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A2 Spanish Vocabulary Lesson

3 Words for Colours

Los colores

2:14 min video · 9 sentences · 3 key words

Transcript with English

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  1. Mi coche nuevo es rojo.My new car is red.
  2. ¿Te gusta la camisa roja?Do you like the red shirt?
  3. No quiero el vaso rojo.I don't want the red glass.
  4. Ayer compré una manzana verde.Yesterday I bought a green apple.
  5. Los pimientos verdes están muy buenos.The green peppers are very good.
  6. ¿Tienes una bolsa verde?Do you have a green bag?
  7. El mar está muy azul hoy.The sea is very blue today.
  8. Me gusta tu bufanda azul.I like your blue scarf.
  9. Mis ojos no son azules.My eyes are not blue.

About this lesson

Learn three colour words in Spanish: rojo, verde and azul, with short sentences to repeat and a common mistake to avoid.

How to practise

  1. Learn each word on its card: the word and what it means.
  2. Repeat every example out loud in the Te toca · Your turn pause, then check the Don't say card: how not to use the word.
  3. At the end, take the quick quiz on the theme's words.

los colores Colours

WordMeaningDon't say
rojored adjective, changes: rojo, rojaTengo una camisa rojo. ✗ · Tengo una camisa roja. ✓ The colour agrees with the noun: camisa is feminine, so roja.
verdegreen adjective, same for el/la; plural verdesLos pimientos son verde. ✗ · Los pimientos son verdes. ✓ Verde has no gender change, but it still takes -s in the plural.
azulblue adjective; plural azulesTengo los ojos azul. ✗ · Tengo los ojos azules. ✓ Azul needs a plural form, azules, when the noun is plural.

Key words

SpanishEnglishLevel
rojored
verdegreen
azulblue

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