How to Say "playing cards" in Spanish

The Spanish word for “playing cards” is “tarjetas” — A1 level. This is a very common word in everyday Spanish.

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tarjetas

nounA1

For games (though 'cartas' or 'naipes' are often used)

A small stack of colorful, generic rectangular cards, such as blank index cards or playing cards, sitting on a simple surface.

Examples

Necesito comprar unas tarjetas de felicitación para Navidad.

I need to buy some greeting cards for Christmas.

Las tarjetas de presentación están en la mesa.

The business cards are on the table.

Usamos tarjetas rojas y azules en el juego.

We used red and blue cards in the game.

Feminine Plural

Since 'tarjeta' ends in '-a', it is a feminine word. 'Tarjetas' is the plural form, so any descriptive words (adjectives) used with it must also be feminine and plural (e.g., 'tarjetas nuevas').

Confusing Gender

Mistake: “Los tarjetas”

Correction: Las tarjetas. Remember that 'tarjeta' is feminine, so it takes the feminine plural article 'las'.

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