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ciudad

nounBeginnerHigh frequency

What does “ciudad” mean in English?

  1. city

Example sentences

  • Vivo en una ciudad grande.

    I live in a big city.

  • La ciudad de Madrid es la capital.

    The city of Madrid is the capital.

  • Hay muchas ciudades en España.

    There are many cities in Spain.

How to use it

Ciudad means 'city'. Feminine: la ciudad. Plural ciudades. The phrase en la ciudad / al centro de la ciudad means 'in the city / city centre'.

Common mistake

Pronounce ciudad with stress on the final syllable: ciu-DAD. Spanish ci- is [θj] in Spain or [sj] in Latin America.

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Reference

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