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"Mushrooms" is a form of "mushroom", a noun which is often translated as "el hongo". "Anchovy" is a noun which is often translated as "la anchoa". Learn more about the difference between "anchovy" and "mushrooms" below.
anchovy(
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)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (animal)
a. la anchoa (F)
(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).
Anchovies look a lot like sardines, but they're longer and thinner.Las anchoas se parecen mucho a las sardinas, pero son más largas y delgadas.
b. el boquerón (M) (Spain)
(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).
Regionalism used in Spain
The anchovy is low on the food chain and serves as an important food source for many other fishes.El boquerón está en un nivel bajo de la cadena alimenticia y sirve de fuente importante de alimentación para muchos otros peces.
2. (culinary)
b. el boquerón (M) (Spain)
(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).
Regionalism used in Spain
I love eating anchovies and olives with a glass of vermouth in the afternoon.Me encanta comer boquerones y aceitunas con un vermut por la tarde.
mushroom(
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)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
a. el hongo (M) (Latin America)
(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).
Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
Do you know if these mushrooms are poisonous?¿Sabes si estos hongos son venenosos?
b. la seta (F) (flat-topped) (Spain)
(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).
Regionalism used in Spain
We made roasted mushrooms with garlic and butter.Hicimos setas asadas con ajo y mantequilla.
c. el champiñón (M) (round-topped)
(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).
I had a mushroom pizza for lunch yesterday.Ayer comí pizza de champiñones.
d. la callampa (F) (Argentina) (Bolivia) (Chile) (Peru)
(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).
Regionalism used in Argentina
Regionalism used in Bolivia
Regionalism used in Chile
Regionalism used in Peru
Some mushrooms can be poisonous.Algunas callampas pueden ser venenosas.
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).
a. crecer rápidamente
Sanitation problems mushroomed as the population increased.Los problemas de saneamiento crecieron rápidamente a medida que la población aumentaba.
