An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g. the big dog).
adjective 1. (particular)
a. personal Cada uno tiene el derecho a su opinión personal de las nuevas reglas de la empresa. Everyone has the right to their personal opinion of the new company rules.
2. (private)
a. personal ¿Puedo hacerte una pregunta personal? No contestes si no quieres. Can I ask you a personal question? You don't need to answer if you don't want to.
3. (individual)
a. personal Voy a pedir una pizza personal y una malteada. I'm going to order a personal pizza and a shake.
A masculine noun is used with masculine articles and adjectives (e.g. el hombre guapo, el sol amarillo).
masculine noun 4. (employees)
a. staff El personal decidió hacer huelga durante tres días para protestar por los bajos salarios. The staff decided to go on strike for three days to protest their low salaries.
b. personnel Todo el personal debe asistir a cursos de actualización. All personnel must attend refresher courses.
5.
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
(colloquial) (persons in general)
Regionalism used in Spain
(Spain) a. people Se nota que el personal estuvo de juerga anoche. It's pretty obvious people were partying last night.
A feminine noun is almost always used with feminine articles and adjectives (e.g. la mujer bonita, la luna llena).
feminine noun 6. (basketball)
a. personal foul ¡Árbitro, esa ha sido personal! Referee, that was a personal foul!
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An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g. the big dog).
adjective 1. (privado, íntimo)
a. personal una opinión/pregunta personal a personal opinion/question
personal e intransferible non-transferable
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).
Noun 2. (trabajadores)
a. staff, personnel personal de a bordo cabin crew
personal docente teaching staff
personal mínimo skeleton staff
personal en plantilla in-house staff
personal sanitario health workers
personal de tierra ground crew
3. (colloquial)
Regionalism used in Spain
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personal
1 (plantilla) staff; personnel; especialmente (Mil) force; (Náutica) crew; complement estar falto de personal to be shorthanded o shortstaffed
personal de cabina cabin staff o crew
personal de exterior surface workers plural
; (p) personal de interior underground workers plural
; (p) personal de servicios maintenance staff
personal de tierra (Aeronáutica) ground crew; ground staff
2 (gente) people había mucho personal en el cine there was a big crowd in the cinema
quedarse con el personal to be a hit with people
(Baloncesto) personal foul
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