Spanish Word of the Day Archive
Friday November 9, 2007

invitado, noun:
guest

Invitado is the word you generally use to talk about guests in all kinds of contexts:

los invitados a la boda
the wedding guests

A la fiesta vinieron unos 500 invitados.
About 500 people came to the party.

When you’ve got dinner guests, you also use the word invitado:

Esta noche tenemos invitados a cenar.
We’ve got people coming to dinner tonight.

Note the following phrases referring to guests at major events, and on TV shows:

invitado de honor
guest of honor

invitado estelar, invitado estrella
star guest

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Spanish Word of the Day ArchiveFriday November 9, 2007