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"Bus station" is a noun which is often translated as "la estación de autobuses", and "Puerto Rico" is a proper noun which is often translated as "Puerto Rico". Learn more about the difference between "bus station" and "Puerto Rico" below.
bus station(
buhs
stey
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shihn
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (transport)
a. la estación de autobuses (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 arrived at the bus station too late and missed my bus.Llegué a la estación de autobuses demasiado tarde y perdí mi autobús.
b. la terminal de autobuses (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 reserved my ticket online, and collected it at the bus station.Reservé el pasaje online y lo recogí en la terminal de autobuses.
When my brother ran away, our parents found him at the bus station downtown.Cuando mi hermano se escapó de casa, nuestros padres lo encontraron en la terminal de autobuses del centro.
Puerto Rico(
por
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duh
ri
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ko
)A proper noun refers to the name of a person, place, or thing.
a. Puerto Rico
Ricky Martin was born in Puerto Rico in 1971.Ricky Martin nació en Puerto Rico en 1971.
