Spanish Word of the Day Archive
Friday March 23, 2007

ropa, noun:
clothes

You’ll already know ropa in the meaning of clothes:

Voy a cambiarme de ropa.
I’m going to change my clothes.

Ropa has other meanings as well:

la ropa deportiva
sportswear

la ropa interior
underwear

No llevaba ropa interior.
She wasn’t wearing any underwear.

la ropa sucia
the dirty washing, the laundry

Lo metieron en el canasto de la ropa sucia.
They put it in the laundry basket.


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