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"Restaurant" is a noun which is often translated as "el restaurante", and "dining room" is a noun which is often translated as "el comedor". Learn more about the difference between "restaurant" and "dining room" below.
restaurant(
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A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
noun
a. el restaurante
(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).
(M)
There's a restaurant downtown that serves Peruvian food.Hay un restaurante en el centro que sirve comida peruana.
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dining room(
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A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
noun
a. el comedor
(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).
(M)
We don't usually eat in the dining room.No solemos comer en el comedor.
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