el
/ˈkotʃe/
Translation
car
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
.
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.
llevarlo .
We drove past his house to take him to work.
Where this fits
Used in
Stories
(10)¿El coche o el carro?
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La conductora de la ambulancia
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La nota de Rafa
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Le hice arreglar el coche
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Lleva toda la mañana
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Más vale tarde que nunca
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Por lo tanto, decidimos
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Por todas partes
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Se vende la camioneta
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La cena de los Pereira
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Grammar articles
(31)Spanish Adjective Agreement: Endings, Position, and the Shortened Pre-Nominal Set
Spanish Articles: Definite vs Indefinite, Gender, Number, and When English Doesn't Use One
Spanish Causative Verbs: hacer, dejar, mandar + Infinitive (me hizo esperar, le hice arreglar el coche)
Spanish Cleft Sentences and Emphasis: fue Pedro quien, lo que quiero es
Spanish Comparatives: más que, menos que, tan como and the Four Irregulars
Demonstrative Pronouns in Spanish: Este, Ese, Aquel and the Three-Way This and That
Spanish Demonstrative Adjectives: este, ese, aquel and the Three-Way Distance Split
The Spanish Diacritic Accent: tú vs tu, sí vs si, qué vs que
Spanish Diminutives and Augmentatives: -ito, -illo, -ón, -azo (casita, un poquito, un hombrón)
Spanish Exclamations: ¡Qué bonito!, ¡Cuánta gente!, ¡Vaya día! (and the accents)
Spanish Impersonal Verbs: hay, hace, se habla and the No-Subject Constructions
Spanish Irregular Verbs: The Groups Worth Learning and the Ones to Memorise
The Passive with ser in Spanish (fue escrito por, fueron construidas)
Spanish Perception Verbs + Infinitive or Gerund: la vi salir, lo oí cantando
The Personal A in Spanish: Why 'Veo a María' but 'Veo la casa'
Por vs Para in Spanish: The Rules, a Chart, and a Practice Quiz
Spanish Possessive Pronouns: el mío, el tuyo, el suyo and the Long Possessives
Spanish Possessive Adjectives: mi, tu, su and Why Agreement Trips Beginners
Spanish Compound Prepositions and Tricky Choices: delante de, a pesar de, soñar con
Spanish Prepositions: de, a, en, con, por, para and the Two Contractions
Preterite vs Imperfect: How to Choose Between the Two Spanish Past Tenses
Spanish Reflexive Verbs: levantarse, llamarse, lavarse and the Pronoun Position
Spanish Vocabulary: Spain vs Latin America (coche vs carro, móvil vs celular, zumo vs jugo)
Spanish Register: tu vs usted, vosotros vs ustedes (and how formal to be)
Advanced Spanish Relative Pronouns: el que, el cual, lo cual and cuyo
Spanish Relative Pronouns: que, quien, lo que, donde and cuando
Reported Speech in Spanish: tense backshift (dice que, dijo que)
Spanish Subject Pronouns: yo, tú, él and Why You Usually Leave Them Out
The Spanish Subjunctive in Adverbial Clauses: Rules and Practice
The Spanish Subjunctive in Relative (Adjective) Clauses, with Practice
Spanish Word Order: SVO, Pro-Drop and the Five Rules That Cover 90% of Sentences
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