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"Province" is a noun which is often translated as "la provincia", and "borough" is a noun which is often translated as "el distrito". Learn more about the difference between "province" and "borough" below.
province(
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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. (geography)
a. la provincia (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).
Bariloche is in the province of Río Negro, Argentina.Bariloche está en la provincia de Río Negro, Argentina.
2. (domain)
b. el terreno (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 wish I could answer your question, but it's not really in my province.Ojalá pudiera contestar su pregunta, pero no es exactamente mi terreno.
a. el arzobispado (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 Church isn't very happy with some of the changes he's made in his province.La Iglesia no está muy contenta con algunos de los cambios que ha hecho en su arzobispado.
a. la competencia (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).
The police only enforce the law. Changing the law isn't their province.La policía solo hace cumplir la ley; cambiarla está fuera de su competencia.
borough(
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)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
a. el distrito (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).
He has lived in New York City all his life, but in two different boroughs.Ha vivido en la Ciudad de Nueva York toda la vida, pero en dos distritos diferentes.
b. la delegación (F) (Mexico)
(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 Mexico
Mark lives in London's largest borough, Bromley.Mark vive en la delegación más grande de Londres, Bromley.
a. el municipio (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).
She's running for Member of Parliament for the borough of Kettering.Se está postulando para ser miembro del parlamento del municipio de Kettering.
3. (used to refer to a city in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, or Minnesota) (United States)
Regionalism used in the United States
4. (used to refer to a neighborhood in Connecticut) (United States)
Regionalism used in the United States
b. la colonia (F) (Honduras) (Mexico)
(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 Honduras
Regionalism used in Mexico
I live in the town of Litchfield. - Me too, which borough?Vivo en la ciudad de Litchfield. - Yo también, ¿qué colonia?
a. el condado (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 fishing boat set sail from the Bristol Bay Borough.El barco de pesca zarpó del condado de Bristol Bay.
