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el follaje()
A masculine noun is used with masculine articles and adjectives (e.g., el hombre guapo, el sol amarillo).
1. (botany)
a. foliage
El follaje otoñal llena el bosque de colores.The fall foliage fills the forest with colors.
2. (wordiness)
a. waffle
Había que abrirse camino por entre todo el follaje para entender lo que quería decir el orador.You had to cut through all the waffle to understand what the speaker was trying to say.
b. verbiage (colloquial)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
El follaje que utiliza este escritor hace que me cueste mucho leerlo.It's hard to read this writer because of the verbiage he uses.
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