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"Hermitage" is a form of "hermitage", a noun which is often translated as "la ermita". "Shrine" is a noun which is often translated as "el santuario". Learn more about the difference between "hermitage" and "shrine" below.
hermitage(
huhr
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mih
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tihj
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (general)
a. la ermita (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).
At the top of the hill there's a hermitage often used by ascetics.En la cima de la colina hay una ermita usada comunmente por ascéticos.
The monk lived in a hermitage where he had built a shrine.El monje vivía en una ermita en la que había construido un altar.
shrine(
shrayn
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
a. el santuario (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).
My sister decorated her room with posters like it was a shrine to her favorite band.Mi hermana decoró su cuarto con afiches como si fuera un santuario de su banda favorita.
b. el lugar sagrado (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).
It is a shame that so many people have been desecrating this shrine.Es una lástima que tantas personas hayan estado profanando este lugar sagrado.
2. (tomb)
a. el sepulcro (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).
Everybody from the neighborhood left flowers at the shrine of the local priest.Todas las personas del vecindario dejaron flores en el sepulcro de su sacerdote.
