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"DE" is a form of "DE", an abbreviation which is often translated as "Delaware". "Lode" is a noun which is often translated as "la veta". Learn more about the difference between "lode" and "DE" below.
lode
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
noun
a. la veta
(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)
The miners found a lode of copper on the mountainside.Los mineros encontraron una veta de cobre en la ladera.
b. el filón
(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).
(M)
There is a lode of iron ore near the river.Hay un filón de mineral de hierro cerca del río.
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An abbreviation is the shortened form of a word or group of words (e.g., "UFO" = "unidentified flying object"; "p." = "page").
abbreviation
a. Delaware
The parcel was sent to Dover, DE.El paquete fue enviado a Dover, Delaware.
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