hacksaw
hacksaw(
hahk
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sa
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (tool)
a. la sierra para metales (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).
Calixto forgot the combination to his bike lock and had to cut it with a hacksaw.Calixto olvidó la combinación del candado de su bici y lo tuvo que cortar con una sierra para metales.
b. la sierra de arco (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).
The plumber cut the metal pipe with a hacksaw.El plomero cortó el tubo de metal con una sierra de arco.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
2. (to saw)
a. cortar con una sierra para metales
The burglars hacksawed the railings at the back of the house and got in that way.Los ladrones cortaron la verja de la parte posterior de la casa con una sierra para metales y entraron por ahí.
b. cortar con una sierra de arco
If you've lost the padlock key, we'll have to hacksaw the chain.Si has perdido la llave del candado, tendremos que cortar la cadena con una sierra de arco.
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