mackerel
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The plural of "mackerel" may be "mackerel" or "mackerels."
mackerel(
mah
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kruhl
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (animal)
a. la caballa (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 cod population in these waters feeds primarily on mackerel.La población de bacalaos en estas aguas se alimenta principalmente de caballa.
These waters used to be filled with schools of mackerel.Estas aguas antes estaban repletas de bancos de caballa.
2. (culinary)
a. la caballa (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).
For dinner we had fried mackerel that I had caught fresh on the dock.Cenamos caballa frita de las que yo acababa de pescar en el muelle.
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