A sartén is a frying pan used for cooking food.
The idea
Use the feminine forms la sartén and una sartén; the plural is las sartenes.
Examples
- La sartén está caliente.The frying pan is hot.
- Ana cocina verduras en una sartén.Ana cooks vegetables in a frying pan.
- Mi abuelo lava las sartenes después de cenar.My grandfather washes the frying pans after dinner.
- ¿Dónde guardáis la sartén pequeña?Where do you keep the small frying pan?
- Luis compra una sartén nueva para su piso.Luis buys a new frying pan for his apartment.
- Ponemos aceite en la sartén antes de cocinar.We put oil in the frying pan before cooking.
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Do not leave the written accent in sartén on the plural: write sartenes.
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Choose the article: ___ sartén está limpia. (La / El)
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La
La matches the singular feminine noun.
Choose the plural: Necesitamos dos ___. (sartenes / sartén)
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sartenes
Sartenes is the plural needed after dos.
Choose the cooking utensil: Marta fríe un huevo en una ___. (sartén / nevera)
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sartén
Sartén is the utensil Marta can fry an egg in.
Practice round
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Choose the article: ___ sartén está limpia. (La / El)
Choose the plural: Necesitamos dos ___. (sartenes / sartén)
Choose the cooking utensil: Marta fríe un huevo en una ___. (sartén / nevera)
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