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jeans

nounBeginnerHigh frequency

What does “jeans” mean in English?

  1. jeans

Example sentences

  • Llevo jeans hoy.

    I'm wearing jeans today.

  • Los jeans son cómodos.

    Jeans are comfortable.

  • Me compré unos jeans azules.

    I bought myself some blue jeans.

How to use it

Jeans is the English loanword for 'jeans', used in Latin America. Masculine plural: los jeans. Pronounced [jins] or [yins].

Common mistake

Latin America: jeans (loanword). Spain: vaqueros (native term). Both correct in their regions.

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.