bracket
bracket(
brah
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kiht
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (support)
a. el soporte (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).
Chris bought a bracket to mount a second hard drive in the computer case.Chris compró un soporte para montar un segundo disco duro en la caja de la computadora.
b. la escuadra (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).
Patty put two brackets on the wall to support a shelf.Patty puso dos escuadras en la pared para sostener una repisa.
c. la ménsula (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 interior designer used decorative brackets to hold the flower pots to the wall.El diseñador de interiores usó ménsulas decorativas para sujetar las macetas a la pared.
a. el corchete (M) (square)
(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).
You can use brackets to insert editorial material inside quotations.Los corchetes se pueden utilizar para insertar material editorial dentro de las citas.
b. la llave (F) (curly)
(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).
You'll need to use brackets as the outermost delimiter for this complex mathematical expression.Tienes que usar llaves como delimitador exterior en esta expresión matemática compleja.
a. el paréntesis (M) (round)
(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).
Use brackets to identify the source of the material you are quoting.Utiliza paréntesis para identificar la fuente del material que estás citando.
4. (range)
a. la categoría (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).
Julia is a university professor and is in a middle income bracket.Julia es profesora universitaria y está en una categoría mediana de ingresos.
c. el nivel (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).
The business has been so successful that it has put me into a higher income bracket.El negocio ha sido tan exitoso que me ha puesto en un nivel de ingresos más alto.
5. (sports)
a. el bracket (M) (colloquial)
(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 word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
When the Blue Devils lost, they broke my bracket.Cuando perdieron los Diablos Azules, rompieron mi bracket.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
6. (to group)
a. agrupar
We bracketed the few 14-year-olds we had with the 15-year-olds.Agrupamos a los pocos niños de 14 años que teníamos con los de 15 años.
a. poner entre corchetes
You can bracket your comment inside the paragraph.Puedes poner tu comentario entre corchetes dentro del párrafo.
a. poner entre paréntesis
Bracket the author and date of publication.Pon el autor y la fecha de publicación entre paréntesis.
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