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país

nounBeginnerHigh frequency

What does “país” mean in English?

  1. country

Example sentences

  • España es un país europeo.

    Spain is a European country.

  • Vivo en otro país.

    I live in another country.

  • Hay muchos países en Europa.

    There are many countries in Europe.

How to use it

País means 'country'. Masculine: el país. Carries an accent on the í. Plural países drops the accent.

Common mistake

Drop the accent in plural: país → países. The stress shifts naturally to the penultimate syllable as the word grows a syllable.

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.