mulch
mulch(
muhlch
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
(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).
Before we moved into our new house, we put down fresh mulch in the garden and planted shrubs.Antes de mudarnos a nuestra nueva casa, pusimos mantillo fresco en el jardín y plantamos arbustos.
What's that smell? - It must be the mulch that Dad put down in the yard.¿Qué es ese olor? - Debe ser el mantillo que papá puso en el patio.
b. el capote (M) (Colombia)
(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).
Regionalism used in Colombia
They turned the Christmas trees into mulch for the city parks.Convirtieron los árboles de Navidad en capote para los parques de la ciudad.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
a. cubrir con mantillo
I mulched the rose beds before the first frost.Cubrí los arriates de rosales con mantillo antes de la primera escarcha.
b. cubrir con capote (Colombia)
Regionalism used in Colombia
We mulch the soil in winter to shelter it from the impact of rain.En invierno cubrimos la tierra con capote para protegerla del impacto de la lluvia.
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