The clear L at the end of a syllable in Spanish
You leave the hotel at seven, the sun is already strong, and you remember you left something hanging on the balcony.
The phrase
Dejé mi maleta en el hotel hasta la tarde.10 words10 sentences
The ten words
- hotel/oˈtel/
hotelnoun
A place you pay to sleep at when you travel.
- salir/saˈliɾ/
to leaveverb
To go out of a place, toward outside.
- balcón/balˈkon/
balconynoun
A railed space that juts out from a building's wall to the outside.
- sol/sol/
sunnoun
The star that gives us light and warmth during the day.
- azul/aˈsul/
blueadjective
The color of the sky when it's clear.
- calcetín/kalseˈtin/
socknoun
A cloth garment you put on your foot before your shoe.
- olvidar/olbiˈdaɾ/
to forgetverb
To leave something behind by accident and go without it.
- volver/bolˈbeɾ/
to returnverb
To go back to the place where you were before.
- papel/paˈpel/
papernoun
A thin sheet used for writing or wrapping things.
- mal/mal/
badlyadverb
In a way that isn't good.
The sentences
Dejé mi maleta en el hotel hasta la tarde.
I left my suitcase at the hotel until the afternoon.
Tenemos que salir temprano, antes de que pegue el sol.
We have to leave early, before the sun gets strong.
Dejé la toalla tendida en el balcón anoche.
I left the towel hanging on the balcony last night.
Ponte algo en la cabeza, el sol pega fuerte.
Put something on your head, the sun is strong.
¿Viste mi playera azul en el balcón?
Did you see my blue shirt on the balcony?
Solo encontré un calcetín debajo de la cama.
I only found one sock under the bed.
No se te vaya a olvidar el cargador.
Don't forget the charger.
Tenemos que volver al hotel por las llaves.
We have to go back to the hotel for the keys.
¿Me pasas un papel para apuntar la dirección?
Can you hand me a piece of paper to write down the address?
Dormí mal por el ruido de la calle.
I slept badly because of the street noise.
Pronunciation
hotel/oˈtel/
The h is silent and the stress falls on -tel.
salir/saˈliɾ/
The stress falls on -lir and the final r is soft, a single tap.
balcón/balˈkon/
The stress falls on -cón, the last syllable.
azul/aˈsul/
The z sounds like an s, and the stress falls on -zul.
calcetín/kalseˈtin/
The c in -ce- sounds like an s, and the stress falls on -tín.
olvidar/olbiˈdaɾ/
The v sounds just like a b, and the stress falls on -dar.
volver/bolˈbeɾ/
The v and the b sound the same; the stress falls on -ver.
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- How do you say 'balcony' in Spanish?
- Balcón, as in 'Dejé la toalla tendida en el balcón anoche.'
- What does 'olvidar' mean in Spanish?
- It means 'to forget' — to leave something behind by accident, as in 'No se te vaya a olvidar el cargador.'
- How do you say 'badly' in Spanish?
- Mal, as in 'Dormí mal por el ruido de la calle.'