Spanish Word of the Day Archive
Friday September 24, 2010
manzana, noun:
apple
La manzana is the Spanish word for apple.
jugo de manzana
apple juice
la Gran Manzana
The Big Apple
With many fruits, you can refer to the tree by changing the noun denoting the fruit from feminine to masculine:
los manzanos en flor
apple trees in flower
In the same way una naranja an orange grows on un naranjo an orange tree.
If a cherry is una cereza, what is a cherry tree?
Answer: un cerezo.
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