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"Region" is a noun which is often translated as "la región", and "province" is a noun which is often translated as "la provincia". Learn more about the difference between "region" and "province" below.
region(
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)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
b. la zona (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).
We traveled north, to a region of spectacular mountains and lakes.Viajamos al norte, a una zona de montañas y lagos espectaculares.
2. (medicine)
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.
