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sanatorium

USAGE NOTE
This word may also be spelled “sanitarium” in the senses shown in 1) and 2), and its plural is "sanatoriums" or "sanatoria."
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A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
noun
a. el sanatorio
(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)
She contracted tuberculosis and spent much of her childhood in a sanatorium.Contrajo la tuberculosis y pasó gran parte de su niñez en un sanatorio.
a. el balneario
(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)
I plan to spend the first week of August taking a cure rest in a sanatorium by the sea.Tengo planeado pasarme la primera semana de agosto haciendo una cura de reposo en un balneario junto al mar.
3. (infirmary in a boarding school)
Regionalism used in the United Kingdom
(United Kingdom)
a. la enfermería
(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)
The teacher sent three children who were complaining of stomach ache to the sanatorium.El profesor envió a la enfermería a tres niños que se quejaban de dolor de estómago.
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