elevenses [ɪˈlevnzɪz]
elevenses
elevenses
A plural noun indicates that there is more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
1. (colloquial) (culinary) (United Kingdom)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
a. el almuerzo de media mañana (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).
I always have tea and biscuits for my elevenses.Siempre tomo té y galletas como almuerzo de media mañana.
elevensesNoun
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).
1. (colloquial) (United Kingdom)
a. el tentempié (de la mañana)(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).
b. la onces(F) (Latin America)
(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).
Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
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Collins Complete Spanish Electronic Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
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