Translation
car
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Word origin
From Hungarian kocsi (szeker) ('cart of Kocs', a Hungarian town), the place where the coach was first built. It spread across Europe, giving English 'coach' as well.
- Origin
- Hungarian
- Root
- kocsi
- English cognates
- coach
Grammar
Examples
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I go to work by car because I live far away.
, .
The car will not work, I think it is the battery again.
Aparqué .
I parked the car right in front of the hotel.
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I have bought a second-hand electric car.
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We drove past his house to take him to work.
Where this fits
Used in
Stories
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Cajas para el plástico
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Cuando llegué, ya había pasado
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El tren perdido
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¿El coche o el carro?
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La cena de los Pereira
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Lo hizo esperar
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Más vale tarde que nunca
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Pedro conoce a alguien
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Perdido en la ciudad
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Por lo tanto, decidimos
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Grammar articles
(34)Spanish Adjective Agreement: Endings, Position and BAGS
Spanish Articles: el, la, un, una and When to Use Them
Spanish Causative Verbs: hacer, dejar, mandar + Infinitive
Spanish Cleft Sentences: fue Pedro quien, lo que quiero es
Spanish Text Cohesion and Style: Avoiding Repetition
Spanish Comparatives: más que, tan como and the Irregulars
Therefore, So, Because in Spanish: por lo tanto, así que
Spanish Diacritic Accents: tú vs tu, sí vs si, qué vs que
Spanish Diminutives and Augmentatives: -ito, -ón, -azo
Spanish Exclamations: ¡Qué bonito!, ¡Cuánta gente!, ¡Vaya!
Spanish Similes: dormir como un tronco, terco como una mula
Spanish Idioms of Time and Frequency: de vez en cuando
Spanish Impersonal Verbs: llueve, hay, hace frío
Spanish Irregular Verbs: The Five Groups, with Charts
Spanish Noun Gender: The -o/-a Rule and Its Exceptions
Spanish Passive Voice with ser: fue escrito por
Spanish Possessive Pronouns: el mío, el tuyo, el suyo
Spanish Possessive Adjectives: mi, tu, su Chart
Spanish Compound Prepositions: delante de, a pesar de
Basic Spanish Prepositions: de, a, en, con, por, para
Spanish Verbs That Change Meaning in the Preterite
Spanish Reflexive Verbs: List of 30, Pronouns and Meanings
Spain vs Latin American Spanish Vocabulary: coche vs carro
Tú vs Usted in Spanish: Register, vosotros and ustedes
Advanced Spanish Relative Pronouns: el cual, lo cual, cuyo
Spanish Relative Pronouns: que, quien, lo que, donde
Spanish Reported Speech: Tense Backshift (dijo que)
Spanish Set Phrases: tener ganas, echar de menos and More
Spanish Si Clauses: If Sentences, si tuviera, si hubiera
Spanish Subject Pronouns Chart (and Why Natives Drop Them)
Spanish Subjunctive in Adverbial Clauses: cuando, para que
Spanish Subjunctive in Relative (Adjective) Clauses
Spanish Superlatives: el mejor, el más and -ísimo
Spanish Word Order: SVO, Pro-Drop and the Five Rules
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This word is taught in chapter 6, lesson 3: coche, vivo, equipo and 7 more words.