shop window

la vitrina

USAGE NOTE

This word may also be spelled "shopwindow."

shop window(

shap

wihn

)

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

noun

1. (commerce)

a. la vitrina

(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(F)

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

(Latin America)

Julio's admiring the shoes in the shop window.Julio está admirando los zapatos de la vitrina.

b. la vidriera

(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(F)

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

(Latin America)

I was walking by a shop window and a pair of shoes told me to take them home.Pasaba por una vidriera y unos zapatos me dijeron que me los llevara a casa.

c. el aparador

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

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

(Latin America)

There were three mannequins in the shop window.Había tres maniquíes en el aparador.

d. el escaparate

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

Regionalism used in Spain

(Spain)

Francine stopped to check her hair in the reflection of a shop window.Francine se detuvo a revisar su cabello en el reflejo de un escaparate.

Examples