hoop
USAGE NOTE
This word is often used in the plural in sense 3).
hoop(
hup
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
2. (basketball)
a. el aro (M)
(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).
Jordan put the ball through the hoop from mid-court and scored three points.Jordan puso el balón por el aro desde la mitad de la cancha y anotó tres puntos.
3. (colloquial) (basketball) (United States)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in the United States
4. (colloquial) (earring)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
a. el pendiente de aro (M)
(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).
How do these hoops look with this dress?¿Cómo se ven estos pendientes de aro con este vestido?
6. (croquet)
a. el arco (M)
(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).
You cheated! Your ball didn't go through that hoop; you moved it with your foot!¡Hiciste trampa! Tu bola no pasó por ese arco; ¡la moviste con el pie!
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
a. arriostrar
The water tank was hooped to reinforce the structure.Arriostraron el tanque de agua para reforzar su estructura.
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