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How do you ask 'How do you say table in Spanish?'

¿Cómo se dice ... en español? asks how to say a word.

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  1. ¿Qué quiere decir table?
  2. ¿Cómo se dice table en español? ✔
  3. ¿Cómo está usted?

Why: Put the English word in the blank. It is handy when you point at something and do not know the Spanish word. ¿Qué quiere decir...? asks what a Spanish word means.

Huh, didn't know that: Cómo has an accent mark in questions.

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Answer: ¿Cómo se dice table en español?. Put the English word in the blank. It is handy when you point at something and do not know the Spanish word. ¿Qué quiere decir...? asks what a Spanish word means.

  1. FSI Spanish Basic Course, Volume 1 Student Text (US government, public domain) fsi-language-courses-media.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/languages/Spanish/Basic/Volume%201/Fsi-SpanishBasicCourse-Volume1-StudentText.pdf
    How do you say table in Spanish? ¿Cómo se dice table en español?
    Checked 2026-10-10.
  2. FSI Spanish Basic Course, Volume 1 Student Text (US government, public domain) fsi-language-courses-media.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/languages/Spanish/Basic/Volume%201/Fsi-SpanishBasicCourse-Volume1-StudentText.pdf
    What does cenicero mean? ¿Qué quiere decir cenicero?
    Checked 2026-10-10.

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