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How to Say "strip" in Spanish

The Spanish word forstripis tiraA2 level. This is a very common word in everyday Spanish.

English → SpanishA2
nounA2
long, narrow piece of material
A long, narrow piece of brightly colored red fabric lying flat.

Examples

Corta una tira de tela para envolver el regalo.

Cut a strip of fabric to wrap the gift.

La policía puso una tira amarilla alrededor de la escena.

The police put a yellow strip (tape) around the scene.

Gender Reminder

Even though it ends in '-a', remember that 'tira' is always feminine, so you must use 'la tira' or 'una tira'.

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