contraption

contraption(
kuhn
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trahp
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shihn
)
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
noun
a. el artilugio
(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)
No one believed that the outlandish contraption would actually be able to fly.Nadie creyó que el extraño artilugio lograría volar.
b. el aparato
(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)
Do you have any idea what this strange contraption is for?¿Tienes alguna idea de para qué sirve este aparato extraño?
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