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"Burner" is a noun which is often translated as "el quemador", and "hob" is a noun which is often translated as "la placa". Learn more about the difference between "burner" and "hob" below.
burner(
buhr
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nuhr
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
a. el quemador (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).
When the water starts to boil, remove the pot from the burner.Cuando el agua empiece a hervir, quita la olla del quemador.
b. la hornilla (F) (Caribbean) (Ecuador) (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 the Caribbean: Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico
Regionalism used in Ecuador
Regionalism used in Mexico
I forgot to turn off one of the burners and there was a gas leak. Luckily, it was all that happened.Se me olvidó apagar una de las hornillas y hubo una fuga de gas. Afortunadamente, no pasó a mayores.
c. la hornalla (F) (South America)
(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 South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela
Lower the heat on that burner so that the food doesn't burn.Baja el fuego de esa hornalla para que la comida no se queme.
2. (computing)
a. el quemador (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.
You can't use the burner yet because I'm burning a CD.Todavía no puedes usar el quemador porque estoy quemando un CD.
b. la grabadora (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).
My DVD burner has suddenly stopped working.Mi grabadora de DVD dejó de funcionar de repente.
hob(
hab
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
b. el anafe (M) (Argentina) (Uruguay)
(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 Argentina
Regionalism used in Uruguay
Are you getting an electric hob or a gas one?¿Vas a comprar un anafe eléctrico o uno a gas?
a. el quemador (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).
When I got home from school, my mother would always put a kettle on the hob to make tea.Cuando volvía a casa del colegio, mi madre siempre ponía la pava en el quemador para hacer té.
b. la hornalla (F) (River Plate)
(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).
Watch the milk doesn't boil over onto the hob.Cuidado que la leche no caiga sobre la hornalla al hervir.
