A sartén is a frying pan used for cooking food.

The idea

Use the feminine forms la sartén and una sartén; the plural is las sartenes.

Examples

  • La sartén está caliente.The frying pan is hot.
  • Ana cocina verduras en una sartén.Ana cooks vegetables in a frying pan.
  • Mi abuelo lava las sartenes después de cenar.My grandfather washes the frying pans after dinner.
  • ¿Dónde guardáis la sartén pequeña?Where do you keep the small frying pan?
  • Luis compra una sartén nueva para su piso.Luis buys a new frying pan for his apartment.
  • Ponemos aceite en la sartén antes de cocinar.We put oil in the frying pan before cooking.

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Watch out

Do not leave the written accent in sartén on the plural: write sartenes.

Try it yourself

  1. Choose the article: ___ sartén está limpia. (La / El)

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    La

    La matches the singular feminine noun.

  2. Choose the plural: Necesitamos dos ___. (sartenes / sartén)

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    sartenes

    Sartenes is the plural needed after dos.

  3. Choose the cooking utensil: Marta fríe un huevo en una ___. (sartén / nevera)

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    sartén

    Sartén is the utensil Marta can fry an egg in.

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