Title: All European Spanish Anki Decks [languageatlas.com] / European Spanish A0/A1: Introduction to Spanish / Chapter 5: Questions and Interrogatives / ¿Qué es? = What is it?
Tags: Spanish_A0_A1_Questions_and_Interrogatives
On every note of this deck, unless a note says otherwise:
Explanation: What is it in Spanish: An Overview
​¿Qué es? | ​What is it?
​¿Qué es un/una…? | ​What is a…?
​¿Qué es el/la…? | ​What is the…?
​¿Qué es eso? | ​What is that?
How to ask What is it in Spanish
In this lesson you will learn 4 ways to ask “what is it?” in Spanish.
1. What is it? = ¿Qué es?
If you don’t know what something is, then you can simply just ask:
¿Qué es?
What is it?
You will then get an explanation.
Another example is the following:
A: Prueba esto.
B: ¿Qué es?
A: Es cuscús.
A: Try this.
B: What is it?
A: It’s couscous.
2. What is a…? = ¿Qué es un/una…?
If you want to refer to something non-specific you can say:
¿Qué es un/una…?
What is a…?
So imagine you heard un meteoro and un huracán, and you want to know what they mean. You can then ask:
¿Qué es un meteoro?
What is a meteor?
¿Qué es un huracán?
What is a hurricane?
Or, if you heard una selva and una pandemia, and you want to know what they mean. You can then ask:
¿Qué es una selva?
What’s a jungle?
¿Qué es una pandemia?
What’s a pandemic?
3. ¿Qué es el/la…? = What is the…?
If you want to refer to something specific, then you can ask:
¿Qué es el/la…?
What is the…?
So imagine you heard el amor and la verdad, and you want to know what they mean. You can then ask:
¿Qué es el amor?
What is love?
In this English sentence you can omit “the”.
¿Qué es la verdad?
What is the truth?
4. What is that? = ¿Qué es eso?
¿Qué es eso?
What is that?
This one is very similar to the first one.
However, rather than saying “what is it?” you will now say “what is that?”.
Source: https://languageatlas.com/spanish-a1/what-is-it-in-spanish

[Front] Sentence With a Blank Area: ¿___ ___?
Translation/Word Definitions/Hints/Other: What is it?
[Back] Answer Sentence: ¿Qué es?
Answer of Blank Area: Qué es
Author: Created by: Sam Denishin

[Front] Sentence With a Blank Area: "Prueba esto." "¿___ ___?" "Es cuscús."
Translation/Word Definitions/Hints/Other: "Try this." "What is it?" "It's couscous."
[Back] Answer Sentence: "Prueba esto." "¿Qué es?" "Es cuscús."
Answer of Blank Area: Qué es
Author: Created by: Sam Denishin

[Front] Sentence With a Blank Area: ¿___ ___ un meteoro?
Translation/Word Definitions/Hints/Other: What is a meteor? [masculine]
[Back] Answer Sentence: ¿Qué es un meteoro?
Answer of Blank Area: Qué es un
Author: Created by: Sam Denishin

[Front] Sentence With a Blank Area: ¿___ ___ ___ huracán?
Translation/Word Definitions/Hints/Other: What is a hurricane? [masculine]
[Back] Answer Sentence: ¿Qué es un huracán?
Answer of Blank Area: Qué es un
Author: Created by: Sam Denishin

[Front] Sentence With a Blank Area: ¿___ ___ ___ selva?
Translation/Word Definitions/Hints/Other: What's a jungle? [feminine]
[Back] Answer Sentence: ¿Qué es una selva?
Answer of Blank Area: Qué es una
Author: Created by: Sam Denishin

[Front] Sentence With a Blank Area: ¿___ ___ ___ pandemia?
Translation/Word Definitions/Hints/Other: What's a pandemic? [feminine]
[Back] Answer Sentence: ¿Qué es una pandemia?
Answer of Blank Area: Qué es una
Author: Created by: Sam Denishin

[Front] Sentence With a Blank Area: ¿___ ___ ___ amor?
Translation/Word Definitions/Hints/Other: What is love? [masculine]
[Back] Answer Sentence: ¿Qué es el amor?
Answer of Blank Area: Qué es el
Author: Created by: Sam Denishin

[Front] Sentence With a Blank Area: ¿___ ___ ___ verdad?
Translation/Word Definitions/Hints/Other: What is the truth? [feminine]
[Back] Answer Sentence: ¿Qué es la verdad?
Answer of Blank Area: Qué es la
Author: Created by: Sam Denishin

[Front] Sentence With a Blank Area: ¿___ ___ ___?
Translation/Word Definitions/Hints/Other: What is that?
[Back] Answer Sentence: ¿Qué es eso?
Answer of Blank Area: Qué es eso
Author: Created by: Sam Denishin