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"Melody" is a noun which is often translated as "la melodía", and "ringtone" is a noun which is often translated as "el tono de llamada". Learn more about the difference between "melody" and "ringtone" below.
melody(
meh
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luh
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di
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (music)
a. la melodía (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).
Only the sopranos in the choir sang the melody.Solo las sopranos del coro cantaban la melodía.
The melody of this song sounds a lot like the national anthem.La melodía de esta canción se parece mucho al himno nacional.
ringtone(
rihng
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ton
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
a. el tono de llamada (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).
I knew that song was out when my grandma started using it as her ringtone.Supe que esa canción había pasado de moda cuando mi abuela se la puso de tono de llamada.
b. el ringtone (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 ringtone on my cell is a Guatemalan marimba.El ringtone de mi celu es una marimba guatemalteca.
