colonial

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An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., the big dog).
adjective
a. colonial
Some Bolivian customs were introduced by the Spanish and are a legacy of the colonial period.Algunas costumbres bolivianas fueron introducidas por los españoles, y son un legado del periodo colonial.
a. colonial
At their height, European colonial empires spread over 42 percent of the planet's area.En su apogeo, los imperios coloniales europeos ocupaban el 42 por ciento de la superficie del planeta.
3. (architecture)
Regionalism used in the United States
(United States)
a. colonial
The mansion was built in the colonial style, with six columns across the facade.La mansión se construyó en el estilo colonial, con seis columnas a lo ancho de la fachada.
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
noun
a. el colono
(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)
, la colona
(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)
Some of the colonials resented what they saw as interference by the government back in England.A algunos colonos les molestaba lo que veían como injerencia de parte del gobierno inglés.
5. (building)
Regionalism used in the United States
(United States)
a. la casa 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).
(F)
They lived in an old colonial with a huge front porch and a verandah.Vivían en una antigua casa colonial con un enorme porche delantero y una galería.
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