sermón
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sermón(
sehr
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mohn
)A masculine noun is used with masculine articles and adjectives (e.g. el hombre guapo, el sol amarillo).
1. (religious)
a. sermon
El cura dio un sermón sobre la fe y la caridad, y después hizo ponerse en pie a los feligreses para orar.The priest gave a sermon about faith and charity, and then made all the parishioners stand up to pray.
2. (diatribe)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g. skinny, grandma).
(colloquial)
An offensive word or phrase used to degrade a person or group of people based on race, gender, sexual preference, etc. (e.g. ghetto).
(pejorative)
a. sermon
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g. skinny, grandma).
(colloquial)
An offensive word or phrase used to degrade a person or group of people based on race, gender, sexual preference, etc. (e.g. ghetto).
(pejorative)
Estoy harto de los sermones de mi padre sobre el alcohol y el tabaco. ¡Si yo no bebo ni fumo!I'm fed up with my dad's sermons about alcohol and cigarettes. I don't even drink or smoke!
b. lecture
La profesora nos soltó un buen sermón por no traer las tareas hechas.The teacher gave us quite a lecture for not doing our homework.
sermón
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).
1. (también fig)
a. sermon
Collins Complete Spanish Electronic Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
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