fondness
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fondness(
fand
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nihs
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (affection)
a. el cariño (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 think of the years we spent together with great fondness.Yo siempre pienso en los años que pasamos juntos con mucho cariño.
2. (liking)
a. la afición (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).
We all in my family have a fondness for good food, and we greatly enjoy cooking.En mi familia todos le tenemos afición a la buena mesa y disfrutamos enormemente cocinando.
b. la debilidad (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).
When it comes to falling in love, she clearly has a fondness for married men.Está claro que ella, a la hora de enamorarse, siente debilidad por los hombres casados.
c. no direct translation
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
He developed a fondness for books and reading at a very early age.Se aficionó a los libros y la lectura a una edad muy temprana.
I've always had a fondness for Catalan modernist architecture.Siempre me gustó mucho la arquitectura catalana modernista.
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