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"Egg" is a noun which is often translated as "el huevo", and "ovum" is a noun which is often translated as "el óvulo". Learn more about the difference between "egg" and "ovum" below.
egg(
ehg
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (culinary)
b. el blanquillo (M) (colloquial) (Central America) (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 commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in Central America: Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama
Regionalism used in Mexico
She likes to eat scrambled eggs.Le gusta comer blanquillos revueltos.
a. el óvulo (M) (human)
(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).
An egg donor can help an infertile woman have a baby.Una donante de óvulos puede ayudar a una mujer estéril tener un bebé.
c. el blanquillo (M) (colloquial) (hen) (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 commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in Mexico
A hen lays an average of six eggs per week.Una gallina pone un promedio de seis blanquillos por semana.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
ovum(
o
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vuhm
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (biology)
a. el óvulo (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).
This is a diagram of an ovum that is about to be fertilized by a sperm cell.Este es un diagrama de un óvulo a punto de ser fertilizado por un espermatozoide.
