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"DE" is a form of "DE", an abbreviation which is often translated as "Delaware". "Adjective" is a noun which is often translated as "el adjetivo". Learn more about the difference between "DE" and "adjective" below.
DE(
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i
)An abbreviation is the shortened form of a word or group of words (e.g., "UFO" = "unidentified flying object"; "p." = "page").
1. (U.S. state)
adjective(
ah
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jihk
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tihv
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (grammar)
a. el adjetivo (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).
Adjectives describe the nouns they modify.Los adjetivos describen a los sustantivos que modifican.
An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., the big dog).
