Es un pájaro blanco.
It's a white bird.
Someone scans the sky through a telescope and names what's flying by its color. Pájaro is masculine, so the color stays blanco.
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Spanish vocabularyA1 · Beginner
How to say "white" in Spanish
blanco
adjectivefeminine: blancaplural: blancos
"White" in Spanish is blanco. It matches the noun: un pájaro blanco, una mesa blanca, and blancos or blancas in the plural. The same word gives you vino blanco, white wine, and en blanco, blank.
Hear "blanco" in real movie scenes
A white bird in the sky and a white truck on the shore. Each video starts and stops on that line.
Es la pickup blanca.
It's the white pickup.
From the deck of a boat, someone points out the vehicle they're looking for, and its color is the only clue. La pickup is feminine, so white becomes blanca.
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Phrases where blanco shows up
Some are about color. Others are about empty pages and empty minds.
| Spanish | English | Good to know |
|---|---|---|
| el vino blanco | white wine | The other one on the menu is vino tinto. |
| en blanco | blank | una hoja en blanco, a blank page. |
| quedarse en blanco | to go blank | Me quedé en blanco en el examen. My mind went blank in the exam. |
| dar en el blanco | to hit the target | Here el blanco means the target. |
| la Casa Blanca | the White House | Casa is feminine, so the color ends in -a. |
Tip: White hair has its own word in Spanish: las canas. Mi abuelo tiene canas means my grandpa has gray or white hair.
Grammar: making blanco agree
Four points that cover almost every sentence.
It matches the noun
un pájaro blanco, una mesa blanca, los coches blancos, las ventanas blancas.Behind the noun
Say la ventana blanca. Putting the color first, as in la blanca ventana, sounds like a poem.Going pale
ponerse blanco means to turn pale, and it agrees with the person: Se puso blanca del susto. She went white with fright.The nk sound
The n before the c sounds like the ng in English bank: BLAHN-koh.Example sentences
Sentences from the Wordy Spanish course. Tap to listen.
La montaña blanca es muy bonita.
The white mountain is very pretty.
La mesa es blanca.
The table is white.
Nada de chocolate blanco.
No white chocolate.
Es un pájaro blanco.
It's a white bird.
Common mistakes
Mistakes learners make with this word, and how to fix them.
✗una mesa blanco
✓una mesa blanca
Mesa is feminine, so white needs its -a ending too.
✗una hoja blanca (meaning a page with nothing on it)
✓una hoja en blanco
For blank, say en blanco. Una hoja blanca is just a sheet that happens to be white.
✗el blanco del huevo (meaning egg white)
✓la clara
The white of an egg has its own word in Spanish: la clara.
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How to remember it
Blanco sounds like blank, and a blank page is white. Picture an empty white sheet every time you say blanco.
Questions about "white" in Spanish
How do you say white in Spanish?
Blanco with masculine nouns and blanca with feminine ones: un coche blanco, una casa blanca.
How do you say white wine in Spanish?
Vino blanco. Red wine is a different word altogether: vino tinto.
How do you say "my mind went blank" in Spanish?
Me quedé en blanco. It's what you say when you forget everything at the worst moment, like in an exam.
What is Snow White called in Spanish?
Blancanieves. The name joins blanca and nieves, the plural of snow.
