No. 142 in Spanish
países
Countries.
In a sentence
Los países de América del Sur tienen una gran diversidad cultural.
The countries of South America have great cultural diversity.
In this sentence, 'países' is used as the subject to refer to different nations or sovereign states in a collective manner.
Visité varios países durante mis vacaciones de verano.
I visited several countries during my summer vacation.
Here, 'países' denotes the specific nations that were visited in the context of travel or tourism.
En algunos países, las leyes sobre el medio ambiente son muy estrictas.
In some countries, environmental laws are very strict.
In this case, 'países' refers to specific nations to discuss differences in legislative contexts.
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