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nube

nounBeginnerHigh frequency

What does “nube” mean in English?

  1. cloud

Example sentences

  • Hay muchas nubes en el cielo.

    There are many clouds in the sky.

  • La nube es gris.

    The cloud is grey.

  • El sol está detrás de las nubes.

    The sun is behind the clouds.

How to use it

Nube means 'cloud'. Feminine: la nube. Plural nubes. Often paired with cielo ('sky'): el cielo está lleno de nubes.

Common mistake

Nube is feminine despite ending in -e: la nube, not *el nube. Plural is regular: las nubes.

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Reference

This entry’s teaching guidance follows A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish (Butt, Benjamin & Moreira Rodríguez, Routledge), 32.