Perdí un lente de mis gafas.

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Breakdown of Perdí un lente de mis gafas.

• mi: my
• de: from

Questions & Answers about Perdí un lente de mis gafas.

What does lente mean in Perdí un lente de mis gafas?

Here lente refers to one single optical lens—the small glass or plastic element inside a pair of glasses. In other contexts lente can also mean a camera lens or a magnifying lens, but with gafas it’s always “lens.”

Why is it un lente and not una lente?

In Spanish most nouns ending in -e can be either gender, but when you talk about eyeglass or camera lenses, lente is treated as masculine: el lente → un lente. In everyday Latin American usage you’ll rarely see lente as feminine.

Why mis gafas instead of mi gafas?

The possessive adjective must agree in number with the noun it modifies. Since gafas is plural, you say mis. Use mi only with singular nouns (e.g. mi libro, mi casa).

Could I say de mis lentes instead of de mis gafas? What’s the difference?