Octopus – el pulpo
(Pronounced pool-poh)
To remember that octopus is pronounced pool-poh (pulpo) in Spanish, use the following mnemonic:
An octopus is in my pool posing (pulpo).
Pulpo is masculine, so it's el pulpo. Imagine an elephant wrestling with a giant octopus.
Examples of pulpo (octopus) in a sentence
El pulpo tiene ocho tentáculos.
(The octopus has eight tentacles.)
Comí pulpo a la gallega en un restaurante.
(I ate Galician-style octopus in a restaurant.)
El pulpo cambió de color para esconderse.
(The octopus changed colour to hide itself.)
