barney
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The plural of “barney” is “barneys.”
barney(
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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. (colloquial) (argument) (United Kingdom)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in the United Kingdom
b. la gresca (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).
I thought I heard the neighbors having a barney, so I called the bobbies.Me pareció oír a los vecinos tener gresca, así que llamé a la policía.
c. la agarrada (F) (colloquial)
(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).
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
The player had a barney with the referee and got a red card.El jugador tuvo una agarrada con el árbitro y le sacó una tarjeta roja.
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