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"Pancakes" is a form of "pancake", a noun which is often translated as "el panqueque". "Eggs" is a form of "egg", a noun which is often translated as "el huevo". Learn more about the difference between "pancakes" and "eggs" below.
pancake(
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)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (culinary)
a. el panqueque (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).
Have you ever tried pancakes with dulce de leche?¿Has probado panqueques con dulce de leche?
b. la tortita (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 like pancakes with chocolate for breakfast.Me gusta desayunar tortitas con chocolate.
c. el hotcake (M) (Mexico)
(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).
Regionalism used in Mexico
I'm craving pancakes this morning.Se me antojan hotcakes esta mañana.
d. el panqué (M) (Central America) (Colombia)
(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).
Regionalism used in Central America: Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama
Regionalism used in Colombia
May I have another pancake?¿Me da otro panqué?
e. la panqueca (F) (Venezuela)
(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 Venezuela
You have to order the pancakes with whipped cream.Hay que pedir las panquecas con crema batida.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
2. (aviation)
a. aterrizar de panza
The pilot decided to make an emergency landing and pancaked the plane onto the lake.El piloto decidió hacer un aterrizaje de emergencia y aterrizó el avión de panza sobre el lago.
3. (to flatten)
a. arrasar
The tornado pancaked several buildings in its path.El tornado arrasó varios edificios en su camino.
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).
4. (aviation)
a. aterrizar de panza
The pilot's maneuver went wrong and the light aircraft pancaked on the airfield.La maniobra del piloto falló y la avioneta aterrizó de panza en el aerodromo.
egg(
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)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (culinary)
b. el blanquillo (M) (colloquial) (Central America) (Mexico)
(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).
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in Central America: Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama
Regionalism used in Mexico
She likes to eat scrambled eggs.Le gusta comer blanquillos revueltos.
a. el óvulo (M) (human)
(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).
An egg donor can help an infertile woman have a baby.Una donante de óvulos puede ayudar a una mujer estéril tener un bebé.
c. el blanquillo (M) (colloquial) (hen) (Mexico)
(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).
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in Mexico
A hen lays an average of six eggs per week.Una gallina pone un promedio de seis blanquillos por semana.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
