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guante

nounBeginnerHigh frequency

What does “guante” mean in English?

  1. glove

Example sentences

  • Llevo guantes de lana.

    I'm wearing wool gloves.

  • Pierdo siempre un guante.

    I always lose one glove.

  • Los guantes están en la mochila.

    The gloves are in the backpack.

How to use it

Guante means 'glove'. Masculine: el guante. Almost always plural (los guantes = a pair).

Common mistake

Default to plural los guantes (a pair). Singular un guante means just one glove (often when a pair has been split).

Topics

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Reference

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