Forming Plural Nouns in English and Spanish - Part 4C - Words Ending in "y"
This challenge goes along with the information in this reference article.
For each of the following English nouns, form the plural in English and provide the Spanish translation(s).
Noun | English | Spanish |
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1. ally | allies | los aliados |
2. army | armies | los ejércitos |
3. ashtray | ashtrays | los ceniceros |
4. baloney | las tonterías, las estupideces | |
5. beauty | beauties | las bellezas |
6. cherry | cherries | las cerezas |
7. city | cities | las ciudades |
8. dictionary | ||
9. dingey | ||
10. drapery | ||
11. driveway | ||
12. Duffy | ||
13. duty | ||
14. fairy | ||
15. family | ||
16. ferry | ||
17. gallery | ||
18. hairspray | ||
19. hearsay | ||
20. history | ||
21. injury | ||
22. jelly | ||
23. kitty | ||
24. lily | ||
25. Murphy | ||
26. navy | ||
27. overbuy | ||
28. party | ||
29. payday | ||
30. rebuy | ||
31. reply | ||
32. sensibility | ||
33. sideway | ||
34. stairway | ||
35. study | ||
36. subway | ||
37. symphony | ||
38. theory | ||
39. trophy | ||
40. try | ||
41. trolley | ||
42. university | ||
43. variety | ||
44. victory | ||
45. workday | ||
46. yesterday |
9 Answers
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¿Tenés ganas de visitar al mundo árabe para disfrutar de las bellezas de los países árabes?
Do you feel like visiting the Arab world to enjoy the beauties of the Arab countries?
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ally - allies
Las tres chicas se convirtieron en aliados. Este podría ser llamado grupo de intimidación.
The three girls became allies. This might be called group bullying.
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Las cerezas frescas son una adición dulce y colorido a los batidos de cereza, ensaladas y los pasteles de cereza.
Fresh cherries are a sweet and colorful addition to cherry smoothies, salads, and cakes.
I am reading both dictionaries, Spanish and English.
Estoy leyendo los dos dicciónarios, el español y el inglés.
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Podés alegrarte de que hay muchas ciudades hermosas en tu estado - Illinois.
You can be happy that there are many beautiful cities in your state - Illinois.
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Please empty the ashtrays.
Por favor, vaciar los ceniceros.
Words Ending with "Y"
There are Total 13257 words Ending with Y (Suffix). Y is not a word but only a combination of letters. y is made up of letters Y.
Example : 1). Electroencephalography 2). Electrophysiologically 3). Microspectrophotometry 4). Intercomprehensibility
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baloney -- I have never seen the plural used in English.
nonsense, foolishness -- las tonterías
stupidity -- las estupideces