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"Basement" is a noun which is often translated as "el sótano", and "cellar" is a noun which is also often translated as "el sótano". Learn more about the difference between "basement" and "cellar" below.
basement(
beys
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mihnt
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
a. el sótano (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 wanted to renovate the basement.Quería reformar el sótano.
My son thinks there's a monster living in our basement.Mi hijo piensa que hay un monstruo viviendo en nuestro sótano.
cellar(
seh
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luhr
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
a. el sótano (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).
We only have the boiler and a few things in storage in our cellar.Solo tenemos la caldera y unas pocas cositas en nuestro sótano.
b. la bodega (F) (for wine)
(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 got two bottles of wine from the cellar to drink with dinner.Traje dos botellas de vino de la bodega para beber en la cena.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
a. guardar en una bodega
In order to acquire its unique flavor, this wine has to be cellared in optimum conditions for more than five years.A fin de adquirir su sabor único, este vino debe permanecer guardado en una bodega durante más de cinco años en condiciones óptimas.
