gel [dʒel]
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USAGE NOTE
In American English, this word is usually spelled "jell" in the senses shown in 3 and 4.
gel(
jehl
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).
1. (substance)
2. (hair product)
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).
3. (to become jelly)
a. gelificarse
At temperatures below -23°C diesel fuel will begin to gel.A temperaturas por debajo de -23 °C, el diésel empezará a gelificarse.
4. (to take shape)
a. cuajar (plans or situation)
After a few sessions with the band, the album began to gel.Tras algunas sesiones con la banda, el álbum empezó a cuajar.
5. (to get along)
b. sintonizar
The actors didn't quite gel together on screen.Los actores no llegaron a sintonizar bien en la pantalla.
gelNounintransitive verb
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).
1. (substance)
a. el gel(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).
2. (for hair)
a. el gel moldeador(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).
b. la gomina(F) (Spain)
(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).
Regionalism used in Spain
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).
3. (liquid)
a. aglutinarse
4. (fig)
a. cuajar (ideas, plans, team)
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