special dinner to celebrate your birthday.
deliciosa.
We arranged to have dinner and the dinner was truly delicious.
.
After dinner we went out for a walk.
.
The Christmas dinner is very special for my family.
ligera.
Tonight the dinner is going to be very light.
Used in
Stories
(8)Cinco mil palabras después
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Cuando llegué, ya había pasado
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El vecino nuevo
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Espero que vengáis
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Pasen y siéntense
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Preparando la visita
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Tú y tu hermano
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La cena de los Pereira
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Grammar articles
(4)Spanish Advanced Grammar (C1-C2): The Constructions That Sound Native
Spanish Compound Tenses: the Future Perfect and Past Anterior (habré hablado, hube hablado)
Spanish Past Participles as Adjectives and Absolute Clauses (una puerta cerrada, terminada la reunión)
Spanish Preterite: hablé, comí, viví and the Big Irregular Group
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