la
/peˈlikula/
Translation
film, movie
Word origin
From Latin pellicula ('small skin, thin film'), a diminutive of pellis ('skin, hide'). The 'film' sense comes from the thin coated strip of cinema film.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- pellicula
- English cognates
- pellicle, pelt, film
Grammar
Examples
aburrida .
We watched a very boring film last night.
.
This film won several awards.
¿ ?
What film is on at the cinema?
terror .
This horror film kept me up all week.
.
We are going to watch a film at home tonight.
Used in
Grammar articles
(7)Spanish Intermediate Grammar (B1-B2): The Things That Stop You at the Plateau
The Spanish Neuter lo (lo bueno, lo que, lo de)
The Spanish Pluperfect (había hablado)
Spanish Present Perfect: he hablado, ha vivido, hemos visto
Reported Questions and Commands in Spanish (me preguntó si, me dijo que viniera)
Spanish Set Phrases with tener, dar, hacer, echar (tener ganas, echar de menos, hacer falta)
The Spanish Subjunctive in Relative Clauses (busco a alguien que sepa)
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