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"Sloughing" is a form of "slough", a transitive verb which is often translated as "mudar". "Sliding" is a form of "sliding", an adjective which is often translated as "corredizo". Learn more about the difference between "sloughing" and "sliding" below.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
1. (to shed)
a. mudar
The snake will eventually slough its skin to reveal a fresh layer underneath.La culebra finalmente mudará su piel, revelando una nueva capa por debajo.
b. mudar de
Soft-shell lobsters are those that have recently sloughed their shell.Los bogavantes de caparazón blando son los que mudaron de caparazón recientemente.
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
2. (geography)
a. el cenagal (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).
There is a small slough nearby the river.Hay un pequeño cenagal cerca del río.
3. (biology)
a. la camisa (F) (of reptile)
(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).
Timothy cleaned the slough of the snake out of the terrarium.Timothy limpió la camisa de la serpiente del terrario.
b. la muda (F) (of reptile)
(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).
You could see the eyes perfectly marked in the slough of the boa.Los ojos se podían ver perfectamente marcados en la muda de la boa.
4. (medicine)
a. la escara (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 nurse recorded that there was slough around the perimeter of the wound.La enfermera apuntó que había escara alrededor del perímetro de la herida.
sliding(
slay
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dihng
)An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., the big dog).
