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"Tumblers" is a form of "tumbler", a noun which is often translated as "el vaso". "Pupa" is a noun which is often translated as "la crisálida". Learn more about the difference between "pupa" and "tumblers" below.
pupa(
pyu
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puh
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (entomology)
a. la crisálida (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).
This species of moth spends a few days as a pupa before turning into an imago.Esta especie de polilla pasa unos días como crisálida antes de transformarse en imago.
tumbler(
tuhm
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bluhr
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (culinary)
2. (acrobat)
a. el volatinero (M), la volatinera (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).
Clowns and tumblers entered the circus ring.Los payasos y volatineros entraron al ruedo del circo.
b. el volteador (M), la volteadora (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).
The tumblers at the fairground were turning somersaults and juggling with hoops.Los volteadores de la feria hacían volteretas y malabarismos con aros.
a. la gacheta (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).
He tried several keys until he heard the tumbler turn in the lock.Intentó con varias llaves hasta que oyó la gacheta girar en la cerradura.
