biblioteca
nounBeginnerHigh frequency
What does “biblioteca” mean in English?
library
Example sentences
Estudio en la biblioteca.
I study at the library.
La biblioteca abre a las diez.
The library opens at ten.
Saco libros prestados de la biblioteca.
I borrow books from the library.
How to use it
Biblioteca means 'library'. Feminine: la biblioteca. False-cognate alert: librería is BOOKSHOP, not library — opposite of English.
Common mistake
Biblioteca = library (lending books). Librería = bookshop (selling books). The English-Spanish 'library / librería' false-cognate is famous.
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Reference
This entry’s teaching guidance follows A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish (Butt, Benjamin & Moreira Rodríguez, Routledge), 1.