doorstep
doorstep(
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)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (threshold)
2. (step)
a. el escalón de entrada (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).
When I arrived at Julia's house, a young man was scrubbing the doorstep.Cuando llegué a casa de Julia, un joven estaba fregando el escalón de entrada.
b. el peldaño de la puerta (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).
Be careful! The doorstep's slippery as I just washed it.¡Cuidado! El peldaño de la puerta está resbaladizo porque acabo de lavarlo.
3. (colloquial) (thick piece) (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 rebanada gruesa (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).
My grandmother made me a sandwich using great doorsteps of freshly baked bread with ham.Mi abuela me preparó un sándwich con rebanadas gruesas de pan recien cocido y jamón.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
a. no direct translation
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
After the story broke, a number of journalists doorstepped McGregor for a week.Después de que se conoció la noticia, varios periodistas esperaron a McGregor fuera de su casa durante una semana.
The singer has moved to a remote location to avoid journalists doorstepping her.La cantante se mudó a un sitio alejado para evitar el acoso de los periodistas esperándola en la puerta de su casa.
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