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living wage(
lihv
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ihng
weyj
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (general)
a. el salario digno (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).
The company got into trouble for not paying its employees a living wage.La empresa se metió en líos por no pagar un salario digno a sus empleados.
b. no direct translation
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
I don't make a lot of money, but it's a living wage.No gano mucho dinero, pero me alcance para vivir.
Some say that $8 per hour is not a living wage.Algunos dicen que no se puede vivir con $8 por hora.
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