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Plural of beetle
beetles
beetle(
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duhl
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (animal)
(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).
A beetle scurried across the table.Un escarabajo cruzó la mesa corriendo.
2. (tool)
a. la maza (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).
The lumberjack used a wooden beetle to drive a wedge through the log.El leñador usó una maza de madera para clavar una cuña en el tronco.
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).
3. (to jut)
a. sobresalir
The climber sheltered himself from the rain underneath a rock that beetled over the precipice.El escalador se refugió de la lluvia bajo una roca que sobresalía sobre el precipicio.
4. (colloquial) (to move hurriedly)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
a. no direct translation
The following examples show ways to translate this word or phrase without using a direct equivalent.
An elderly woman came beetling up the hill. We waved at her, and she waved back.Una anciana subía apresuradamente la cuesta. Nosotros la saludamos con la mano, y ella nos devolvió el saludo.
The bell rang, and the children beetled from the classroom.Sonó la campana y los niños salieron deprisa de la clase.
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