The first example is cuadernos rojos Why is it translated as exercise books and not notebooks.

Jim C.A2Kwiziq community member

The first example is cuadernos rojos Why is it translated as exercise books and not notebooks.

Asked 4 years ago
InmaKwiziq team member

Hola Jim,

The word "cuaderno" generally refers to an exercise book; the ones you take to school. There is another word in Spanish to refer to a "general notebook", and for that we normally use "una libreta". We wanted to be a bit more specific. 

Saludos,

Inma

The first example is cuadernos rojos Why is it translated as exercise books and not notebooks.

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