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"Adore" is a transitive verb which is often translated as "adorar", and "bear" is a noun which is often translated as "el oso". Learn more about the difference between "adore" and "bear" below.
adore(
uh
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dor
)A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
1. (to love)
a. adorar
I adore puppies, but I can't have a dog right now.Adoro los cachorros, pero ahora mismo no puedo tener un perro.
Susan adores her son and won't hear anything against him.Susan adora a su hijo y no permite que nadie lo critique.
2. (colloquial) (to like very much)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
b. enloquecer
I adore fried onions when they're almost burned.Me enloquece la cebolla frita cuando está casi quemada.
bear(
behr
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (animal)
a. el oso (M), la osa (F)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Polar bears live mainly in the Arctic Circle.Los osos polares viven principalmente en el círculo polar ártico.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
a. soportar
The shelves have to bear the weight of the books.Los estantes tienen que soportar el peso de los libros.
b. aguantar
The elevator cannot bear a weight over 1500 pounds.El ascensor no puede aguantar un peso sobre 1500 libras.
c. resistir
My brother had to bear carrying the sofa all the way to the truck.Mi hermano tuvo que resistir llevar el sofá hasta la camioneta.
3. (to endure)
a. cargar con
He had to bear most of the responsibility for the company bankruptcy.Tuvo que cargar con casi toda la responsabilidad por la quiebra de la empresa.
5. (to carry)
6. (to show)
a. tener
Their account bears little resemblance to reality.Su versión tiene poco que ver con la realidad.
7. (to produce)
a. dar a luz a
She bore three healthy and beautiful children.Dio a luz a tres hijos sanos y preciosos.
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).
9. (to steer)
