Mammoth Memory

Cell Phone – el celular

(Pronounced seh-loo-lahr)

To remember that mobile phone is pronounced seh-loo-lahr (celular) in Latin American Spanish, use the following mnemonic:

This cell phone they are trying to sell you is too large (celular).

This mobile phone they are trying to sell you is too large (celular).

Celular is masculine, so it's el celular. Imagine an elephant using a cell phone.

Celular is masculine, so it's el celular. Imagine an elephant using a mobile phone.

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