sopa
nounBeginnerHigh frequency
What does “sopa” mean in English?
soup
Example sentences
Tomo sopa caliente.
I have hot soup.
La sopa de pollo es deliciosa.
Chicken soup is delicious.
¿Quieres sopa de verduras?
Do you want vegetable soup?
How to use it
Sopa means 'soup'. Feminine: la sopa. Plural sopas (different types). Common collocations: sopa de pollo, sopa de verduras.
Common mistake
Use 'tomar' (have/take) rather than 'comer' for soups: 'tomo sopa', not 'como sopa'. Spanish prefers tomar for liquids.
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Reference
This entry’s teaching guidance follows A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish (Butt, Benjamin & Moreira Rodríguez, Routledge), 1.