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"Blueberry" is a noun which is often translated as "el arándano", and "blackberry" is a noun which is often translated as "la mora". Learn more about the difference between "blueberry" and "blackberry" below.
blueberry(
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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. (fruit)
a. el arándano (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).
Blueberry pie is a perfect summer dessert.La torta de arándanos es un postre veraniego perfecto.
I'm starving. I only had a blueberry muffin for lunch.Me estoy muriendo de hambre. Solo me comí un muffin de arándano de almuerzo.
b. la mora azul (F) (Mexico)
(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 Mexico
I'm going to make a smoothie with yogurt and blueberries.Voy a preparar un licuado con yogur y moras azules.
blackberry(
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beh
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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. (fruit)
a. la mora (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 always put blackberries and green apples in my yogurt.Siempre le agrego moras y manzanas verdes al yogur.
There's blackberry pie and vanilla ice cream for dessert.Hay tarta de mora y helado de vainilla de postre.
b. la zarzamora (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).
Blackberries are an excellent source of folic acid.Las zarzamoras son una excelente fuente de ácido fólico.
2. (botany)
a. la zarzamora (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).
The blackberries were in flower.Las zarzamoras estaban en flor.
b. el moral (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.
The blackberries gave a huge crop this year.Los morales dieron una cosecha enorme este año.
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).
a. recoger moras
We could go blackberrying in the woods to make a cake.Podríamos ir a recoger moras al bosque para hacer un pastel.
