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cerveza

nounBeginnerHigh frequency

What does “cerveza” mean in English?

  1. beer

Example sentences

  • Una cerveza, por favor.

    A beer, please.

  • Las cervezas españolas son buenas.

    Spanish beers are good.

  • Bebo cerveza fría.

    I drink cold beer.

How to use it

Cerveza means 'beer'. Feminine: la cerveza. Plural cervezas. Casual abbreviation: 'una caña' (a small draught beer in Spain).

Common mistake

In Spain, 'caña' is the most common bar order — a small draught beer. 'Cerveza' is the general term; 'caña' is the bar lingo.

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Reference

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