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"Bacon" is a noun which is often translated as "el tocino", and "sausage" is a noun which is often translated as "la salchicha". Learn more about the difference between "bacon" and "sausage" below.
bacon(
bey
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kihn
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (culinary)
b. la tocineta (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).
Every Sunday I make scrambled eggs and bacon.Cada domingo hago huevos revueltos con tocineta.
c. la panceta (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).
I fried a few strips of bacon.Freí unas lonjas de panceta.
sausage(
sa
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sihj
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (culinary)
a. la salchicha (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).
Do you want to help me grill these sausages?¿Quieres ayudarme a hacer estas salchichas a la parrilla?
b. el embutido (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).
Oops, I left the sausage at the butcher shop.Huy, dejé el embutido en la carnicería.
c. el chorizo (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 Southern Cone, grilled fresh pork sausages served in a bread roll are called "choripan."En el cono sur, los chorizos frescos de cerdo cocidos a la parrilla y servidos en pan se llaman "choripán".
