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How to Say ‘And the blue squares?’ in Mexican Spanish

¿Y los cuadrados azules?

ee lohs kwah-DRAH-dohs ah-SOO-lehs

[ee lohs kwah-DRAH-dohs ah-SOO-lehs]

💬 Usage Tip: The color goes after the shape and takes its plural ending: cuadrado azul becomes cuadrados azules. Same with círculos rojos "red circles".

Phrase Breakdown

¿Y los cuadrados

ee lohs kwah-DRAH-dohs

And the squares

'Y' (and) sounds like 'ee'. Starting a question with it means 'What about…?' Stress 'cua-DRA-dos'.

Example

¿Y los cuadrados qué significan?

And what do the squares mean?

Words in this phrase

[ee]

And

Used to connect two words or phrases.

Example

Juan y María son amigos.

Juan and María are friends.

los

[lohs]

the

A plural masculine article meaning 'the,' used before masculine plural nouns.

Example

Los tamales de mi abuela son famosos.

My grandmother’s tamales are famous.

cuadrados

[kwah-DRAH-dohs]

squares

Plural of 'cuadrado', a shape with four equal sides.

Example

Los cuadrados son pequeños.

The squares are small.

azules?

ah-SOO-lehs

blue?

This is the plural of 'azul' (blue). Stress 'a-ZU-les'. In Mexico the 'z' sounds like 's'. Raise your voice at the end for the question.

Example

Me gustan los coches azules.

I like blue cars.

Words in this phrase

azules

[ah-SOO-lehs]

blue

Plural form of 'azul', the color blue.

Example

Tengo dos carpetas azules.

I have two blue folders.

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