How the word "el pulgar" is translated into English
Me pillé el pulgar con la puerta.
[me piˈʎe el pulˈɣaɾ kon la ˈpweɾta.]
I caught my thumb in the door.
¿Por qué levantas el pulgar?
[¿poɾ ˈke leˈβantas el pulˈɣaɾ?]
Why are you giving a thumbs-up?
El bebé se chupa el pulgar para dormir.
[el beˈβe se ˈʧupa el pulˈɣaɾ paɾa ðoɾˈmiɾ.]
The baby sucks its thumb to fall asleep.
"el pulgar" is in the lesson "Body parts 2" (Level 25), along with 8 other useful words. LinDuo has 180 topic lessons like this one, 2,369 words in total. Every word has an illustration, a transcription and pronunciation in a female and a male voice. Just 10–15 minutes a day is enough to learn them all. Free, and works offline.