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"Yale" is a proper noun which is often translated as "Yale", and "jail" is a noun which is often translated as "la cárcel". Learn more about the difference between "Yale" and "jail" below.
Yale(
yeyl
)A proper noun refers to the name of a person, place, or thing.
1. (university)
a. Yale
The Yale coat of arms contains two Hebrew words.El escudo de armas de Yale tiene dos palabras en hebreo.
jail(
jeyl
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (prison)
b. la prisión (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).
Many jails are plagued by overcrowding.Muchas prisiones están plagadas de hacinamiento.
An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., the big dog).
a. de prisión
This activity is punishable with a jail sentence of up to two years.Esta actividad es punible con una pena de prisión de hasta dos años.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
