forefather

forefather(
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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 antepasado
(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)
A forefather of mine came to the Americas in the 1600s.Un antepasado mío vino a las Américas en los 1600.
a. el precursor
(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)
, la precursora
(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)
In founding the Balloon Corps, Thaddeus Lowe was really a forefather to the modern air force.Como fundó el Cuerpo Aeronáutico, Thaddeus Lowe era, en realidad, un precursor de la fuerza aérea moderna.
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