No. 26 in Spanish
año
"Year"
In a sentence
Este año he viajado a España por primera vez.
This year I traveled to Spain for the first time.
In this sentence, 'año' refers to the current calendar year.
Tiene un hijo de un año de edad.
He has a one-year-old son.
Here, 'año' is used to refer to the age of the son, meaning one full year of life.
Hace tres años empecé a aprender español.
Three years ago, I started learning Spanish.
In this example, 'años' is plural and indicates a span of time in years, referring to a point in the past relative to the current time.
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