¿Un guante?
A glove?
Gloves come in pairs, so a single guante as a present looks strange. Un guante means one glove.
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Spanish vocabularyA1 · Beginner
How to say "gloves" in Spanish
el guante
nounmasculineplural: los guantes
"Gloves" in Spanish is los guantes, and one glove is el guante. The u is pronounced, so it sounds like GWAHN-teh. To say you wear gloves, use llevar: Llevo guantes.
Hear "guante" in real movie scenes
An odd gift and a hot kitchen. Each video starts and stops on that line.
Necesitas el guante para el horno.
You need the oven mitt.
In the kitchen, a guante para el horno protects your hand from the heat, so you never grab a hot tray without one.
From Romper el círculo · Spanish audio
Kinds of gloves, and what goes with them
Add de and a material or use to say which gloves you mean.
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| los guantes de lana | wool gloves |
| las manoplas | mittens |
| los guantes de goma | rubber gloves |
| el guante de cocina | oven mitt |
| la bufanda | scarf |
| el gorro | winter hat |
Tip: Spanish has the same idiom as English: Te queda como un guante means it fits you like a glove.
Grammar: el guante, los guantes
Four things to know before you head out into the cold.
Masculine
el guante, un guante. A pair is los guantes or un par de guantes.Hear the u
In gua the u is pronounced: GWAHN-teh. It's silent only in gue and gui, as in guerra and guitarra.Wear vs put on
llevar guantes is to wear them. ponerse los guantes is to put them on: Me pongo los guantes.The article, not my
With clothes, Spanish usually says los, not mis: Me quito los guantes. I take off my gloves.Example sentences
Sentences from the Wordy Spanish course. Tap to listen.
No puedo ponerme los guantes hoy.
I can't put my gloves on today.
Hace frío, ponte los guantes.
It's cold, put your gloves on.
Llevo guantes en invierno.
I wear gloves in winter.
¿Dónde están mis guantes?
Where are my gloves?
Common mistakes
Mistakes learners make with this word, and how to fix them.
✗la guante
✓el guante
Guante is masculine, and a pair is los guantes.
✗GAHN-teh (pronunciation)
✓GWAHN-teh
Before an a, the u after g is always sounded.
✗Me pongo mis guantes
✓Me pongo los guantes
When you put on your own clothes, the pronoun me already says whose they are, so use los.
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How to remember it
On a freezing day you want a glove, and guante sounds close to "want a" with a g in front: GWAHN-teh.
Questions about "gloves" in Spanish
How do you say gloves in Spanish?
Los guantes. One glove is el guante, pronounced GWAHN-teh.
Is guante masculine or feminine?
Masculine: el guante, los guantes, un par de guantes.
How do you say "put on your gloves" in Spanish?
Ponte los guantes. Spanish uses los here, where English says your.
How do you say mittens in Spanish?
Las manoplas, the gloves without separate fingers.
