The h you don't hear in Spanish
It's Sunday morning, you're hungry and all that's left in the kitchen is eggs, a little flour and an oven you almost never use.
The phrase
Tengo hambre y en la cocina casi no queda nada.10 words10 sentences
The ten words
- hambre/ˈambɾe/
hungernoun
The feeling that tells you your body needs to eat.
- huevo/ˈwebo/
eggnoun
An oval object with a shell that hens lay and that is eaten cooked.
- harina/aˈɾina/
flournoun
A powder made from wheat used to make bread, tortillas or dough.
- horno/ˈoɾno/
ovennoun
A closed appliance that heats up inside to bake bread, cakes or meat.
- hígado/ˈiɡado/
livernoun
A large organ in the body that cleans the blood; some animals' liver is eaten.
- hacer/aˈseɾ/
to makeverb
To prepare or produce something, like a meal, a cake or a piece of furniture.
- hablar/aˈblaɾ/
to talkverb
To say words out loud to communicate with someone.
- harto/ˈaɾto/
full, fed upadjective
So full of food that you can't fit in another bite.
- horrible/oˈrible/
horribleadjective
Very bad or unpleasant, the kind you can't stand.
- hoy/oj/
todayadverb
The day you're living right now.
The sentences
Tengo hambre y en la cocina casi no queda nada.
I'm hungry and there's almost nothing left in the kitchen.
¿Te preparo un huevo revuelto mientras se calienta el café?
Should I make you a scrambled egg while the coffee heats up?
Solo queda un poco de harina para hacer la masa.
There's only a little flour left to make the dough.
Prende el horno desde ahora, que tarda mucho en calentarse.
Turn the oven on now, it takes a long time to heat up.
Mi abuela cocinaba hígado con cebolla los fines de semana.
My grandma used to cook liver with onions on weekends.
¿Qué podemos hacer con un poco de harina y dos huevos?
What can we make with a little flour and two eggs?
No quiero hablar de eso ahora, mejor vamos a desayunar.
I don't want to talk about that now, let's have breakfast instead.
Comí tanto que ya estoy harto y me quiero acostar.
I ate so much I'm stuffed and I want to lie down.
El pastel me quedó horrible, pero de todos modos sabe bien.
The cake turned out horrible, but it still tastes good.
Hoy no quiero salir, mejor cocinamos aquí en la casa.
I don't want to go out today, let's cook here at home instead.
Pronunciation
huevo/ˈwebo/
The h is silent and hue- is said like 'we', all in one syllable. The v sounds just like a b.
harina/aˈɾina/
The h is silent: a-ri-na, with the stress on -ri- and a soft r.
hígado/ˈiɡado/
The stress falls on the first syllable: HÍ-ga-do, and the h is silent.
hacer/aˈseɾ/
It sounds like a-SER: the h is silent, the c before e sounds like an s, and the stress falls on the last syllable.
hablar/aˈblaɾ/
It sounds like a-BLAR, with no h sound at the start and the stress on the last syllable.
horrible/oˈrible/
The rr is a strong trilled sound, and the stress falls on the second syllable: o-RRI-ble.
hoy/oj/
It's a single syllable: it sounds like 'oy', with nothing before the o.
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- How do you say 'I'm hungry' in Spanish?
- Tengo hambre. As in: 'Tengo hambre y en la cocina casi no queda nada.'
- What's the Spanish word for egg?
- Huevo. The h is silent and hue- is said like 'we', all in one syllable, as in: '¿Te preparo un huevo revuelto mientras se calienta el café?'
- How do you say 'today' in Spanish?
- Hoy, a single syllable that sounds like 'oy', as in: 'Hoy no quiero salir, mejor cocinamos aquí en la casa.'