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breadwinner(
brehd
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wih
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nuhr
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (general)
a. el sostén económico de la familia (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).
He became the breadwinner at a very early age.Se convirtió en el sostén económico de la familia a una edad muy temprana.
b. no direct translation
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
I do all the house chores and look after the kids, while my wife is a doctor, so she's the breadwinner.Yo me ocupo de la casa y los niños, mientras que mi esposa es médico; así que es ella quien mantiene a la familia.
My father was the sole breadwinner in the household and now he had lost his job.Mi padre era el único que traía dinero a casa y ahora se había quedado sin trabajo.
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