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"Pastos" is a form of "pasto", a noun which is often translated as "pasture". "Césped" is a noun which is often translated as "lawn". Learn more about the difference between "pastos" and "césped" below.
el pasto(
pahs
-
toh
)
A masculine noun is used with masculine articles and adjectives (e.g., el hombre guapo, el sol amarillo).
masculine noun
a. pasture
Roberto está en el pasto con las vacas.Roberto is in the pasture with the cows.
b. grazing
Este cerro tiene buen pasto para los borregos.This hill has good grazing for the sheep.
2. (green area)
Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
(Latin America)
a. lawn
Contraté a alguien para podar el pasto.I hired someone to mow the lawn.
b. grass
Los niños están jugando en el pasto enfrente de la casa.The children are playing in the grass in front of the house.
a. fodder
Colocamos alambre de púas, porque el ganado del vecino se metía al rancho a comer nuestro pasto.We put up barbed wire because the neighbor's cattle was coming onto our ranch to eat our fodder.
4.
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
(colloquial)
(marijuana)
Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
(Latin America)
a. pot
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
(colloquial)
¿Alguna vez has fumado pasto?Have you ever smoked pot?
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el césped(
sehs
-
pehd
)
A masculine noun is used with masculine articles and adjectives (e.g., el hombre guapo, el sol amarillo).
masculine noun
a. lawn
Tengo que cortar el césped.I have to mow the lawn.
b. grass
El perro arruinó el césped del patio trasero.The dog destroyed the grass in the backyard.
a. field
Regionalism used in the United States
(United States)
Los New York Yankees estaban en el césped listos para comenzar el partido.The New York Yankees were out on the field ready to start the game.
b. pitch
Regionalism used in the United Kingdom
(United Kingdom)
Los futbolistas saltaron al césped.The football players came out onto the pitch.
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