Esa mesa sí que es grande.
Now that's a big table.
Faced with an endlessly long table set for a meal, someone can't hide the surprise, and sí que adds the emphasis.
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Spanish vocabularyA1 · Beginner
How to say "table" in Spanish
la mesa
nounfeminineplural: las mesas
"Table" in Spanish is la mesa, the piece of furniture you eat or work at. To set the table is poner la mesa. A table of numbers or data is a different word, la tabla.
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Mesa phrases you'll use
From the dinner call to the nightstand.
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| poner la mesa | to set the table |
| quitar la mesa | to clear the table |
| ¡A la mesa! | Dinner's ready! (literally: to the table!) |
| una mesa para dos | a table for two |
| la mesita de noche | nightstand |
| la tabla | table of data, chart |
Tip: At a restaurant door, Una mesa para dos, por favor gets you a table for two.
Grammar: la mesa, las mesas
Four points about the word and the words around it.
Feminine, as it looks
Most nouns ending in -a are feminine, and mesa follows the rule: la mesa, una mesa, las mesas.On, under, around
en la mesa (on the table), bajo la mesa or debajo de la mesa (under the table), alrededor de la mesa (around the table).Whose table
Spanish shows the owner with de after the noun: la mesa de Ana, Ana's table. La mesa es de Ana.Mesa or tabla
Furniture is mesa. A chart, a board or a table in a document is tabla: la tabla de multiplicar, the times table.Example sentences
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la mesa número doce
table number twelve
La mesa es de Ana.
The table is Ana's.
Esa mesa sí que es grande.
Now that's a big table.
Por favor, pon la mesa.
Please set the table.
Common mistakes
Mistakes learners make with this word, and how to fix them.
✗el mesa
✓la mesa
Mesa ends in -a and is feminine, so it takes la.
✗la tabla (meaning the furniture)
✓la mesa
Tabla is a chart or a wooden board. The table you sit at is mesa.
✗Una mesa por dos
✓Una mesa para dos
For the number of people a table is meant for, use para.
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How to remember it
English borrowed mesa from Spanish for a flat-topped hill in the desert. Picture that hill as a giant table and the word sticks.
Questions about "table" in Spanish
How do you say table in Spanish?
La mesa. More than one table is las mesas.
Is mesa masculine or feminine?
Feminine, like most nouns that end in -a: la mesa, una mesa redonda.
How do you say "set the table" in Spanish?
Poner la mesa. To ask someone to do it, say ¿Pones la mesa?
What's the difference between mesa and tabla?
Mesa is the furniture. Tabla is a chart, a list of data or a wooden board.
