How to Say ‘A square has four sides.’ in Mexican Spanish
Un cuadrado tiene cuatro lados.
oon kwah-DRAH-doh tee-EH-neh KWAH-troh LAH-dohs
[oon kwah-DRAH-doh tee-EH-neh KWAH-troh LAH-dohs]
Phrase Breakdown
Un cuadrado
oon kwah-DRAH-doh
A square
Say 'cuadrado' as kwah-DRAH-doh. The 'cua' sounds like 'kwa'.
Dibujo un cuadrado.
I draw a square.
Words in this phrase
Un
[oon]
A / an
Indefinite article masculine singular; introduces a non-specific item (a code).
Para entrar al sistema, escriben un código temporal.
To enter the system, you type a temporary code.
cuadrado
[kwah-DRAH-doh]
square
A shape with four equal sides and four right angles; masculine noun.
La ventana es un cuadrado.
The window is a square.
tiene cuatro lados.
tee-EH-neh KWAH-troh LAH-dohs
has four sides.
Say 'cuatro' as KWAH-troh. 'Lados' means 'sides' (LAH-dohs), and the 'd' is soft.
El libro tiene cuatro lados.
The book has four sides.
Words in this phrase
tiene
[tee-EH-neh]
you have / he has / she has
Form of tener; in polite speech it can mean you have.
Tiene razón en parte, pero el cobro sigue alto.
You are partly right, but the charge is still high.
cuatro
[KWAH-troh]
four
The number four, commonly used when stating party size.
Necesitamos una mesa para cuatro personas.
We need a table for four people.
lados
[LAH-dohs]
sides
Plural of 'lado', the straight lines that form the edges of a shape.
El triángulo tiene tres lados.
The triangle has three sides.
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