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pera

nounBeginner

What does “pera” mean in English?

  1. the pear

    the pear (fem)

Example sentences

  • Como una pera.

    I eat a pear.

  • Las peras están maduras.

    The pears are ripe.

  • Compro tres peras y dos manzanas.

    I buy three pears and two apples.

How to use it

Pera means 'pear'. Feminine: la pera. Plural peras. Like manzana, common fruit vocabulary.

Common mistake

Don't confuse pera (pear) with pero (but) — same first three letters. Different meanings entirely.

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.