drove
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USAGE NOTE
This word is often used in the plural in the sense shown in 2).
drove(
drov
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
a. la manada (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).
The cowboy lived a solitary life out on the plain with his drove of cattle.El vaquero vivió una vida solitaria en la llanura con su manada de vacas.
2. (figurative) (group of people)
A phrase used as a figure of speech or a word that is symbolic in meaning; metaphorical (e.g., carrot, bean).
a. la manada (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).
We didn't want to go out to avoid the droves of tourists in town for the festival.No queríamos salir para evitar las manadas de turistas en la ciudad por el festival.
b. el tropel (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).
People came out in droves to see the conjurer in the city square.Las personas acudieron en tropel para ver al ilusionista en la plaza.
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