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"Stoplight" is a noun which is often translated as "el semáforo", and "traffic light" is a noun which is also often translated as "el semáforo". Learn more about the difference between "stoplight" and "traffic light" below.
stoplight(
stap
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layt
)
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
noun
1. (traffic light)
Regionalism used in the United States
(United States)
a. el semáforo
(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)
Take a right at the second stoplight.En el segundo semáforo dobla a la derecha.
a. la luz de freno
(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)
Did you know your right stoplight isn't working?¿Sabías que tu luz de freno derecha no funciona?
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traffic light(
trah
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fihk
 
layt
)
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
noun
a. el semáforo
(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)
The small, rural town only has one traffic light.El pequeño pueblo rural solo tiene un semáforo.
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