Clothing 🔒

Heads up: ropa is always used as a singular noun in Spanish. Unlike the English word clothes, which is always plural, ropa never takes a plural form when referring to clothing in general. You say la ropa está sucia, not las ropas.

Worth knowing: sombrero comes from sombra, meaning shade or shadow. The word originally described any head covering that provides shade, not just the wide-brimmed style associated with Mexico.