bout

bout(

)

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

(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)

Poor Jimmy is home with a bout of the chicken pox.El pobre Jimmy está en casa con un ataque de varicela.

2. (period)

a. el periodo

(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)

There was a bout of bad weather that lasted the Johnson's whole vacation.Hubo un periodo de mal tiempo que duró todas las vacaciones de los Johnson.

b. la tanda

(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)

Mauri was exhausted from the bout of meetings that lasted the whole day.Mauri estaba agotado de la tanda de reuniones que duró todo el día.

3. (period of drinking alcohol; used with "of drinking")

a. la borrachera

(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)

Frankie's latest bout of drinking landed him in jail for the night.La última borrachera de Frankie hizo que terminara en la cárcel por la noche.

b. la juerga

(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)

That night's drinking bout ended in a fight.La juerga de esa noche acabó en una pelea.

4. (boxing)

a. el combate

(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 bout ended with an unexpected and dramatic knockout.El combate acabó con un dramático e inesperado nocaut.

b. el encuentro

(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 wrestler won the first three bouts of the day.El luchador ganó los tres primeros encuentros del día.

5. (fencing)

a. el asalto

(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)

Victor won the bout and shook his opponent's hand.Víctor ganó el asalto y le dio la mano a su adversario.

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