A cooking pot is useful when preparing soup or rice.
The idea
The feminine noun is la olla or una olla; its plural is las ollas.
Examples
- La olla está sobre el fuego.The pot is on the heat.
- Necesitamos una olla grande para la sopa.We need a large pot for the soup.
- Mi padre lava las ollas después de cenar.My father washes the pots after dinner.
- ¿Dónde guardas la olla pequeña?Where do you keep the small pot?
- Pon agua en la olla, por favor.Put water in the pot, please.
- En esa olla cocinamos arroz para todos.We cook rice for everyone in that pot.
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Watch out
Do not confuse olla, a cooking pot, with sartén, a frying pan.
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Choose the article: ___ olla tiene tapa. (La / El)
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La
La goes with the singular feminine noun here.
Choose the plural: Compré dos ___. (ollas / olla)
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ollas
ollas names more than one pot after the number.
Choose the cooking vessel: Para cocinar sopa uso una ___. (olla / cama)
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olla
An olla holds soup while it cooks.
Practice round
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Choose the article: ___ olla tiene tapa. (La / El)
Choose the plural: Compré dos ___. (ollas / olla)
Choose the cooking vessel: Para cocinar sopa uso una ___. (olla / cama)
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Tap the words in the right order.
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Describe what you cook in a pot and where you keep it.