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"Department store" is a noun which is often translated as "la tienda por departamentos", and "mall" is a noun which is often translated as "el centro comercial". Learn more about the difference between "department store" and "mall" below.
department store(
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)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (general)
a. la tienda por departamentos (F) (Latin America)
(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).
Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
Macy's, the New York department store, was discounting them by 50% in the New Year sale.Macy's, la tienda por departamentos neoyorquina, los tiene con un descuento del 50 % en las liquidaciones de Año Nuevo.
b. la tienda de departamentos (F) (Dominican Republic) (Venezuela)
(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).
Regionalism used in the Dominican Republic
Regionalism used in Venezuela
It costs $35 and is available from leading department stores.Cuesta 35 $ y está en venta en las principales tiendas de departamentos.
c. la tienda departamental (F) (Mexico)
(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).
Regionalism used in Mexico
She works on the beauty counter at a department store.Trabaja en el mostrador de productos de belleza en una tienda departamental.
d. los grandes almacenes (M) (Spain)
(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 Spain
He owns a national chain of department stores.Es propietario de una cadena nacional de grandes almacenes.
mall(
mal
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
a. el centro comercial (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).
She loves going to the mall on Saturdays.Le encanta ir al centro comercial los sábados.
2. (avenue)
b. el bulevar (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).
The harbor mall is always full of people.El bulevar del puerto siempre está lleno de gente.
c. la alameda (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).
The founders of the city designed a central mall intended for leisure.Los fundadores de la ciudad diseñaron una alameda central destinada para el ocio.
