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"Dyke" is a noun which is often translated as "el dique", and "faggot" is a noun which is often translated as "el haz de leña". Learn more about the difference between "dyke" and "faggot" below.
dyke(
dayk
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
a. la acequia (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 body of the murdered woman had lain undiscovered in a dike for two decades.Pasaron dos décadas antes de que se descubriera en la acequia el cadáver de la mujer asesinada.
3. (causeway)
a. la calzada (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 paddy fields are separated by a network of dykes.Los arrozales están separados por una red de calzadas.
4. (embankment)
a. el terraplén (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 dyke, originally built as a defense against the English, is now part of a long-distance trail.El terraplén, originalmente construido como defensa contra los ingleses, ahora forma parte de un sendero de larga distancia.
5. (extremely offensive) (lesbian)
A word or phrase that is gravely offensive and taboo in all contexts.
a. la tortillera (F) (extremely offensive)
(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).
A word or phrase that is gravely offensive and taboo in all contexts.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
a. construir un dique para mantener seco
They decided to try dyking the land down by the river to cultivate it.Decidieron construir un dique para intentar mantener seca la tierra que había junto al río y poder cultivarla.
faggot(
fah
-
giht
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
a. el haz de leña (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 parishioners gathered round the bonfire, each of them carrying a faggot to feed it.Los feligreses se reunieron alrededor de la hoguera, cada uno de ellos cargado con un haz de leña para alimentarla.
a. la albóndiga (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).
Faggots are a traditional food made of pork offal.Las albóndigas son un plato tradicional hecho de asaduras porcinas.
3. (extremely offensive) (homosexual man) (United States)
A word or phrase that is gravely offensive and taboo in all contexts.
Regionalism used in the United States
a. el maricón (M) (extremely offensive)
(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).
A word or phrase that is gravely offensive and taboo in all contexts.
b. el marica (M) (extremely offensive)
(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).
A word or phrase that is gravely offensive and taboo in all contexts.
c. el puto (M) (extremely offensive)
(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).
A word or phrase that is gravely offensive and taboo in all contexts.
d. el mariquita (M) (extremely offensive)
(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).
A word or phrase that is gravely offensive and taboo in all contexts.
e. el joto (M) (extremely offensive) (Honduras) (Mexico)
(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).
A word or phrase that is gravely offensive and taboo in all contexts.
Regionalism used in Honduras
Regionalism used in Mexico
f. el sarasa (M) (extremely offensive) (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).
A word or phrase that is gravely offensive and taboo in all contexts.
Regionalism used in Spain
