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"Media" is a plural noun which is often translated as "los medios de comunicación", and "dose" is a noun which is often translated as "la dosis". Learn more about the difference between "media" and "dose" below.
media(
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)A plural noun indicates that there is more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
1. (journalism)
a. los medios de comunicación (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).
Attitudes in the media are changing, but stereotypes still abound.Las actitudes están cambiando en los medios de comunicación, pero aún abundan los estereotipos.
b. los medios (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).
The launch of the new smartphone attracted a lot of media.El lanzamiento del nuevo smartphone atrajo a muchos medios.
dose(
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)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
2. (colloquial) (amount)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
3. (slang) (gonorrhea)
A very informal word or phrase used by a particular group or community as a substitute for standard language (e.g., joint, john).
a. la enfermedad venérea (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).
Felipe brought a dose back with him from his time abroad.Felipe se trajo una enfermedad venérea de su viaje al extranjero.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
