ding-dong
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ding-dong(
dihng
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dang
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
a. el din don (M)
(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).
I heard a ding-dong. Who's at the door?Oí un din don. ¿Quién está en la puerta?
a. el tonto (M), la tonta (F)
(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).
(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).
Are you still dating that ding-dong? Don't you think it's time you dropped him?¿Sigues saliendo con ese tonto? ¿No crees que ya va siendo hora de dejarlo?
3. (colloquial) (quarrel) (United Kingdom)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in the United Kingdom
a. la bronca (F)
(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).
I was embarrassed when my drunken mates got into a ding-dong with the cab driver.Mis compañeros borrachos me avergonzaron cuando se metieron en una bronca con el taxista.
b. la trifulca (F)
(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).
I got into a ding-dong with someone in the queue who’d almost knocked my mum over.Me metí en una trifulca con alguien de la cola que casi tumbó a mi mamá.
An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., the big dog).
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