Skip to main content

plátano

nounBeginnerHigh frequency

What does “plátano” mean in English?

  1. banana

Example sentences

  • Como un plátano cada mañana.

    I eat a banana every morning.

  • Los plátanos son amarillos.

    Bananas are yellow.

  • Hay plátanos canarios.

    There are Canarian bananas.

How to use it

Plátano means 'banana' (Spain). Masculine: el plátano. Carries an accent on the á. Latin America: banana, banano, or guineo.

Common mistake

Spain: plátano. LA: banana (most countries) or guineo (Caribbean). Same fruit, regional vocabulary.

Topics

Related Beginner words

Reference

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