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el limpiacristales
A masculine noun is used with masculine articles and adjectives (e.g., el hombre guapo, el sol amarillo).
1. (liquid)
a. window cleaning fluid
Primero tienes que rociar las ventanas con el limpiacristales y luego pasarles un trapo.First you have to spray the windows with the window cleaning fluid and then wipe them down.
b. window cleaning liquid
Este limpiacristales es muy eficaz. Deja las ventanas muy limpias.This window cleaning liquid is very effective. It leaves the windows very clean.
c. window cleaner
El limpiacristales está en ese armario con los demás productos de limpieza.The window cleaner is in that cabinet with the other cleaning products.
2. (cloth)
a. cloth for cleaning windows
No uses un trapo cualquiera. Usa un limpiacristales; si no, las ventanas no quedarán bien.Don't use just any cloth. Use a cloth for cleaning windows, otherwise, the windows won't look right.
3. (automobile)
a. windscreen wiper
Los limpiacristales del carro tienen distintas velocidades. Seleccionas una u otra dependiendo de si llueve mucho o no.The car windscreen wipers have different speeds. You select one or the other depending on how heavily it's raining.
This means that the noun can be masculine or feminine, depending on the gender of the noun it refers to (e.g., el doctor, la doctora).
4. (person)
a. window cleaner
Había unos limpiacristales subidos en un andamio limpiando las ventanas del rascacielos.There were some window cleaners up on a scaffold cleaning the windows of the skyscraper.
b. window washer (United States)
Regionalism used in the United States
Nuestra mansión tiene muchas ventanas, así que una vez a la semana viene un limpiacristales.Our mansion has many windows, so once a week we have a window washer.
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