bustle
bustle(
buh
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suhl
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (activity)
a. el bullicio (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).
We spent a weekend in the countryside to escape the bustle of the city.Pasamos un fin de semana en el campo para escaparnos del bullicio de la ciudad.
b. el ajetreo (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).
I can see the bustle of New York traffic from my hotel window.Puedo ver el ajetreo del tráfico neoyorquino desde la ventana del hotel.
c. el trajín (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).
I woke up early to enjoy a leisurely breakfast before the bustle of the day set in.Me desperté temprano para disfrutar de un desayuno relajado antes de comenzar el trajín del día.
2. (archaic) (frame under dress)
A word or phrase that is no longer used in contemporary language and is recognized as being from another era (e.g., thou).
a. el polisón (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).
All of the ladies wore bustles under their dresses.Todas las damas llevaban polisones bajo los vestidos.
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).
a. trajinar
Daniel bustles all day and barely earns enough money to feed his family.Daniel trajina todo el día y apenas gana lo suficiente para dar de comer a su familia.
b. ir y venir
Susie had been bustling all day from conference room to conference room.Susie se la había pasado yendo y viniendo de sala de conferencia a sala de conferencia.
c. no direct translation
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
People bustle around from sunup to sundown in the city center.La gente anda de aquí para allá de sol a sol en el centro de la ciudad.
Students are bustling in and out of the dorms as they move in.Los estudiantes entran y salen afanosamente de los dormitorios mientras se instalan.
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