llamas

This is the 5342nd most frequent Spanish word.

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llamas

"llamas" - "flames" or "you call" (depending on context).


Here, 'llamas' is used in the reflexive verb 'llamarse', which is employed to ask someone's name, literally meaning 'How do you call yourself?'

¿Cómo te llamas?

What is your name?


In this sentence, 'llamas' refers to the noun for the animal llama, a species often found in South America.

Vi unas llamas en los Andes.

I saw some llamas in the Andes.


Here, 'llamas' is used as the plural form of the noun 'llama', meaning 'flame'.

En la fogata, las llamas eran altas y hermosas.

In the campfire, the flames were tall and beautiful.