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“willow” in Spanish

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA/ˈsau̯θe/

Example

Los sauces pierden hojas en otoño.

Willows lose their leaves in autumn.

Illustration for sauce (willow)

How to say “willow” in Spanish

“Willow” in Spanish is sauce.

A stand of flexible willow branches bending over a wetland.

Full entry for sauce: usage tips, similar words and word origin

Example sentences with sauce

Nos sentamos bajo el sauce para descansar.

We sat under the willow to rest.

Tips for using sauce

  • Often used in landscape descriptions and to form place names, sauce commonly appears with descriptors (for example sauce llorón for weeping willow) to specify the type.

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