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sofá

nounBeginnerHigh frequency

What does “sofá” mean in English?

  1. sofa

Example sentences

  • Me siento en el sofá.

    I sit on the sofa.

  • Hay dos sofás en el salón.

    There are two sofas in the living room.

  • El sofá es muy cómodo.

    The sofa is very comfortable.

How to use it

Sofá means 'sofa' / 'couch'. Masculine: el sofá. Carries an accent on the á. Plural sofás (final syllable stays stressed).

Common mistake

Sofá is masculine despite ending in -a: el sofá, NOT 'la sofá'. Loanword retains its gender from the original sense.

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Reference

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