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contraction

la contracción

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contraction(

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

noun

1. (reduction)

a. la contracción

(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)

The expansion and contraction of mercury depending on the heat make it possible to measure the temperature.La dilatación y la contracción del mercurio en función del calor permiten determinar la temperatura.

2. (grammar)

a. la contracción

(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)

Contractions in English are formed with an apostrophe.Las contracciones en inglés se forman utilizando un apóstrofo.

3. (uterine muscle shortening)

a. la contracción

(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)

Melanie went to the hospital to have her baby when her contractions were five minutes apart.Melanie se fue al hospital a dar a luz a su bebé al tener contracciones cada cinco minutos.

contraction

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

Noun

1. (general)

a. la contracción

(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)

contractions have begunhan empezado las contracciones

contraction [kənˈtrækʃən]

noun

contracción (f)

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