War · Guerra
8 Spanish words — each with a picture, audio and an example sentence. War movies — and from here, deeper into the army, planes, ships and submarines.
| Picture | English | Spanish · Español | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 | war | la guerra | World War: la Guerra Mundial; gue- sounds like 'ge' (hard g). |
 | soldierChapter› | el soldado | |
 | armyChapter› | el ejército | The j is a harsh h-sound: eh-HER-see-to. |
 | battle | la batalla | Double ll sounds like 'y': ba-TA-ya. |
 | enemy | el enemigo | Contains amigo (friend) — historically a 'non-friend'; feminine: la enemiga. |
 | weapon | el arma | ⚠️ GenderFeminine — it takes el only because of the stressed initial a (like el agua); plural las armas. |
 | tank | el tanque | Borrowed from English 'tank'; qu is just a [k] sound. |
 | fighter jetChapter› | el caza | ⚠️ GenderMasculine despite the -a: el caza. |
 | warshipChapter› | el buque | In full: el buque de guerra; el buque alone is any large vessel. |
 | submarineChapter› | el submarino | 🔗 Word familysub- (under) + marino (of the sea). |
 | victory | la victoria | 🔗 Word familyvencer (to win, to defeat). |
 | peace | la paz | z becomes c in the plural: paces; hacer las paces = to make up (after a quarrel). |
 | surrender | la rendición | From rendirse (to surrender); ¡me rindo! = I give up! |
See also:Action movies