Colores Oscuros (Spanish Edition)

For example, if you wanted to say "there are two black cats," you would say "hay dos gatos negros. Recognize colors that are invariable.

Color words that naturally end in "a" do not change gender and don't have plural forms either. In other words, if you were describing a masculine noun in Spanish as being violet, you would not change "violeta" to "violeto. Keep color words the same when they are part of a phrase. If you are describing something as "the color of" the form of the color does not change at all to agree with either gender or plurality.

Simply use this phrase in front of the color and you won't have to worry about it for the time being. Don't modify color words in adjective phrases. If a color word is modified with another word, such as verde lima lime green , it does not have to be changed to match the gender or number of the noun the phrase describes. Place color words correctly in your sentence. In English, the color word typically comes before the word it describes in the sentence. However, in Spanish, you want to put the color word immediately after the word it describes.

To say something about an orange-colored orange in Spanish, you would say "una naranja anaranjada.

To say "tan" when referring to a color in Spanish, say, "color bronceado. Not Helpful 1 Helpful 4. You would say, "El mismo color que las escaleras" to mean "the same color as the stairs. Not Helpful 2 Helpful 4. Not Helpful 0 Helpful 6.

To say "pink" in Spanish, use the word "rosado. Not Helpful 0 Helpful 4. Not Helpful 3 Helpful There are several ways. See Say Beautiful in Spanish. Not Helpful 0 Helpful 3. It is spelled "rojo," but the j in the Spanish language is pronounced like the English letter h. Say "row-hoe" and then, if you could, add a slight Spanish accent. Not Helpful 4 Helpful Not Helpful 1 Helpful 3. Not Helpful 2 Helpful 0. Include your email address to get a message when this question is answered. Already answered Not a question Bad question Other.

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Your tongue is in the same position when making the "tt" sound as it is when you make a rolled "r" sound correctly. You also can start with an "l" sound, which puts your tongue in the right position.

Try to gradually morph it into a rolled "r. Use naranja or anaranjado to say "orange" in Spanish. While Spanish speakers may talk about the color orange using the word naranja , the word anaranjado would never be used to refer to the fruit — although perhaps you could speak of having an "una naranja anaranjada," or an orange-colored orange. Pronounce amarillo ah-mah-REE-yo to describe something yellow. You may be familiar with the city of Amarillo in Texas, but the city's name is given the English pronunciation. You may have to practice this one more to train your brain to produce the correct pronunciation.

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Use "verde" to talk about something that is green. The Spanish word for the color green is pronounced BIR-day. Remember that in Spanish, the letter "v" always makes a "b" sound, similar to the English words "bike" or "belt," although you don't close your lips completely as you would for an English "b. Say azul , pronounced AH-sool, to describe something blue.

You may be familiar with the English word "azure," which is typically used to describe a particular shade of blue in the sky. The Spanish word "azul" is related. Use the words morado or violeta to describe something purple.

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Purple in Spanish typically is translated as "morado," which is pronounced moh-RAH-doh. The "r" is not rolled in this word. Violeta is pronounced vee-oh-LAY-tah. These words may be used specifically to refer to different shades, depending on personal preference, or they may be used interchangeably by some Spanish speakers.

The Spanish language has 2 words that are typically used to say that something is brown, although they typically refer to different shades of brown. Remember to roll the "r" on this word. You also can use words for types of wood to describe something as brown. Describe something as having a black color by saying it is negro.

The Spanish word for "black" is pronounced "NAY-grow. Use the word "blanco" to talk about something that is white. While white isn't necessarily a color, it still is considered a color description since it describes the absence of color. Follow the color word with the word oscuro. If you want to say in Spanish that something is a darker, richer shade of a basic color, you can do this by saying oscuro immediately afterward. Keep in mind that this word should be after the color, not before, as it would be in English.

Some darker shades have their own words. For example, navy blue in Spanish is azul marino.