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"Hives" is a form of "hives", a plural noun which is often translated as "la urticaria". "Rash" is a noun which is often translated as "el sarpullido". Learn more about the difference between "hives" and "rash" below.
hives(
hayvz
)A plural noun indicates that there is more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
1. (illness)
a. la urticaria (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).
His shellfish allergy caused him to break out in hives.Su alergia al marisco le produjo urticaria.
hive
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
2. (bee colony)
a. la colmena (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 bees returned to their hive to alert the others of a predator.Las abejas volvieron a la colmena para alertar a las otras de un depredador.
b. el enjambre (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).
If you find a bee hive on your property, it's safer to burn it than to try moving it.Si encuentras un enjambre de abejas en tu propiedad, es más seguro quemarlo que tratar de moverlo.
3. (hotbed)
a. el hervidero (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).
Every year right before Christmas, the toy factory is a hive of activity.Cada año, justo antes de la Navidad, la fábrica de juguetes es un hervidero de actividad.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
a. meter en la colmena
We managed to hive the swarm using smoke.Logramos meter el enjambre en la colmena sirviéndonos de humo.
a. separar
The buyer is looking at ways of hiving off the profitable side of the business and shutting down the other operations.El comprador está buscando formas de separar el lado rentable del negocio y cerrar las demás operaciones.
rash(
rahsh
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
a. el sarpullido (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).
You should go to the doctor to have that rash examined.Debes ir al médico para que te examinen ese sarpullido.
b. la erupción (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).
I'm worried about this rash on my leg.Estoy preocupado por esta erupción en mi pierna.
2. (multitude)
a. la avalancha (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).
They responded with a rash of air strikes.Respondieron con una avalancha de ataques aéreos.
An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., the big dog).
b. imprudente (action)
The purchase of the sports car was a rash decision.La compra del coche deportivo fue una decisión imprudente.
