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Car – el coche

PRONUNCIATION

Pronounced co-chay 

To remember that car is pronounced co-chay (cache) in European Spanish, use the following mnemonic:

Her car looked more like a coach with hay (coche) sticking out of it. 

Her car looked more like a coach with hay (coche) sticking out of it.

Coche is masculine, so it’s el coche. Imagine an elephant driving a car:

Coche is masculine, so it’s el coche. Imagine an elephant driving a car 

Examples of coche (car) in a sentence

 

Mi coche está aparcado fuera de la tienda.

(My car is parked outside the shop.)

 

¿Puedes llevarme en tu coche al aeropuerto?

(Can you give me a lift to the airport in your car?)

 

El coche rojo es más rápido que el azul.

(The red car is faster than the blue one.)

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