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vino

nounBeginnerHigh frequency

What does “vino” mean in English?

  1. wine

Example sentences

  • Bebemos vino con la cena.

    We drink wine with dinner.

  • El vino tinto es de Rioja.

    The red wine is from Rioja.

  • Una copa de vino blanco.

    A glass of white wine.

How to use it

Vino means 'wine'. Masculine: el vino. Plural vinos for varieties. Common collocations: vino tinto (red), vino blanco (white).

Common mistake

Spanish red wine is 'tinto' (not 'rojo'): 'vino tinto'. White wine is 'vino blanco'. Don't translate 'red' as 'rojo' for wine.

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Reference

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