enséñemelo en el mapa
“enséñemelo en el mapa” — show it to me on the map in Spanish. Phrase, level A2. stress on the se: en-SEH-nyeh-meh-loh. In a live sentence: “No entiendo la dirección, enséñemelo en el mapa” — I don't understand the address, show it to me on the map. You can hear how it sounds right here. A word from the everyday Spanish course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Spanish | enséñemelo en el mapa |
| Translation | show it to me on the map |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
- enséñemelo en el mapashow it to me on the map
How to pronounce it
stress on the se: en-SEH-nyeh-meh-loh
Why it looks that way
Three words fused into one: enseñe + me + lo, and the accent appears. To a friend: enséñamelo. Enseñar is to show and to teach
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- No entiendo la dirección, enséñemelo en el mapaI don't understand the address, show it to me on the map
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “show it to me on the map” in Spanish?
«enséñemelo en el mapa». stress on the se: en-SEH-nyeh-meh-loh. In a live sentence: “No entiendo la dirección, enséñemelo en el mapa” — I don't understand the address, show it to me on the map. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level A2.
Why does this word look the way it does?
Three words fused into one: enseñe + me + lo, and the accent appears. To a friend: enséñamelo. Enseñar is to show and to teach. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
Can I hear how it sounds?
Yes, right on this page: click the word and it will play. The sound works on any phone, and nothing needs to be installed.