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This word may also begin with a lowercase letter in the sense shown in 2).
Pharisee
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (history)
a. el fariseo (M), la farisea (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 Pharisees had a deep knowledge of the scriptures.Los fariseos tenían un profundo conocimiento de las escrituras.
a. el fariseo (M), la farisea (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).
He was accused of being a Pharisee, a hypocritical moralist.Le acusaron de ser un fariseo, un moralista hipócrita.
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