grail
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USAGE NOTE
This word is often capitalized in the sense shown in 1).
grail(
greyl
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (literature)
a. el Santo Grial (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).
There are many legends surrounding the Grail.Existen numerosas leyendas en torno del Santo Grial.
2. (colloquial) (figurative) (object of difficult quest)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
A phrase used as a figure of speech or a word that is symbolic in meaning; metaphorical (e.g., carrot, bean).
a. el santo grial (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).
Visiting Island is the grail of every geologist.Visitar Islandia es el santo grial de todo geólogo.
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