colleen
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colleen(
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)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (colloquial) (young woman)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
a. la muchacha (F)
(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).
I often wondered what happened to that feisty colleen who lived down the road from us.A menudo me preguntaba qué había sido de esa muchacha peleona que vivía en nuestra calle.
b. la chica (F)
(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).
He fell in love with Maeve, a red-haired colleen with a soft Tipperary accent.Se enamoró de Maeve, una chica pelirroja con un suave acento de Tipperary.
2. (colloquial) (Irish woman)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
a. la irlandesa (F)
(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).
He dreamed of returning to Ireland and finding a colleen to marry.Soñaba con volver a Irlanda y encontrar a una irlandesa con quien casarse.
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