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cama

nounBeginnerHigh frequency

What does “cama” mean in English?

  1. bed

Example sentences

  • Hago la cama por la mañana.

    I make the bed in the morning.

  • Me voy a la cama.

    I'm going to bed.

  • La cama está deshecha.

    The bed is unmade.

How to use it

Cama means 'bed'. Feminine: la cama. Verbs hacer la cama (make the bed), irse a la cama (go to bed).

Common mistake

Spanish uses 'irse A la cama' for 'going to bed' (the article stays). Don't drop the article like English does ('go to bed').

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Reference

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