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"Province" is a noun which is often translated as "la provincia", and "district" is a noun which is often translated as "el distrito". Learn more about the difference between "province" and "district" below.
province(
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vihns
)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.
district(
dihs
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trihkt
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (area)
a. el distrito (M) (of a city)
(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).
There are 30 district police stations in the city.Hay 30 comisarías de distrito en la ciudad.
b. el barrio (M) (of a city)
(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 wealthy district is located in the north of the city.El barrio rico está ubicado al norte de la ciudad.
c. la región (F) (of the country)
(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).
Half of the inhabitants live in the poorest district of the country.La mitad de los habitantes viven en la región más pobre del país.
d. la zona (F) (of the country)
(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).
Police officers from the surrounding districts helped to catch the fugitive.Policías de las zonas colindantes colaboraron para atrapar al fugitivo.
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).
Clinton won the district in 1996.Clinton ganó el distrito en 1996.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
a. dividir en distritos
There are plans to district the south of the island into four separate administrative areas.Hay planes para dividir el sur de la isla en cuatro distritos que serían regiones administrativas independientes.
