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"Meals" is a form of "meal", a noun which is often translated as "la comida". "Grits" is a form of "grits", a plural noun which is often translated as "la sémola de maíz". Learn more about the difference between "meals" and "grits" below.
meal(
mil
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
3. (culinary)
a. la harina (F) (of oats or corn)
(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).
Add meal to thicken the sauce.Añade harina para espesar la salsa.
grits(
grihts
)A plural noun indicates that there is more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
a. la sémola de maíz (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).
Bubba ate catfish and grits for breakfast.Bubba desayunó bagre y sémola de maíz.
Can you believe I've never had grits? - What? But you're from Georgia!¿Puedes creer que nunca he comido sémola de maíz? - ¿Qué? ¡Pero si eres de Georgia!
grit
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
a. la arenilla (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).
Nicholas put clean grit in the bottom of the parakeets' cage.Nicholas puso arenilla limpia en el fondo de la jaula de los periquitos.
b. la arena (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).
Chickens need insoluble grit to digest their food properly.Los pollos necesitan arena insoluble para digerir la comida adecuadamente.
d. la gravilla (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 put grit on the road to increase traction in icy conditions.Ponen gravilla en la carretera para aumentar la tracción cuando hay posibilidades de formación de hielo.
a. las agallas (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).
She overcame great adversity thanks to her grit.Logró superar una gran adversidad gracias a sus agallas.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
4. (to clench)
a. apretar
Josie grit her teeth and pulled the arrow out of her leg.Josie apretó los dientes y se sacó la flecha de la pierna.
a. echar gravilla a
The people of Bonhill requested that the Council grit the roads when it snows or freezes.Los habitantes de Bonhill solicitaron que el Consejo echara gravilla a las carreteras cuando nieva o hay hielo.
b. echar gravilla en
They didn't grit the platform and everyone was slipping everywhere.No echaron gravilla en el andén y todo el mundo resbalaba por todas partes.
