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"Heating" is a form of "heating", a noun which is often translated as "la calefacción". "Electrical" is an adjective which is often translated as "eléctrico". Learn more about the difference between "electrical" and "heating" below.
electrical(
uh
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lehk
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trih
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kuhl
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An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., the big dog).
adjective
a. eléctrico
The school's new electrical wiring will be installed next week.El nuevo cableado eléctrico de la escuela se instalará la semana que viene.
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heating(
hi
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dihng
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A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
noun
a. la calefacción
(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).
(F)
Many hotel guests complained that the heating wasn't working.Muchos huéspedes del hotel se quejaron de que la calefacción no estaba funcionando.
We're all shivering in here. We have to switch on the heating.Todos estamos tiritando aquí. Tenemos que encender la calefacción.
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