ell
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ell(
ehl
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (old-fashioned) (unit of measurement)
A word or phrase that is seldom used in contemporary language and is recognized as being from another decade, (e.g., cat, groovy).
a. el codo (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).
The plumber connected the two pipes with an ell so they could join at an angle.El plomero conectó los dos caños con un codo para que se unieran en ángulo.
a. el ala perpendicular (F)
(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).
To make more use of the land, the architects added an ell onto the house.Para hacer un mayor uso de la tierra, los arquitectos añadieron un ala perpendicular a la casa.
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