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nevera

nounBeginnerHigh frequency

What does “nevera” mean in English?

  1. fridge

Example sentences

  • La leche está en la nevera.

    The milk is in the fridge. (Spain)

  • La nevera está vacía.

    The fridge is empty.

  • Pongo la fruta en la nevera.

    I put the fruit in the fridge.

How to use it

Nevera means 'fridge' (Spain). Feminine: la nevera. Latin America uses refrigerador (masc.) or heladera (Argentina, fem.).

Common mistake

Spain: nevera (fem.). Latin America: refrigerador (masc.) or heladera (Argentina). Same appliance, three names — match audience.

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Reference

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