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"Cricket" is a noun which is often translated as "el críquet", and "grasshopper" is a noun which is often translated as "el saltamontes". Learn more about the difference between "cricket" and "grasshopper" below.
cricket(
krih
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kiht
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (sport)
a. el críquet (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).
Cricket is played with a ball and a bat.El críquet se juega con una pelota y un bate.
b. el cricket (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).
They play cricket in England, but in the United States we play baseball.Se juega el cricket en Inglaterra, pero en los Estados Unidos se juega el béisbol.
grasshopper(
grahs
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ha
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puhr
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (animal)
a. el saltamontes (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).
Grasshoppers can jump really high.Los saltamontes pueden saltar muy alto.
b. el chapulín (M) (Central America) (Colombia) (Mexico) (Venezuela)
(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 Central America: Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama
Regionalism used in Colombia
Regionalism used in Mexico
Regionalism used in Venezuela
I tried quesadillas with grasshoppers when I visited Oaxaca.Probé las quesadillas con chapulines cuando visité Oaxaca.
