Busca otro abogado.
Find another lawyer.
In the briefing room, a colleague tosses off some advice: if this lawyer is no good, get a different one. Otro goes right before the noun, with no un.
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Spanish vocabularyA1 · Beginner
How to say "other" in Spanish
otro
adjectivefeminine: otraplural: otros, otrasno un in front
"Other" and "another" in Spanish are both otro, which turns into otra, otros or otras to match the noun. Spanish never puts un before it: another coffee is otro café, and something else is otra cosa.
Hear "otro" in real movie scenes
One masculine, one feminine. Each video starts and stops on that line.
Y otra cosa.
And another thing.
At the office, a woman finishes one point and moves on to the next. Cosa is feminine, so the ending switches to otra.
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Everyday phrases with otro
Six phrases where English says other, another or else.
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| otra cosa | something else |
| ¿Otro café? | Another coffee? |
| el otro, la otra | the other one |
| los otros, las otras | the others |
| en otro momento | some other time |
| el uno al otro | each other |
Tip: At a bar, otra, por favor gets you one more of a feminine drink like una cerveza, and otro, por favor one more of a masculine one like un vino.
Grammar: otro, otra, otros, otras
Four points, and the second one trips up almost every learner.
It agrees
otro libro, otra frase, otros países, otras personas. The noun decides the ending.Leave out un
English another is an + other, but Spanish otro already holds both: Busca otro abogado.The other one
Add the definite article for a specific one: el otro, la otra. No, la otra means no, the other one.Numbers come after
otros dos cafés is two more coffees. Otro stands first, then the number, then the noun.Example sentences
Sentences from the Wordy Spanish course. Tap to listen.
Eso es otra cosa.
That's a different thing.
Otro día.
Another day.
Es un regalo de otro país.
It's a gift from another country.
Busca otro abogado.
Find another lawyer.
Common mistakes
Mistakes learners make with this word, and how to fix them.
✗un otro café
✓otro café
Otro already means another. Adding un says it twice.
✗otro cosa
✓otra cosa
Cosa is a feminine noun, so the ending is -a.
✗dos otros cafés
✓otros dos cafés
With a number, otros goes first and the number follows.
Real conversation: help at the library
A short dialog at the library front desk. Tap to listen.
At the library desk, a visitor from abroad stops in front of you. He can't get by in Spanish.
¡Buenas tardes! ¿Un mapa, por favor?
Good afternoon! A map, please?
Bueno, ¿en otro idioma?
Well, in another language?
¡No hablo español! Soy extranjero.
I don't speak Spanish! I'm not from here.
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How to remember it
Otro keeps the o, t and r of other. Picture the other sock of a pair, el otro calcetín, hiding under the bed.
Questions about "other" in Spanish
How do you say other in Spanish?
Otro, with the forms otra, otros and otras. The same word also covers another.
How do you say another in Spanish?
Also otro or otra, with no un in front: otro vaso, otra pregunta.
How do you say "something else" in Spanish?
Otra cosa: ¿Quieres otra cosa? means do you want something else.
How do you say "the other one" in Spanish?
El otro for a masculine noun, la otra for a feminine one. The article makes it specific.
