VerbamorIce in Spanish
“Ice” in Spanish is el hielo: a masculine noun, pronounced /ˈʝe.lo/.
In a sentence
Un vaso está lleno de hielo transparente y brillante, con una mano que deja caer otro cubo mientras se sirve el refresco.
A glass is full of clear, shiny ice, and a hand drops in another cube as the soda is poured.
Grammar note
It's masculine: el hielo. Hie- is said like the ye in yes, so the h is silent. Café con hielo is coffee over ice.
How to remember it
Hielo starts with the same sound as yellow. Picture a glass of yellow lemonade packed with hielo.
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