loaf(
lof
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (culinary)
(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).
If you place a pan of water under the loaf in the oven, it won't come out very dry.Si colocas una sartén con agua debajo del pan de molde en el horno, no saldrá tan seco.
c. la barra de pan (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).
Can you check on the loaf in the oven to see if it is done?¿Puedes mirar la barra de pan del horno para ver si está hecha?
d. la hogaza (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).
You can slice the loaf I bought this afternoon to make sandwiches.Puedes cortar la hogaza que compré esta tarde para hacer emparedados.
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).
2. (to be lazy)
a. holgazanear
Quit loafing around and help me cook dinner.Deja de holgazanear y ayúdame a cocinar la cena.
b. haraganear
We can't pay you if you're going to keep loafing while the rest of us work.No podemos pagarte si vas a seguir haraganeando mientras los demás trabajamos.
c. flojear
How I'd love to spend the weekend loafing instead of going to work!¡Cómo me gustaría pasar el fin de semana flojeando en vez de ir a trabajar!
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