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"Skillet" is a noun which is often translated as "el/la sartén", and "frying pan" is a noun which is also often translated as "el/la sartén". Learn more about the difference between "skillet" and "frying pan" below.
skillet()
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
noun
a. el sartén
(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)
, la sartén
(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).
(F)
Sauté the onions in a large skillet.Saltea las cebollas en una sartén grande.
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frying pan()
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
noun
a. el sartén
(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)
, la sartén
(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).
(F)
An egg sizzled in the frying pan.Un huevo chisporroteaba en la sartén.
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