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"Attribute" is a transitive verb which is often translated as "atribuir", and "adjective" is a noun which is often translated as "el adjetivo". Learn more about the difference between "attribute" and "adjective" below.
attribute(
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)A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
a. atribuir
When asked to what she attributed her success, she simply answered, "Hard work."Cuando se le preguntó a qué atribuía su éxito, simplemente respondió, "Al trabajo duro".
a. atribuir
For many years, the painting was attributed to da Vinci, but it is actually the work of one of his assistants.Durante muchos años, atribuyeron el cuadro a da Vinci, pero en realidad es el trabajo de uno de sus ayudantes.
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
a. el atributo (M)
(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 won't deny that physical attributes are important when choosing a potential partner.No niego la importancia de los atributos físicos a la hora de elegir una posible pareja.
4. (grammar)
a. el atributo (M)
(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).
In the phrase "the girl with the black hair," "black" is the attribute of the noun "hair."En la frase "la chica de pelo negro", "negro" es el atributo del sustantivo "pelo".
adjective(
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)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
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a. el adjetivo (M)
(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).
Adjectives describe the nouns they modify.Los adjetivos describen a los sustantivos que modifican.
An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., the big dog).
