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tomate

nounBeginnerHigh frequency

What does “tomate” mean in English?

  1. tomato

Example sentences

  • Hago salsa de tomate.

    I make tomato sauce.

  • Compro dos kilos de tomates.

    I buy two kilos of tomatoes.

  • Tomates rojos y maduros.

    Red and ripe tomatoes.

How to use it

Tomate means 'tomato'. Masculine: el tomate. Plural tomates. Botanically a fruit but treated as a vegetable in Spanish cuisine.

Common mistake

Tomate is masculine: el tomate, los tomates. Don't use feminine 'la tomate'. Spanish keeps the masculine despite the -e ending.

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Reference

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