yoke

el yugo

uncir

yoke(

yok

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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

1. (agriculture)

a. el yugo

(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)

(device)

There's too big a difference in size between those oxen to have them in one yoke.Hay mucha diferencia de tamaño entre esos dos bueyes como para tenerlos juntos en un yugo.

b. la yunta

(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)

(pair of draft animals)

Eight yokes of oxen were needed to pull such a heavy load.Se necesitaron ocho yuntas de bueyes para jalar una carga tan pesada.

2. (carrying device)

a. el balancín

(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)

Mara's father returned carrying two large sacks of grain suspended from a yoke.El padre de Mara regresó con dos grandes costales de grano suspendidos de un balancín.

b. la percha

(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)

The peasant collapsed under the weight of the heavy yoke.El campesino colapsó bajo el peso de la percha pesada.

A phrase used as a figure of speech or a word that is symbolic in meaning; metaphorical (e.g., carrot, bean).

(figurative)

(oppression)

a. el yugo

(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)

The Maccabees threw off the yoke of their oppressors.Los macabeos se quitaron de encima el yugo de sus opresores.

4. (sewing)

a. el canesú

(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)

The denim shirt has a plaid yoke.La camisa de mezclilla tiene un canesú escocés.

A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).

transitive verb

5. (to link with a yoke)

a. uncir

Once she had yoked the oxen, the farmer's daughter attached them to the wagon.Una vez que había uncido los bueyes, la hija del granjero los ató a la carreta.

A phrase used as a figure of speech or a word that is symbolic in meaning; metaphorical (e.g., carrot, bean).

(figurative)

(to join)

a. unir

The debt from this house will yoke us together for the next 20 years.La deuda de la casa nos va a unir por los siguientes 20 años.

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