brigade

la brigada

brigade(

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

noun

1. (military)

a. la brigada

(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)

The brigade lost over 100 tanks in the battle.La brigada perdió más de 100 tanques en la batalla.

2. (special unit)

a. la brigada

(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)

Rosalia volunteered in a literacy brigade in Cuba.Rosalía se unió como voluntaria a una brigada de alfabetización en Cuba.

A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).

(colloquial)

An offensive word or phrase used to degrade a person or group of people based on race, gender, sexual preference, etc. (e.g., redneck).

(pejorative)

(group of fanatics)

a. el grupo de fanáticos

(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 moral brigade protested the textbooks' failure to consider creationism as a science.El grupo de fanáticos moralistas se manifestó en contra de la ausencia del creacionismo como ciencia en los libros de texto.

brigade

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

Noun

1. (general)

a. la brigada

(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)

brigade [brɪˈɡeɪd]

noun

(Mil) brigada (f); (fire etc) cuerpo (m)

one of the old brigade un veterano

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