eon

USAGE NOTE
This word may also be spelled “aeon.”
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A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
noun
a. el eón
(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).
(M)
The Earth is currently in the Phanerozoic Eon.La tierra se encuentra ahora mismo en el Eón Fanerozoico.
2.
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
(colloquial)
A phrase used as a figure of speech or a word that is symbolic in meaning; metaphorical (e.g., carrot, bean).
(figurative)
(period of time)
a.
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
no direct translation
I don't live next door to Marta anymore. That was eons ago!Ya no vivo al lado de Marta. ¡Eso fue hace millones de años!
That TV show has been on for eons. It was my mother's favorite as a child!Ese programa lleva años en la televisión. ¡Era el favorito de mi mamá cuando era niña!
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