(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)

After the volcanic eruption, the nearby towns were covered with ash.Después de la erupción volcánica, los pueblos cercanos quedaron cubiertos de ceniza.

2. (botany)

a. el fresno

(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)

The ash in our front yard has a very nice fall foliage.El fresno de nuestro jardín tiene un follaje otoñal muy lindo.

3. (material)

a. la madera de fresno

(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)

Since ash is a very hard wood, they use it to make baseball bats.Como la madera de fresno es muy dura, la utilizan para hacer bates de béisbol.

ash

A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).

Noun

1. (from fire, cigarette)

a. la ceniza

(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)

2. (religion)

Ash WednesdayMiércoles de Ceniza

ash [æʃ]

noun

1 (also ash tree) fresno (m)

2 (wood) (madera (f) de) fresno (m)

adjective

de madera de fresno

a black ash table una mesa negra (de madera) de fresno

ash [æʃ]

noun

(from fire, cigarette) ceniza (f)

ashes (gen, mortal remains) cenizas (f); to burn or reduce sth to ashes reducir algo a cenizas; ashes to ashes, dust to dust (Rel) las cenizas a las cenizas, el polvo al polvo; the Ashes (Cricket) trofeo de los partidos de críquet Australia-Inglaterra

to rise out of the ashes of sth surgir de las cenizas de algo

Turkey rose out of the ashes of the Ottoman Empire ...a bank rising out of the ashes of the BBCI ...the band that has risen out of the ashes of Nirvana

modifier

ash bin ash can (US) (n) cubo (m) or bote (m) or tarro (m) de la basura; (LAm) (LAm)

Ash Wednesday (n) miércoles (m) de Ceniza

ash blond

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