librería

bookstore

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librería(

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A feminine noun is almost always used with feminine articles and adjectives (e.g. la mujer bonita, la luna llena).

feminine noun

1. (store where books are sold)

a. bookstore

Regionalism used in the United States

(United States)

Tenemos que ir a la librería a comprar libros.We need to go to the bookstore to buy books.

b. bookshop (United Kingdom)

La librería universitaria cuenta con más de 20,000 títulos en existencia.The university bookshop has over 20,000 titles in stock.

2. (store where stationery is sold)

Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.

(Latin America)

a. stationary store

Regionalism used in the United States

(United States)

Si necesitas una libreta y un bolígrafo, tendremos que ir a la librería.If you need a notebook and a pen, we'll have to go to the stationery store.

b. stationer's (United Kingdom)

En esta librería venden todo el material necesario para pintar y dibujar.This stationer's sells all the material necessary for painting and drawing.

3. (furniture)

Regionalism used in Spain

(Spain)

a. bookcase

Quiero mandar hacer una librería nueva para el despacho.I want to have a new bookcase made for the office.

4. (collection of books)

a. library

Su librería personal es muy extensa.His personal library is very extensive.

librería

A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).

Noun

1. (tienda)

a. bookshop

b. bookstore

Regionalism used in the United States

(United States)

2. (mueble)

Regionalism used in Spain

(Spain)

a. bookcase

3. (computers)

a. library

librería

1 (tienda) bookshop; bookstore; (EEUU)

librería anticuaria librería de antiguo antiquarian bookshop

librería de ocasión librería de viejo secondhand bookshop

2 (estante) bookcase; (biblioteca) library

3 (comercio) book trade

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Examples

Phrases

compras los libros en la librería	you buy the books in the bookstore
¿Compras los libros en la librería?	Do you buy the books in the bookstore?
¿Me vas a buscar la revista en la librería?	Will you fetch me the magazine at the bookstore?
yo compro un diccionario en la librería	I buy a dictionary at the bookstore
¿Encuentras el programa de computadoras en la librería?	Can you find the computer software at the library?
qué te gusta comprar en la librería	what do you like to buy at the bookstore
quiero tomar algo en el café de la librería	I want to get something to drink at the café in the library
compras libros en la librería	you buy books at the bookstore