Spectacles – las gafas
(Pronounced gah-fahs)
To remember that spectacles is pronounced gah-fahs (gafas) in Spanish, use the following mnemonic:
She broke her spectacles, but managed to fix them with gaffer (gafas) tape.
Gafas is feminine and plural, so it's las gafas. Imagine that lasses make up the frame of a pair of spectacles.
Examples of gafas (spectacles) in a sentence
Me olvidé mis gafas en casa esta mañana.
(I forgot my spectacles at home this morning.)
¿Has visto mis gafas? No puedo encontrarlas.
(Have you seen my spectacles? I can't find them.)
Necesito unas gafas nuevas porque las mías están rotas.
(I need new spectacles because mine are broken.)
