buttocks

las nalgas

buttocks(

buh

duhks

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A plural noun indicates that there is more than one person, place, thing, or idea.

plural noun

1. (anatomy)

a. las nalgas

(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)

After the 100 mile bike ride, my buttocks are sore.Después del paseo de 100 millas en bicicleta, me duelen las nalgas.

b. el trasero

(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)

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

(colloquial)

After doing all those squats, I'm going to need a massage of my buttocks.Después de hacer tantas flexiones de piernas, voy a necesitar un masaje en el trasero.

c. la cola

(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)

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

(colloquial)

Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.

(Latin America)

Are you doing any exercises to tone your buttocks?¿Estás haciendo ejercicios para tonificar la cola?

d. las pompas

(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)

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

(colloquial)

Regionalism used in Central America: Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama

(Central America)

Regionalism used in Mexico

(Mexico)

I fell on my buttocks yesterday while I was skating, and it really hurts to sit.Me caí de pompas ayer mientras patinaba y me duele un montón sentarme.

buttock

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

noun

2. (anatomy)

a. la nalga

(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)

Bernard had a star tattooed on her left buttock.Bernard se tatuó una estrella en la nalga izquierda.

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