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How to Say ‘I bought the hat’ in Mexican Spanish

Compré el sombrero

kohm-PREH el sohm-BREH-roh

[kohm-PREH el sohm-BREH-roh]

💬 Usage Tip: The accent on compré puts the stress at the end: (kom-PREH). It's what marks "I bought". Without it, compre is a different form.

Phrase Breakdown

Compré

[kohm-PREH]

I bought

Past tense of 'comprar', I form.

Example

Compré pan en la tienda.

I bought bread at the store.

[el]

the

Masculine singular definite article.

Example

«El» acompaña al sustantivo en «El crecimiento».

“El” accompanies the noun in “The growth.”

sombrero

[sohm-BREH-roh]

hat

Masculine noun for any hat, not only the wide Mexican kind.

Example

Su sombrero es muy bonito.

Your hat is very pretty.

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