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How to say "shop" in Spanish
"Shop" in Spanish is tienda, pronounced TYEN-dah (stress on the syllable in capitals). It is a feminine noun (la tienda, plural las tiendas).
| Spanish | tienda |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | TYEN-dah |
| Meaning | shop |
| Gender | feminine: la tienda |
| Plural | las tiendas |
| Frequency | #128 in the Palabra list of common Spanish words |
Pronunciation is spelled out in English, one syllable at a time, with the stressed syllable in capitals. The speaker button uses your browser's built-in Spanish voice. Gender and plural: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
How to pronounce tienda
Tienda is pronounced TYEN-dah, in IPA /ˈtjenda/. Tienda has two syllables, TYEN-dah, with the stress on the first. There is no written accent because the word follows the basic rule: words ending in a vowel, -n or -s are stressed on the second-to-last syllable.
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Is tienda masculine or feminine?
Tienda is feminine, so it takes la (the) and una (a): la tienda. The plural is las tiendas. That fits the usual pattern: most nouns ending in -a are feminine.
Example sentences
La tienda está abierta
the shop is open
La tienda está cerrada
The shop is closed
Vuelvo a la tienda.
I go back to the shop.
"Shop" in Spain and Latin America
Useful phrases
- tienda de ropa
clothes shop - ¿A qué hora cierra la tienda?
What time does the shop close?
Regional words and roots: Diccionario de la lengua española (RAE). Spanish varies by region, so treat these as the most common patterns, not strict rules.
How to remember tienda
tienda [TYEN-dah] sounds like the English “tent”. Picture this:
The shop began as a tent: the striped awning still remembers the market square.
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Practice tienda
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