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museo

nounBeginnerHigh frequency

What does “museo” mean in English?

  1. museum

Example sentences

  • El museo está abierto los lunes.

    The museum is open on Mondays.

  • Visitamos el museo del Prado.

    We visit the Prado Museum.

  • Hay muchos museos en Madrid.

    There are many museums in Madrid.

How to use it

Museo means 'museum'. Masculine: el museo. Plural museos. Often paired with de + topic: museo de arte, museo de historia.

Common mistake

For named museums use 'el [museo del/de la X]' or just the proper name. The Prado is 'el Museo del Prado'.

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.