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"Sex" is a noun which is often translated as "el sexo", and "gender" is a noun which is often translated as "el género". Learn more about the difference between "sex" and "gender" below.
sex(
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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. (coitus)
a. el sexo (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 doctor asked the patient if he ever engaged in unprotected sex.El doctor le preguntó al paciente si había tenido alguna vez sexo sin protección.
2. (biology)
3. (literary) (anatomy)
A word or phrase restricted in usage to literature or established writing (e.g., sex, once upon a time).
a. el sexo (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).
It had been years since the prisoner had seen a woman's sex.Habían pasado años desde que el prisionero hubiera visto el sexo de una mujer.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
a. determinar el sexo
It can be difficult to sex kittens.Puede ser difícil determinar el sexo de los gatitos.
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