brig
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This word must begin with a capital letter in the sense shown in 3).
brig(
brihg
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (nautical)
a. el bergantín (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).
Martin is sailing on a brig to Africa.Martín navega en un bergantín a África.
2. (prison)
a. el calabozo (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).
When the sailors realized there was an escaped convict on the ship, they locked him in the brig.Al darse cuenta de que había un preso fugado en el barco, los marineros lo encerraron en el calabozo.
An abbreviation is the shortened form of a word or group of words (e.g., "UFO" = "unidentified flying object"; "p." = "page").
3. (brigadier)
a. el General de Brigada (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).
Brig. Jeremy Dalston will be stepping down from his post at the end of the year.El General de Brigada Jeremy Dalston renunciará su puesto a finales de este año.
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