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estómago

nounBeginnerHigh frequency

What does “estómago” mean in English?

  1. stomach

Example sentences

  • Me duele el estómago.

    My stomach hurts.

  • Tengo el estómago lleno.

    My stomach is full.

  • Tengo dolor de estómago.

    I have a stomachache.

How to use it

Estómago means 'stomach'. Masculine: el estómago. Carries an accent on the o (stress on the antepenultimate syllable: es-TÓ-ma-go).

Common mistake

The accent on estómago is required to mark the stress on the third-from-last syllable. Without it the stress shifts wrongly.

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Reference

This entry’s teaching guidance follows A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish (Butt, Benjamin & Moreira Rodríguez, Routledge), 8.