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"Rocket" is a noun which is often translated as "el cohete", and "radicchio" is a noun which is often translated as "la achicoria roja". Learn more about the difference between "rocket" and "radicchio" below.
rocket(
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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. (engine)
2. (military)
a. el cohete (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).
Only one of the four rockets we launched hit the enemy fighter.Solo uno de los cuatro cohetes que lanzamos alcanzó el caza enemigo.
3. (spacecraft)
a. el cohete espacial (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 rocket will take off from Cape Canaveral at 4 pm.El cohete espacial despegará a las 4 pm de Cabo Cañaveral.
4. (firework)
b. la rúcula (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).
What's in the salad? - Green apples, hearts of palm tree, and rocket.¿De qué es la ensalada? - De manzanas verdes, palmitos y rúcula.
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).
a. no direct translation
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
A motorbike rocketed past our car.Una moto nos pasó rápido como una bala.
A thunder roared and the dog rocketed into the house.Sonó un trueno y el perro entró a la casa como un misil.
radicchio(
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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. (vegetable)
a. la achicoria roja (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).
I made a salad with radicchio, lettuce and tomato.Hice una ensalada con achicoria roja, lechuga y tomate.
2. (botany)
a. la achicoria roja (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).
Is that a field of red cabbage? - No, it's radicchio.¿Es un campo de col roja? - No, es achicoria roja.
