Word
Guarda el tapón de la botella en el cajón para no perderlo.
Meaning
Keep the bottle cap in the drawer so you don’t lose it.
Part of speech
sentence
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Breakdown of Guarda el tapón de la botella en el cajón para no perderlo.
en
in
de
of
lo
it
la botella
the bottle
Questions & Answers about Guarda el tapón de la botella en el cajón para no perderlo.
Why is guarda used here instead of guardas or guardar?
Guarda is the tú imperative of guardar, so it means keep / put away / store as a command or instruction addressed to one person.
- guardar = the infinitive, to keep / to store
- guardas = you keep, a statement
- guarda = keep! / put it away!, a command
What exactly does guardar mean in this sentence?
Here guardar means something like:
- put away
- keep
- store
- put somewhere safe
It does not necessarily mean guard in the English sense of protecting something physically. In this sentence, the idea is put the bottle cap in the drawer so you do not lose it.
Why does Spanish say el tapón de la botella?