dung(
duhng
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (manure)
a. el estiércol (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).
There was a heap of dung in the farmyard, waiting to be spread on the fields.En el corral había un montón de estiércol, listo para ser esparcido en los campos.
a. las boñigas (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 path through the field was covered in cow dung.El sendero que atravesaba el campo estaba lleno de boñigas de vaca.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
a. estercolar
We had to walk through a freshly dunged field.Tuvimos que caminar por un campo recién estercolado.
b. abonar con estiércol
Farmers were out with tractors, dunging their land.Los agricultores habían salido con los tractores y abonaban sus tierras con estiércol.
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