One of the biggest mistakes made in grammar is making mistakes when you don’t know whether to write with b or with v. Imagine, when there are words that contain both letters above, the bylv /be/ and the /uve/ are joined in the same word…
One of those clear examples that also, and as a curiosity, usually gives a lot of headaches even in its other variant. When writing between wáter and váter (some even put wáter with /be/) the same thing happens with Spanish. How do you spell lavabo or lavabo correctly?
A tactic that never fails and to get out of any doubt, search the RAE: the dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy. As you know, this dictionary is the father of Spanish dictionaries. If a word does not appear here, it either does not exist or you are looking for a wrong word.
Instructions for writing sink or basin
- To know how to spell a word correctly, you have to know what it means. And what does the word sink mean? Well, it is a battery that is used to wash. Who hasn’t used it and who doesn’t have it at home?
- Knowing what it means, the word comes from the original Latin(like all words) and, in turn, comes from the verb I will wash. The meaning of the Latin is: I will wash.
- The correct way to write the word is: lavabo and not lababo. It is written with the first /v/ uve and the second /b/ be.
- If we do what we always indicate, to get out of any doubt, we go to the RAE dictionary and we discover that, indeed, the word with the two /bes/ does not exist. Lababo is not recognized but the definition of sink appears. This is the right one.
- From doncomos.com we give you some examples of this word so that it can help you better: “the new sink that we are going to install is much more modern.” “The sink the other day started to leak and I had to call the plumber.” “The plumber fixed my sink this morning.”
- It is not accepted or recognized to write lababo but neither is it to write lavavo.
- One of the problems that this word can have, like many others that the same thing happens to them, is that, when it comes to pronouncing them, they sound the same way either with the vee /v/ or with the be /b/. Since it sounds the same way, it gives a lot of trouble to detect which of the two letters is the right one.
- Other words that tend to give many errors when writing them because they sound the same, but are not spelled the same, are I was and I was. They are one of the words that many people make the most mistakes.
- Let’s go a little further… what is the grammatical category of the word sink? Etymologically speaking, we would say that this word comes from Latin (we already mentioned it above).
- It is the first person singular. What tense? From the tense, future imperfect of the indicative: wash.
- When we say the word sink, it comes to mind either a basin with a tap, which is used to wash your face and hands (which we all have in our bathroom) or, we also refer to a room, a room that is at home, that is in the bathroom.
- Some of the synonyms to be able to talk about the sink, would be, among others, to say: toilet, sink, bowl, etc.
- Read more to learn new words and gain a better understanding of what each word means.
- The word sink is a flat word. You could also say that they are paroxytone (same as flat). Flat words are those that have the tonic syllable in the penultimate syllable and do not have an accent.
- The word lavabo has three syllables. The syllables are the times the word is separated. And sink makes it three. It would be like this: la-va-bo.
- It is quite complicated trying to collect all the information and trying to tell you what kind of words, what tenses and so on, are written with the letter bo with the letter uve. But we will try to make it generalized and in the most summarized and clear way that we can.
- Verbs that end in the imperfect tense in the indicative mood of the verb -ir are always written with the letter be, and the same with those that end in -ar. Examples to make it clearer: he walked, dreamed, sang, etc.
- All words beginning with -es. Whenever a word has two erres -rr, it must go with a b, never with a vee.
- Remember that whenever a word has two -rr it will be accompanied by a /be/ and it will never be a /v/, it is the easiest way to know how not to make spelling mistakes.
- The vee /v/, on the other hand, basically, you should take into account (among many other rules), that they always come after the letters, /b/, /d/, /n/.
- Words that have an ending ending in -ava, -avo and -ave.
- Be careful, because in this case (which is why I mention it) it could be the case of the word that interests us: sink. As you can see, the first one is written with the vee l-ava…bo. As you can see, the second one already goes with the be. They are some of the exceptions.
- Remember that other endings would be: -ivo, -eva, -eve, -evo, -iva.
What do you need to write sink or sink?
- Read more to learn new words and gain a better understanding of what each word means.
- Try writing and dictating, to find out how you’re progressing, what spelling mistakes you make, what words you don’t understand… you’ll see how you improve and how each time you make fewer spelling mistakes.
- Paper and pen.
- A computer with internet.
- Look for information on the words you don’t understand to find out not only what they mean but also how to spell them correctly. In this way, it will be easier for you to detect grammatical errors.
- Ask a friend for help to solve your doubts with the words that you do not understand or that you do not know how to write. Let them help you practice the language.
Tips for writing sink or basin
Another language that coincides with the same way of writing and pronouncing it: lavabo, is in the Catalan language.
The words that usually have both /ves/ and /bes/ VOB give many problems when it comes to writing correctly for those who still do not control the Spanish language very well or very well.
They have in common that, when it comes to pronouncing, they are done in the same way. They sound the same. So you have to be careful because if you don’t know the word, not even when it’s written with the be or the vee, it always gives the same error… it’s like another word that has nothing to do with how it’s written, or the letter. but they sound the same. It is the word /wáter/ and /váter/. The pronunciation is the same as “toilet”, but as you can see, they have nothing to do with how they are written.
Remember that whenever a word has two -rr it will be accompanied by a /be/ and it will never be a /v/, it is the easiest way to know how not to make spelling mistakes.
Never be ashamed of not knowing how to write a word or how it is pronounced, nor of having made misspellings. The important thing is to learn and the Castilian language, Spanish, is not exactly a very easy language to learn. You can go little by little, speak it and understand it, but writing it with all the verbs and conjunctions is somewhat more complicated. Don’t worry, don’t give up and you’ll see how you’re doing better every time. Reading helps a lot.