English Explanatory Dictionary

donde esta la biblioteca

English dictionary entry

Meanings

phrase
  1. Stock phrase used to denote someone's poor knowledge of Spanish.

Pronunciation

/ˈdoʊndeɪ ɛsˈtɑ lɑ bɪblioʊˈtɛkɑ/ /ˈdɔndeɪ ˈɛstə lə bɪblioʊˈtɛkə/

Word forms

donde esta la biblioteca dónde está la biblioteca

Etymology

From Spanish dónde (“interrogative form of where”) + está (“be, is, are”) + la (“the”) + biblioteca (“library”) (where is the library); a phrase apparently often taught to beginning Spanish-language learners. The accents are usually omitted in English.

Related words

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