colonial period

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A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
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a. el período colonial
(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).
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This city is touristy because there are a lot of buildings left over from the colonial period.Esta ciudad es turística porque quedan muchos edificios del período colonial.
b. el periodo colonial
(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)
The Spaniards built this road during the colonial period.Los españoles construyeron este camino durante el periodo colonial.
c. la época colonial
(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).
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The repercussions of slavery in the colonial period can still be felt today.Hoy en día todavía se siente las repercusiones de esclavitud en la época colonial.
d. el coloniaje
(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).
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Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
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My dissertation is about the role of women in Latin America's colonial period.Mi tesis trata del papel de las mujeres en el coloniaje en América Latina.
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