mill(
mihl
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (machine)
2. (culinary)
a. el molinillo (M) (pepper, coffee)
(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).
I filled the mill back up with peppercorns.Volví a llenar el molinillo de granos de pimienta.
3. (building)
a. la fábrica (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).
There was a lot going on in this town until the mill closed.Hubo mucha actividad en este pueblo hasta que cerraron la fábrica.
b. la papelera (F) (of paper)
(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).
Trucks bring lumber deliveries to the mill once a week.Los camiones entregan madera a la papelera una vez a la semana.
c. la fábrica de tejidos (F) (textile)
(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 cotton is shipped to a mill further up the Mississippi River.El algodón se envía a una fábrica de tejidos subiendo por el río Misisipi.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
5. (to process)
b. pulir (causing to shine)
The refrigerator doors are still fairly rough at this point, so now this machine mills them.Las puertas de las neveras todavía están ásperas en esta etapa, así que ahora esta máquina las pule.
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).
a. no direct translation
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
Members of the audience were milling about the lobby of the theater.El público deambulaba por el vestíbulo del teatro.
Shoppers milled around waiting for the mall to open.Los compradores daban vueltas esperando a que se abriera el centro comercial.
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