aide-de-camp
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The plural of "aide-de-camp" is "aides-de-camp."
aide-de-camp
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (military)
a. el ayudante de campo (M), la ayudante de campo (F)
(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).
(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).
Beaulieu is the general's aide-de-camp.Beaulieu es el ayudante de campo del general.
b. el edecán (M), la edecán (F)
(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).
(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 aide-de-camp arrived to deliver the general's orders.Llegó el edecán para pronunciar las órdenes del general.
c. la edecana (F) (feminine) (Latin America)
(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).
Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
The president was accompanied by her aides-de-camp.La presidenta iba acompañada de sus edecanas.
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