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"Community college" is a noun which is often translated as "el colegio comunitario", and "school" is a noun which is often translated as "la escuela". Learn more about the difference between "community college" and "school" below.
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)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
a. el colegio comunitario (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).
Frank plans to attend community college for two years, and then transfer to a four-year college.Frank planea asistir a un colegio comunitario por dos años, y luego pasar a una universidad.
b. el colegio universitario comunitario (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).
One of the benefits of community colleges is that tuition costs are comparatively low.Uno de los beneficios de los colegios universitarios comunitarios es que los costos de matrícula son, en comparación, bajos.
school(
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)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
a. la escuela (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).
Their children go to the same school on the bus.Sus hijos van a la misma escuela en el autobús.
b. el colegio (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 have to go back to school at the end of August.Tenemos que regresar al colegio a finales de agosto.
a. la universidad (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 school didn't have a football team.Mi universidad no tenía un equipo de fútbol americano.
b. la facultad (F) (department)
(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 went to law school after college.Fui a la facultad de derecho después de la universidad.
3. (group)
a. la escuela (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).
Louis Sullivan is my favorite architect of the Chicago School.Louis Sullivan es mi arquitecto favorito de la escuela de Chicago.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
4. (to train)
a. educar
Were both their sons schooled in the UK?¿Sus hijos fueron educados en el Reino Unido los dos?
