fork
fork(
fork
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (tableware)
(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).
Can I have a fork instead of chopsticks, please?¿Me trae un tenedor en lugar de palillos, por favor?
b. el trinchante (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).
Lourdes used the carving fork to lift the roast beef out of the tray.Lourdes usó el trinchante para sacar el rosbif de la bandeja de horno.
c. el trinche (M) (Latin America)
(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).
Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
Grandpa got out the big fork and carving knife to carve up the turkey.El abuelo sacó el gran trinche y el cuchillo de trinchar para trinchar el pavo.
a. la horquilla (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).
The bicycle fork bent when I crashed into the planter.La horquilla de la bicicleta dobló cuando choqué contra la maceta.
a. la bifurcación (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).
There is a fork in the road about five miles south of here.Hay una bifurcación en el camino a unas cinco millas al sur de aquí.
5. (of a tree)
a. la horcadura (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).
The boy left a note for his girlfriend in the fork of the oak tree.El muchacho dejó una carta para su novia en la horcadura del roble.
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).
6. (to split)
a. bifurcarse
The road forks as you go around the second bend.El camino se bifurca al pasar por la segunda curva.
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