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How do you say "tennis" in Mexican Spanish?
el tenis
In Mexican Spanish, "tennis" is el tenis.
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Pronunciation
TEN-iss. The stress is on the first syllable, and the ending sounds like English tennis.
Grammar notes
El tenis is masculine. In Spanish, this English loan word adopted masculine gender and kept its singular form for both singular and plural uses in many contexts.
Example sentence
Ella juega al tenis todos los martes.
She plays tennis every Tuesday.
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How to remember el tenis
Tenis is tennis with a lisp at the end. Easy to remember because the word is almost English.
Related words
- baseball el béisbol
- bat el bate
- cleats los taquetes
- field hockey el hockey sobre hierba
- frisbee el frisbee
- horse riding la equitación
- ice hockey el hockey sobre hielo
- jump rope la cuerda de saltar
- wrestling la lucha libre
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Questions about el tenis
How do you say "tennis" in Mexican Spanish?
In Mexican Spanish, "tennis" is el tenis. It is a noun.
Is el tenis masculine or feminine?
El tenis is masculine. In Spanish, this English loan word adopted masculine gender and kept its singular form for both singular and plural uses in many contexts.
How is el tenis used in a sentence?
Use el tenis as you would use the equivalent noun in English. For example: Ella juega al tenis todos los martes. (She plays tennis every Tuesday.).
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