un

un, una
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un is used instead of una before feminine nouns which begin with a stressed a or ha (e.g. un águila an eagle; un hacha an ax).
1. a (singular); (ante sonido vocálico) an
  • un hombre/coche -> a man/car
  • una mujer/mesa -> a woman/table
  • una hora -> an hour
2. some (plural)
  • había unos coches mal aparcados -> there were some badly parked cars
  • había unos doce muchachos -> there were about o some twelve boys there

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un [oon]
  • Un hombre -> a man
a, One, a used for uno, but always before words: it is also used occasionally before verbs, to give force to an expression.

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