calque

calque
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
noun
a. el calco
(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)
You'll notice that Spanish in the United States takes on a lot of calques from English.Se puede notar que el español que se habla en Estados Unidos toma muchos calcos del inglés.
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