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mire(
mayr
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (mud)
b. el lodo (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).
After these torrential rains, my backyard is all dirt and mire.Después de estas lluvias torrenciales, mi jardín no es más que suciedad y lodo.
2. (figurative) (difficult situation)
A phrase used as a figure of speech or a word that is symbolic in meaning; metaphorical (e.g., carrot, bean).
a. el lodazal (M) (figurative)
(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).
A phrase used as a figure of speech or a word that is symbolic in meaning; metaphorical (e.g., carrot, bean).
I think my country is going deeper and deeper in a mire of corruption.Creo que mi país se hunde cada día más y más en un lodazal de corrupción.
b. el embrollo (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).
She has no money to pay her credit cars and is now in a financial mire.Ella no tiene dinero para pagar las tarjetas de crédito y ahora está metida en un embrollo financiero.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
a. envolver en
The party has been mired in scandal since it came to power.El partido ha estado envuelto en escándalo desde que tomó el poder.
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