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"Range" is a noun which is often translated as "la gama", and "hob" is a noun which is often translated as "la placa". Learn more about the difference between "range" and "hob" below.
range(
reynj
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (variety)
c. el registro (M) (music)
(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).
This song will showcase your singing range.Esta canción demostrará tu registro vocal.
2. (reach)
a. el alcance (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).
These weapons can fire at long range.Estas armas pueden disparar a largo alcance.
b. la cobertura (F) (cell phone)
(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).
My phone always goes out of range in the countryside.Mi celular siempre sale de la cobertura en el campo.
a. el campo de tiro (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).
We can try out our guns in the shooting range.Podemos probar nuestras pistolas en el campo de tiro.
5. (appliance)
b. la estufa (F) (Latin America)
(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 Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
You can cook the meat on the range.Puedes cocinar la carne en la estufa.
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).
hob(
hab
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
b. el anafe (M) (Argentina) (Uruguay)
(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).
Regionalism used in Argentina
Regionalism used in Uruguay
Are you getting an electric hob or a gas one?¿Vas a comprar un anafe eléctrico o uno a gas?
a. el quemador (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).
When I got home from school, my mother would always put a kettle on the hob to make tea.Cuando volvía a casa del colegio, mi madre siempre ponía la pava en el quemador para hacer té.
b. la hornalla (F) (River Plate)
(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).
Watch the milk doesn't boil over onto the hob.Cuidado que la leche no caiga sobre la hornalla al hervir.
