No. 585 in Spanish
películas
Movies.
In a sentence
Me gustan las películas de terror.
I like horror movies.
In this sentence, 'películas' is used as a general noun to refer to films of the horror genre that the speaker enjoys.
Anoche vimos dos películas en casa.
Last night we watched two movies at home.
Here, 'películas' refers specifically to the two films watched on the previous night as an instance of movie-watching activity.
Ella está estudiando para crear sus propias películas.
She is studying to create her own films.
In this example, 'películas' is used to describe films that the person intends to produce or create, referring to artistic or personal works.
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