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"Sit-up" is a noun which is often translated as "el ejercicio abdominal", and "sit-down" is an adjective which is often translated as "servido en la mesa". Learn more about the difference between "sit-up" and "sit-down" below.
sit-up(
sihd
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uhp
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (sports)
a. el ejercicio abdominal (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).
How did you get your stomach so flat? - I do 1,000 sit-ups a day.¿Cómo hiciste para tener el vientre tan plano? - Hago 1,000 ejercicios abdominales al día.
b. el abdominal (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 do ten sit-ups between weight lifting exercises.Hago diez abdominales entre los ejercicios de levantamiento de pesas.
sit-down(
siht
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daun
)An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., the big dog).
1. (formal)
a. servido en la mesa
There will be no sit-down dinner at the event, but there will be a bar and hors d'oeuvres.No habrá cena servida en la mesa en el evento, pero sí habrá bar y canapés.
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
2. (protest)
a. la sentada (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 workers staged a sit-down demanding better pay.Los trabajadores realizaron una sentada para exigir una mejor paga.
3. (meeting)
a. la reunión (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 sit-down took longer than expected, but we finally signed a contract.La reunión duró más de lo esperado, pero finalmente firmamos contrato.
