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leeway(
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wey
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
a. la libertad de acción (F)
(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).
The company isn't giving us a lot of creative leeway on the design of the logo.La empresa no nos dará mucha libertad de acción creativa en cuanto al diseño del logo.
2. (extra)
a. el margen (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).
They gave us some leeway to get the papers ready for the negotiations.Nos dieron un margen para tener los papeles listos para las negociaciones.
3. (nautical)
a. la deriva (F)
(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).
Sailing at beam reach, you want to have the centerboard all the way down to minimize leeway.Navegando de través, debes tener la orza hasta el fondo para minimizar la deriva.
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