clothes peg

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clothes peg

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

1. (clip for hanging laundry) (United Kingdom)

(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)

I put the clothes pegs next to the washing machine.Puse las pinzas al lado de la lavadora.

b. el broche

(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)

Regionalism used in Argentina

(Argentina)

Can you buy some clothes pegs at the grocery store?¿Puedes comprar broches en el colmado?

c. el perrito

(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)

Regionalism used in Chile

(Chile)

Clothes pegs can be used to make lots of crafts.Los perritos se pueden usar para hacer muchas artesanías.

d. el gancho

(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)

(Andes)

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

(Central America)

Regionalism used in Mexico

(Mexico)

Do you have clothespins? I'm going to do my laundry.¿Tienes ganchos? Voy a lavar mi ropa.

e. el palillo

(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)

Regionalism used in Puerto Rico

(Puerto Rico)

Regionalism used in Uruguay

(Uruguay)

I used a clothes peg to hang up the clean sheet.Use un palillo para colgar la sábana limpia.

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