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"Letters" is a form of "letters", a plural noun which is often translated as "las letras". "Pencils" is a form of "pencil", a noun which is often translated as "el lápiz". Learn more about the difference between "letters" and "pencils" below.
letters(
leh
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duhrz
)A plural noun indicates that there is more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
1. (literary) (erudition)
A word or phrase restricted in usage to literature or established writing (e.g., sex, once upon a time).
a. las letras (F) (literary)
(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).
A word or phrase restricted in usage to literature or established writing (e.g., sex, once upon a time).
The scholar was a man of letters.El erudito era un hombre de letras.
letter
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
a. estampar (con letras)
The cover of the book was lettered in ancient script.La portada del libro estaba estampada con letras antiguas.
pencil(
pehn
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suhl
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
b. el lapicero (M) (Spain)
(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).
Regionalism used in Spain
I need to sharpen my pencils.Necesito sacarle punta a mis lapiceros.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
2. (to write)
a. apuntar
There were several notes penciled in the margins of the book.Había varias notas apuntadas en los márgenes del libro.
a. dibujar a lápiz
She was sitting in the park, penciling a sketch of a bird.Estaba sentada en el parque, dibujando a lápiz un boceto de un pájaro.
