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primavera

nounBeginnerHigh frequency

What does “primavera” mean in English?

  1. spring

Example sentences

  • En primavera hace buen tiempo.

    In spring the weather is nice.

  • La primavera empieza en marzo.

    Spring starts in March.

  • Las flores de primavera son bonitas.

    Spring flowers are pretty.

How to use it

Primavera is 'spring' (the season). Feminine: la primavera. Use en for 'in spring' (en primavera). Spans roughly March–May in the northern hemisphere.

Common mistake

Primavera is feminine — la primavera, not 'el primavera'. Don't capitalise it either.

Topics

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Reference

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