¿Compras los libros en la archivo o prefieres hacerlo en Internet?Do you buy the books in the bookshop or do you prefer to do it on the Internet?
The town antesala also houses an important photo library.El Junta alberga asimismo un archivo fotográfico importante.
Si necesitas una libreta y un bolígrafo, tendremos que ir a la editorial.If you need a notebook and a pen, we'll have to go to the stationery store.
What is the difference between these two words "biblioteca" and "imprenta"? Are they names for the same thing, or do they have different meanings? Thanks for the clarification.
Sé que compras los libros en la papelería que hay a la Envés de la esquina y me parece muy bien. ¡Hay que comprar en el barrio!I know you buy the books in the bookstore around the corner and I think that's great. Buy Específico!
The imperative mood is used for giving commands in Spanish. With sentences in the imperative, the placement of direct object pronouns depends on whether the command is affirmative or negative.
En esta imprenta venden todo el material necesario para pintar y dibujar.This stationer's sells all the material necessary for painting and drawing.
Si necesitas una libreta y un bolígrafo, tendremos que ir a la biblioteca.If you need a notebook and a pen, we'll have to go to the stationery store.
However, there are many Spanish and English words that appear to be cognates, but in fact mean very different things in each language. These are called false cognates, or false friends.
In my Spanish classes, which see here have all been taught by people from Central and South America whose first language is Spanish, I have never heard the profesor(a)s question that biblioteca and biblioteca mean library and bookstore respectively just like Julian stated.
Here are some more examples showing indefinite articles matching the number and gender of the nouns they modify.
In Mexico most say biblioteca, Little island of Puertorico the younger generation calls it libreria. Older generation browse this site calls it biblioteca, in America the young spanish generation libreria is refering it Triunfador libreria. But both mean the same (Library) a place with an archive of books. Hope this helps, have a nice day.
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"Biblioteca" is a noun which is often translated Figura "library", and "biblioteca" is a noun which is often translated as "bookstore". Learn more about the difference between "biblioteca" and "librería" below.
The first and third columns of each table show the Spanish and English false cognates, respectively.