cloister
cloister(
kloy
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stuhr
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (monastery)
a. el claustro (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).
In Spain, we visited a beautiful ancient cloister.En España visitamos un claustro antiguo muy bonito.
a. el soportal (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).
Visitors walked through the cloister and gardens of the old church.Los visitantes caminaron por los soportales y los jardines de la vieja antigua iglesia.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
3. (to confine)
a. enclaustrar
Carmen was cloistered away all weekend working on a sculpture for her art class.Carmen estuvo enclaustrada todo el fin de semana trabajando en una escultura para su clase de arte.
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