are balloting
ballot
ballot(
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)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (election)
a. la votación (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 people celebrated changing their government by ballot instead of by bullets.La ciudadanía celebró el cambio de gobierno por votación en vez de por balas.
a. la papeleta (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).
After counting the ballots, they announced the winner of the election.Después de contar las papeletas, se anunció el ganador de las elecciones.
b. la boleta (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 order of the names on the ballot is determined by random selection.El orden de los nombres en la boleta está determinado por una selección al azar.
3. (raffle)
a. el sorteo (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).
The jury was selected by ballot from those on the jury roll.El jurado fue seleccionado por sorteo de aquellos que aparecen en las listas del jurado.
a. el voto (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).
There was a dispute over the ballot, so they had to do a recount.Hubo una disputa sobre el voto, así que se tuvo que hacer un recuento.
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).
5. (to vote)
a. votar
The supermarket workers are to ballot for an overtime ban.Los trabajadores del supermercado votarán por una prohibición de las horas extras.
6. (to raffle)
a. sortear (transitive verb)
The television station is going to ballot for tickets to be in the studio audience.La cadena de televisión va a sortear las entradas para estar en la audiencia del estudio.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
7. (to poll)
a. someter a votación
The union balloted the members to see if they were satisfied with their current pension plan.El sindicato sometió a votación la cuestión de si los miembros estaban satisfechos con su plan actual de pensiones.
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