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"Preterite" is a noun which is often translated as "el pretérito", and "Que" is an abbreviation which is often translated as "Que". Learn more about the difference between "preterite" and "Que" below.
preterite(
preh
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duhr
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iht
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (grammar)
a. el pretérito (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 preterite is a past tense.El pretérito es un tiempo pasado.
Que(
kweh
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behk
)An abbreviation is the shortened form of a word or group of words (e.g., "UFO" = "unidentified flying object"; "p." = "page").
