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nariz

nounBeginnerHigh frequency

What does “nariz” mean in English?

  1. nose

Example sentences

  • Tengo la nariz fría.

    My nose is cold.

  • Me suena la nariz.

    My nose is running.

  • Tiene una nariz grande.

    He/she has a big nose.

How to use it

Nariz means 'nose'. Feminine despite ending in -z: la nariz, las narices. The plural narices is sometimes used colloquially ('estoy hasta las narices' = 'I'm fed up').

Common mistake

Nariz is feminine even though it ends in -z (a typically-masculine ending). La nariz, never *el nariz.

Topics

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Reference

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