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bookend
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (furniture)
a. el sujetalibros (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).
My parents gave me these beautiful brass bookends for my birthday.Mis padres me regalaron estos hermosos sujetalibros de latón en mi cumpleaños.
a. no direct translation
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
The procession of drummers served as the bookends of the festivities.Hubo un desfile con percusionistas al principio y al final de la celebración.
We traveled all over Cuba, but we had stays in Havana as bookends to the trip.Recorrimos toda Cuba, pero empezamos y terminamos con estadías en La Habana.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
a. enmarcar
The scandals that bookended Robertson's term as governor overshadowed some of the positive things he accomplished.Los escándalos que enmarcaron el mandato de Robertson como gobernador eclipsaron algunas de las cosas positivas que logró.
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