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"Pharmacy" is a noun which is often translated as "la farmacia", and "chemist" is a noun which is often translated as "el químico". Learn more about the difference between "pharmacy" and "chemist" below.
pharmacy()
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (drugstore)
a. la farmacia (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 need to go to the pharmacy to buy some cough medicine.Necesito ir a la farmacia para comprar medicina para la tos.
2. (field)
a. la farmacia (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).
Sheila studied pharmacy at the University of Arizona.Sheila estudió farmacia en la Universidad de Arizona.
chemist()
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (profession)
a. el químico (M), la química (F)
(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).
(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).
Marie Curie, a chemist born in Poland, won two Nobel prizes.Marie Curie, una química nacida en Polonia, ganó dos premios Nobel.
a. el farmacéutico (M), la farmacéutica (F)
(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).
(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 asked the chemist for an ointment for my eczema.Le pedí al farmacéutico un ungüento para mi eccema.
a. la farmacia (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).
Look, there are two chemists on the high street.Mira, hay dos farmacias en la calle principal.
