diagonal

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An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., the big dog).
adjective
a. diagonal
The diagonal line through a rectangle creates congruent triangles.La línea diagonal que divide a un rectángulo crea triángulos congruentes.
b. en diagonal (phrase)
Pizarro made a diagonal header right into the goal.Pizarro hizo un cabezazo en diagonal directo al arco.
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
noun
a. la diagonal
(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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Alexa likes to cut her sandwiches down the diagonal to make two triangles.A Alexa le gusta cortar los sándwiches por la diagonal para formar dos triángulos.
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