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"Skydiving" is a form of "skydiving", a noun which is often translated as "el paracaidismo deportivo". "Paragliding" is a noun which is often translated as "el parapente". Learn more about the difference between "paragliding" and "skydiving" below.
paragliding(
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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. (sport)
a. el parapente (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).
Andrew enjoys participating in all kinds of extreme sports, including bungee jumping and paragliding.Andrew disfruta participando en todo tipo de deportes extremos, incluyendo el salto en bungee y el parapente.
skydiving(
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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. (sport)
a. el paracaidismo deportivo (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 went skydiving for my thirtieth birthday.Hice paracaidismo deportivo para mis treinta.
b. la caída libre (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 would never go skydiving. I'm too afraid of heights.Nunca haría caída libre. Le tengo demasiado miedo a las alturas.
