loon [luːn]
loon
loon(
lun
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).
1. (colloquial) (crazy person)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
a. el bobo (M), la boba (F)
(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).
(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 media plays videos of this businessman saying things, and then he says that he didn't say what he said. - What a loon!Los medios ponen videos de este empresario diciendo cosas, y luego dice que no dijo lo que dijo. - ¡Qué bobo!
2. (animal)
a. el somorgujo (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).
I saw a pair of loons fishing in Lake Ontario.Vi un par de somorgujos pescando en el lago Ontario.
Collins Complete Spanish Electronic Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
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