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consejo

advice

noun kohn-SEH-hoh Less Common

Origin: From Latin consilium.

Also means

council; board

Usage Note

Consejo has two main meanings that are clearly distinct in context: a piece of advice (te doy un consejo - I'll give you some advice) and a governing council or board (Consejo de Ministros - Cabinet). It is an uncountable noun in the advice sense in English but countable in Spanish: un consejo (a piece of advice), varios consejos (several pieces of advice).

Examples

"¿Puedes darme un consejo?"

Natural Translation

Can you give me some advice?

Literal Translation

Can you give-me a piece-of-advice?

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