impetus

impetus(
ihm
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puh
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tihs
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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
a. el ímpetu
(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)
I dozed off just as my physics teacher started talking about impetus.Me quedé dormida justo cuando mi profesor de física empezó a hablar sobre el ímpetu.
a. el impulso
(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 alarming number of deaths due to the virus gave impetus to the development of a vaccine.La alarmante cifra de muertos a causa del virus dio impulso al desarrollo de una vacuna.
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