The martial arts master felled all of his opponents in the competition.El maestro de artes marciales derribó a todos sus adversarios en la competencia.

A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).

noun

2. (hill) (United Kingdom)

a. el páramo

(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)

The fell was full of wild animals.El páramo estaba lleno de animales salvajes.

b. la colina

(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).

(F)

When I was young, I would go to the fells to be alone.Cuando era joven, me iba a las colinas para estar solo.

An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g. the big dog).

adjective

3. (swift)

This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.

no direct translation

Elise ate the pizza in one fell swoop.Elise comió la pizza de un solo bocado.

The director fired more than 100 employees at one fell swoop.El director despidió a más de 100 empleados de un golpe feroz.

fell

fell [fel]

fall

fell [fel]

transitive verb

(with a blow) derribar; [+tree] talar; cortar; [+cattle] acogotar;

fell [fel]

adjective

with one fell blow con un golpe feroz; at one fell swoop de un solo golpe

fell [fel]

noun

(hide, pelt) piel (f)

fell [fel]

noun

(Britain) (moorland) páramo (m); brezal (m); (hill) (usu pl) colina (f) rocosa;

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Present:	talando
Past:	talado

Indicative

	Present	Preterite	Imperfect	Conditional	Future
yo	talo	talé	talaba	talaría	talaré
tú	talas	talaste	talabas	talarías	talarás
él/ella/Ud.	tala	taló	talaba	talaría	talará
nosotros	talamos	talamos	talábamos	talaríamos	talaremos
vosotros	taláis	talasteis	talabais	talaríais	talaréis
ellos/ellas/Uds.	talan	talaron	talaban	talarían	talarán