gray area

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This phrase may also be spelled “grey area.”
gray area
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
noun
1.
An idiom is a phrase with a meaning different from the literal meaning of the separate words that make it up (e.g., break a leg).
(idiom)
(general)
Regionalism used in the United States
(United States)
a. la zona gris
(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)
An idiom is a phrase with a meaning different from the literal meaning of the separate words that make it up (e.g., break a leg).
(idiom)
We don't know whether this is allowed. There's a gray area in the regulations.No sabemos si esto está permitido. Hay una zona gris en las normas.
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