hummingbird

el colibrí

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hummingbird(

huhm

ihng

buhrd

)

A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).

noun

1. (animal)

a. el colibrí

(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)

Many hummingbirds and other small birds visit my backyard during summer.Muchos colibríes y otros pájaros pequeños visitan mi jardín durante el verano.

This morning, I took the coolest picture of a hummingbird drinking nectar from a yellow flower.Esta mañana, tomé una foto increíble de un colibrí tomando néctar de una flor amarilla.

b. el picaflor

(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)

Did you see that hummingbird, flying from flower to flower? So cute!¿Viste ese picaflor volando de flor a flor? ¡Qué lindo!

c. el chupaflor

(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)

Regionalism used in Central America: Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama

(Central America)

Regionalism used in Colombia

(Colombia)

Regionalism used in Mexico

(Mexico)

Regionalism used in Venezuela

(Venezuela)

Look! There's a hummingbird in the garden.¡Mira! Hay un chupaflor en el jardín.

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hummingbird

A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).

Noun

1. (general)

a. el colibrí

(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)

hummingbird [ˈhʌmɪŋbɜːd]

noun

colibrí (m); picaflor (m)

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