armpit

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armpit(
arm
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piht
)
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
noun
a. la axila
(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).
(F)
Stephanie shaved her armpits before sunbathing on the beach.Stephanie se afeitó las axilas antes de tomar el sol en la playa.
b. el sobaco
(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).
(M)
Mark tickled his brother's armpits to make him laugh.Mark le hizo cosquillas en los sobacos de su hermano para hacerlo reír.
2.
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
(colloquial)
A phrase used as a figure of speech or a word that is symbolic in meaning; metaphorical (e.g., carrot, bean).
(figurative)
(terrible place)
Regionalism used in the United States
(United States)
a. la cloaca
(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).
(F)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
(colloquial)
Nothing ever happens in this town. It's the armpit of the world!Nada ocurre jamás en esta ciudad. ¡Es la cloaca del mundo!
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