el
/pan/
Translation
bread
Word origin
From Latin panis ('bread'). The same root lies behind English pantry, company and companion (literally 'one who shares bread').
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- panis
- English cognates
- pantry, company, companion
Grammar
Examples
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I buy fresh bread every morning.
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There is no good meal without bread.
.
Hot bread is much nicer.
aceite tomate.
He likes bread with oil and tomato.
barra .
I am going to the shop for a loaf of bread.
barra .
I am going to buy a loaf of bread for dinner.
Used in
Stories
(6)Grammar articles
(7)Spanish Correlative Comparison: cuanto más... más, cada vez más, el doble
Conjugating Spanish -er Verbs in the Present Tense
Spanish Diminutives and Augmentatives: -ito, -illo, -on, -azo (casita, un poquito, un hombron)
Spanish Fixed Similes: dormir como un tronco, más bueno que el pan, terco como una mula
Spanish Slang and Chat: decoding tio, guay, o sea, xq (the informal register)
Spanish Noun Suffixes: -ción, -dad, -miento, -eza (and the gender each gives)
Spanish Word Order: SVO, Pro-Drop and the Five Rules That Cover 90% of Sentences
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