barbed-wire fence
USAGE NOTE
This word may also be spelled “barb-wire fence” or "barbwire fence."
barbed-wire fence(
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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. (metal security fence)
a. el cerca de alambre de púas (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).
Watch out for the barbed-wire fence! It keeps the cattle in the corral.¡Cuidado con la cerca de alambre de púas! Es para que el ganado no se salga del corral.
b. la cerca de alambre de espino (F) (Spain)
(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).
Regionalism used in Spain
The farmer kept trespassers out of his property with a barbed-wire fence.El granjero mantenía a los intrusos alejados de su propiedad con una cerca de alambre de espino.
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