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Building (noun) – el edificio

(Pronounced eh-dee-fee-syoh)

To remember that building is pronounced eh-dee-fee-syoh (edificio) in Latin American Spanish, use the following mnemonic:

Their building was completely edible, and they each feasted until the only (edificio) thing left was the front door.

Their building was completely edible, and they each feasted until the only (edificio) thing was left was the front door.

Edificio is masculine, so it's el edificio. Imagine an elephant that looks like a building.

Edificio is masculine, so it's el edificio. Imagine a building that's been designed to look like an elephant.

Examples of edificio (building) in a sentence

 

El edificio tiene veinte pisos.

(The building has twenty floors.)

 

Hay un restaurante dentro del edificio.

(There is a restaurant inside the building.)

 

El edificio más alto de la ciudad es muy moderno.

(The tallest building in the city is very modern.)

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