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Spanish false friend

librería doesn’t mean “library

It actually means bookstore.

The trap

Asking a librarian for the librería will send you across town to a shop — when you just wanted to borrow a book.

Example

Compré este libro en una librería pequeña.

I bought this book at a small bookstore.

So how do you say “library” in Spanish?

Use biblioteca.

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