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el cubo

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cube(

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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. (shape)

a. el cubo

(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)

A cube is a three-dimensional solid object with six square faces.Un cubo es un objeto sólido tridimensional con seis caras cuadradas.

b. el terrón

(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)

(sugar)

Here are a couple of sugar cubes for your tea.Aquí tienes un par de terrones de azúcar para el té.

c. el dado

(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)

(cheese, meat)

Would you like to try a cube of idiazabal cheese?¿Te gustaría probar un dado de queso idiazábal?

d. el cubito

(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)

(cheese, meat, ice)

The waiter placed three ice cubes in my drink.El camarero colocó tres cubitos de hielo en mi bebida.

A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).

transitive verb

2. (mathematics)

a. elevar al cubo

If you cube two, you get eight.Si elevas dos al cubo, el resultado es ocho.

b. cubicar

If we cube a number, we multiply it by itself twice.Si cubicamos un número, lo multiplicamos dos veces por sí mismo.

3. (to chop)

a. cortar en dados

Will you cube the beef for the skewers?¿Cortarías la carne de vaca en dados para las brochetas?

b. cortar en cubitos

Let's cube the cheese for the cocktail party.Vamos a cortar queso en cubitos para el cóctel.

cube

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

Noun

1. (shape)

a. el cubo

(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)

2. (of sugar)

a. el terrón

(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)

3. (mathematics)

This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.

no direct translation

cube rootraíz cúbica

A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).

transitive verb

4. (mathematics)

a. elevar al cubo

cube [kjuːb]

noun

1 (solid) cubo (m); [of sugar] terrón (m); [of ice] cubito (m); [of cheese] dado (m); cubito (m)

2 (number)

the cube of four cuatro (elevado) al cubo

transitive verb

(Mat) cubicar; elevar al cubo

modifier

cube root (n) (Mat) raíz (f) cúbica

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Phrases with "cube"

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ice cube		el cubito de hielo
If you heat an ice cube, it melts.		Si calientas un cubito de hielo, se derrite.

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