Learn Spanish (Spain): En el zoo hay peces de muchos colores. - At the zoo there are fish of many colors.

En el zoo hay peces de muchos colores.

At the zoo there are fish of many colors.

Breakdown of En el zoo hay peces de muchos colores.

mucho

a lot

in / on / by (means of transport) / about (after pensar)

el color

the color

Questions & Answers about En el zoo hay peces de muchos colores.

Why is the word for fish peces here and not pescados?

In Spanish, there are two words for fish. You use pez, and its plural peces, for live fish in the water like at the zoo. You use pescado when the fish has been caught and is meant for food.

The singular word for fish is pez. Why does the letter z change to a c in peces?

In Spanish spelling, words that end in z change that letter to a c when you make them plural by adding -es. This is because the spelling combinations ze and zi are almost never used in Spanish. Therefore, pez becomes peces.

Does hay mean "there is" or "there are"?

It means both! The word hay is used to express both "there is" and "there are", regardless of whether you are talking about one item or many. Since peces is plural, in this sentence it translates to "there are".

Can en mean "at" as well as "in"?

Yes! While English has different words for "in", "on", and "at", Spanish often just uses en for all of them. Here, en el zoo translates best to "at the zoo" in English.