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"Marine" is a noun which is often translated as "la marina", and "maritime" is an adjective which is often translated as "marítimo". Learn more about the difference between "marine" and "maritime" below.
marine(
muh
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rin
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (fleet)
a. la marina (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 was able to travel the world when I worked in the merchant marine.Pude viajar por todo el mundo cuando trabajaba en la marina mercante.
2. (military)
a. el infante de marina (M), la infante de marina (F)
(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).
(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 was a marine for 15 years with the armed forces.Fui infante de marina 15 años en las fuerzas armadas.
b. el marine (M), la marine (F)
(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).
(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).
My brother is a sergeant in the army and my cousin is a marine.Mi hermano es sargento del ejército y mi primo es marine.
c. el fusilero naval (M), la fusilera navala (F) (Uruguay)
(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).
(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).
Regionalism used in Uruguay
The military deployed thousands of sailors and marines for the war.Los militares desplegaron miles de marineros y fusileros navales para la guerra.
An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., the big dog).
marines
A plural noun indicates that there is more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
a. los marines (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 younger brother decided to join the marines instead of going to college.Mi hermano menor decidió unirse a los marines en vez de ir a la universidad.
a. la infantería de marina (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 marines have increased their recruitment efforts since the start of the war.La infantería de marina ha estado reclutando más desde el inicio de la guerra.
maritime(
meh
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rih
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taym
)An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., the big dog).
1. (nautical)
a. marítimo
This morning we went to the maritime museum, where there's a wonderful reconstruction of a Viking longship.Esta mañana fuimos al museo marítimo, donde hay una reconstrucción maravillosa de un barco vikingo.
a. marítimo
The UK enjoys a relatively mild maritime climate.El Reino Unido goza de un clima marítimo relativamente templado.
