Word
La papelería del barrio vende bolígrafos y sobres.
Meaning
The neighborhood stationery shop sells pens and envelopes.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of La papelería del barrio vende bolígrafos y sobres.
y
and
del
of the / from the / about the (topic)
el bolígrafo
the pen
vender
to sell
Questions & Answers about La papelería del barrio vende bolígrafos y sobres.
Does papelería just mean 'stationery'?
What is the difference between barrio and vecindario?
Both translate to 'neighborhood', but in Spain, barrio is the most common word for a district or local area of a city. Vecindario usually refers more specifically to the group of residents (the neighbors) or the immediate vicinity of a single building.
Is there a shorter, more everyday word for bolígrafos?
Yes! In everyday spoken Spanish in Spain, people almost always shorten bolígrafo to boli (and the plural is bolis).
Wait, doesn't sobres mean 'about' or 'over'?
The word sobre is indeed a very common preposition meaning 'on', 'over', or 'about'. However, here it is used as a masculine noun meaning 'envelope'. Because it functions as a noun in this sentence, it takes an -s to form the plural sobres (envelopes).