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avenida

nounBeginnerHigh frequency

What does “avenida” mean in English?

  1. avenue

Example sentences

  • Vivo en la avenida principal.

    I live on the main avenue.

  • La Avenida del Sol está cerrada.

    Sun Avenue is closed.

  • Hay tiendas en la avenida.

    There are shops on the avenue.

How to use it

Avenida means 'avenue' (a wider, often tree-lined street). Feminine: la avenida. Often abbreviated 'Av.' in addresses.

Common mistake

Avenida is wider/larger than calle. In addresses 'Av.' is the standard abbreviation: 'Av. del Sol, 25'.

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Reference

This entry’s teaching guidance follows A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish (Butt, Benjamin & Moreira Rodríguez, Routledge), 1.