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Tag: Spanish colours

Posted on October 21, 2016September 29, 2020

Spanish colour words: meaning and grammar (3/4): “Red and yellow and pink and green…”

Pretty in pink In English, the colour word pink comes ultimately from the flower (la flor) of the same name, i.e. the genus Dianthus (it’s…

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Posted on September 10, 2016September 29, 2020

Spanish colour words: meaning and grammar (2/4) “Red and yellow and pink and green…”

  This it the second part of an overview of basic colour words in Spanish, illustrating what they mean, their grammar, and how they relate…

Continue reading → Spanish colour words: meaning and grammar (2/4) “Red and yellow and pink and green…”

Posted on September 6, 2016September 29, 2020

“Red and yellow and pink and green…” Spanish colour words, meaning & grammar (1/4)

An overview of some basic colour words in Spanish, showing what they mean and how they work. (Skip to after the first picture, if you're…

Continue reading → “Red and yellow and pink and green…” Spanish colour words, meaning & grammar (1/4)

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