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té

nounBeginnerHigh frequency

What does “té” mean in English?

  1. tea

Example sentences

  • Bebo té por la noche.

    I drink tea at night.

  • Un té con limón, por favor.

    A tea with lemon, please.

  • Te llamo después.

    I'll call you later.

How to use it

Té means 'tea'. Masculine: el té. Carries an accent on the é to distinguish from te (object pronoun 'you').

Common mistake

Always write the accent on té (tea). Without it, te is the object pronoun 'you' — completely different.

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.