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hospital

nounBeginnerHigh frequency

What does “hospital” mean in English?

  1. hospital

Example sentences

  • El hospital está cerca.

    The hospital is nearby.

  • Trabajo en el hospital.

    I work at the hospital.

  • Hay tres hospitales en la ciudad.

    There are three hospitals in the city.

How to use it

Hospital means 'hospital'. Masculine: el hospital, los hospitales (plural takes -es). Common word internationally — same root as English.

Common mistake

Pronounce with stress on the final syllable: hos-pi-TAL. Don't anglicise to 'HOS-pi-tal'.

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Reference

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