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How do you say "college" in Spanish?
el colegio
In Spanish, "college" is el colegio.
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Pronunciation
You want to land on "el colegio" - j (or soft g) is a breathy back-of-throat sound, like Scottish 'loch'; stress falls naturally on the second-to-last syllable; "el" marks gender, not stress.
Grammar notes
el colegio is masculine. Its plural is colegios.
Example sentence
Empieza la universidad en otoño.
He starts college in the autumn.
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How to remember el colegio
Break "colegio" into its syllables and tap each one out on your fingers while thinking of 'college'.
Related words
- classroom el aula
- chalk la tiza
- exam el examen
- grade la nota
- homework los deberes
- lecture la conferencia
- lesson la lección
- diploma el diploma
- certificate el certificado
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Questions about el colegio
How do you pronounce el colegio?
You want to land on "el colegio" - j (or soft g) is a breathy back-of-throat sound, like Scottish 'loch'; stress falls naturally on the second-to-last syllable; "el" marks gender, not stress.
Is el colegio masculine or feminine?
el colegio is masculine. el colegio is masculine. Its plural is colegios.
How is el colegio used in Spanish?
el colegio is used the same way as the equivalent English noun. For example: Empieza la universidad en otoño. (He starts college in the autumn.).
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