errand

errand(
ehr
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ihnd
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A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
noun
a. el mandado
(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).
(M)
Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
(Latin America)
Ben is out running an errand.Ben está fuera haciendo un mandado.
b. el recado
(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).
(M)
Regionalism used in Spain
(Spain)
My mom asked me to run some errands for her, but I lost the list and I don't know what to do.Mi mamá me pidió que le hiciera algunos recados, pero perdí la lista y no sé qué hacer.
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