How to Say ‘There's a kitchen with a microwave.’ in Mexican Spanish
Hay una cocina con microondas.
eye OO-nah koh-SEE-nah kohn mee-kroh-OHN-dahs
[eye OO-nah koh-SEE-nah kohn mee-kroh-OHN-dahs]
🇲🇽 In Mexico: Many Mexican offices have a small kitchen where people heat up food brought from home. You'll often see a queue for the microwave around lunchtime.
Phrase Breakdown
Hay una cocina
eye OO-nah koh-SEE-nah
There is a kitchen
'Hay' means 'there is'. Pronounce it like 'eye'. Keep 'una cocina' together.
Hay una cocina pequeña.
There is a small kitchen.
Words in this phrase
Hay
[eye]
there is / there are
Form of haber used to say that something exists or is available.
Aquí hay una buena oportunidad para ti.
Here there is a good opportunity for you.
una
[OO-nah]
a
Feminine singular indefinite article meaning 'a' or 'one.'
Una reclutadora me dio su tarjeta hoy.
A recruiter gave me her card today.
cocina
[koh-SEE-nah]
kitchen
The room where food is prepared.
La cocina está limpia.
The kitchen is clean.
con microondas.
kohn mee-kroh-OHN-dahs
with a microwave.
'Con' means 'with'. 'Microondas' literally means 'microwaves' and is used as the name of the appliance: 'mee-kroh-OHN-dahs'.
Calienta la comida en el microondas.
Heat the food in the microwave.
Words in this phrase
con
[kohn]
with
Preposition meaning 'with'; shows accompaniment or a characteristic.
Con experiencia puedes aspirar a más.
With experience, you can aim for more.
microondas
[mee-kroh-OHN-dahs]
microwave
Masculine noun, same form in singular and plural.
Caliento mi comida en el microondas.
I heat my food in the microwave.
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