lamentation

lamentation
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
noun
a. la lamentación
(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).
(F)
There was great lamentation after the death of the young king.Hubo una gran lamentación tras la muerte del joven rey.
b. los lamentos
(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 lamentation of the people could be heard in the streets.Los lamentos de la gente se escuchaban en las calles.
a. el lamento
(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 piece was composed as a lamentation for those who died in the war.La obra fue compuesta como un lamento por aquellos que murieron en la guerra.
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