leaf [liːf]
leaf(
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)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).
1. (botany)
2. (part of a book)
3. (part of a table)
a. la hoja abatible
(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).
Sally added the table leaf so that more people could sit.Sally añadió la hoja abatible para que más personas pudieran sentarse.
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).
4. (to turn pages; often used with "through")
a. hojear
Lucy sat in the waiting room nervously leafing through a magazine.Lucy estaba sentada en la sala de espera nerviosamente hojeando una revista.
5. (botany)
a. brotar
The hydrangea was very late to leaf and flower this year.La hortensia tardó mucho en brotar y florecer este año.
leaf
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).
1. (of plant, book)
a. la hoja
(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).
2. (fig)
a.
to turn over a new leafhacer borrón y cuenta nueva
3. (fig)
a.
to take a leaf out of somebody's bookseguir el ejemplo de alguien
4. (of table)
a. la hoja abatible
(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).
Collins Complete Spanish Electronic Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
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