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"ALA" is a form of "ALA", an abbreviation which is often translated as "Asociación Americana de Bibliotecas". "El" is a noun which is often translated as "el ferrocarril elevado". Learn more about the difference between "el" and "ALA" below.
el(
ehl
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (colloquial) (transport) (United States)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in the United States
a. el ferrocarril elevado (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).
Saul rode the El to work for years.Saúl tomó el ferrocarril elevado para ir al trabajo durante años.
ALA(
ey
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ehl
-
ey
)An abbreviation is the shortened form of a word or group of words (e.g., "UFO" = "unidentified flying object"; "p." = "page").
a. Asociación Americana de Bibliotecas
The book appears on the ALA's recommended reading list.El libro está en la lista de recomendaciones de la Asociación Americana de Bibliotecas.
