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"Cubeta" is a noun which is often translated as "bucket", and "cubo" is a noun which is also often translated as "bucket". Learn more about the difference between "cubeta" and "cubo" below.
la cubeta(
koo
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beh
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tah
)A feminine noun is almost always used with feminine articles and adjectives (e.g., la mujer bonita, la luna llena).
2. (barrel)
b. small cask
A los marineros les quedaba solamente una cubeta con agua dulce.The sailors only had one small cask of drinking water left.
3. (chemistry)
a. tray
Mete la película en la cubeta que tiene el revelador.Place the film in the tray containing the developer.
a. ice tray
Saca la cubeta del congelador y trae algunos hielos.Take the ice tray out of the freezer and bring some ice cubes.
a. bulb
No calientes el agua rápido o la cubeta del termómetro podría estallar.Don't heat the water quickly or the thermometer bulb could break.
el cubo(
koo
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boh
)A masculine noun is used with masculine articles and adjectives (e.g., el hombre guapo, el sol amarillo).
1. (container)
a. bucketful
Tono me regaló un cubo de chocolates para mi cumpleaños.Tono gave me a bucketful of chocolates for my birthday.
b. bucket
Compré un cubo de maíz en el mercado de granjeros.I bought a bucket of corn at the farmers market.
c. pail
El portero lanzó un cubo de agua helada sobre la cabeza de su entrenador at terminar una sesión intensiva de entrenamiento.The goalkeeper threw a pail of ice water over his coach's head after a grueling training session.
a. hub
El cubo lo vas a tener que reemplazar, ya que se rompieron casi todos los rayos en el accidente.You'll have to replace the hub since almost all the spokes were broken in the accident.
6. (mechanics)
a. drum
El cubo de la secadora tiene un cúmulo de pelusa.There's an accumulation of lint in the dryer drum.
a. millpond
El molino dejó de funcionar porque casi no había agua en el cubo.The mill stopped working because there was hardly any water in the millpond.
a. turret
Puedes subirte a la azotea mediante la escalera del cubo.You can go up to the roof through the staircase in the turret.
