masses

las masas

masses(

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A plural noun indicates that there is more than one person, place, thing, or idea.

plural noun

1. (ordinary people)

a. las masas

(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).

(F)

The police charged against the masses demonstrating in the streets.La policía cargó contra las masas que se manifestaban en las calles.

A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).

(colloquial)

(large quantity)

Regionalism used in the United Kingdom

(United Kingdom)

a. el montón

(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).

(M)

She's made masses of friends at university.Ha hecho un montón de amigos en la universidad.

mass

A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).

noun

3. (large quantity)

a. la masa

(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).

(F)

A mass of grey clouds announced the coming of a storm.Una masa de nubarrones anunciaba la llegada de una tormenta.

4. (physics)

a. la masa

(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).

(F)

Mass is a measurement of the quantity of matter contained in a body.La masa mide la cantidad de materia que hay en un cuerpo.

5. (religious)

a. la misa

(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).

(F)

Every Sunday, my grandmother goes to church to attend mass.Todos los domingos, mi abuela va a la iglesia a escuchar misa.

An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., the big dog).

adjective

6. (involving many people)

a. de masas (culture, movement, tourism)

It is an area still unspoiled by mass tourism.Es una región donde todavía no ha llegado el turismo de masas.

b. masivo (unemployment, demonstration, support)

Not many people remember the mass unemployment of the 70s.No hay muchos que recuerden el desempleo masivo de los años 70.

c. colectivo (effort, hysteria, suicide)

There was an outbreak of mass hysteria when the store doors opened on the first day of the sale.Se desató una histeria colectiva cuando se abrieron las puertas de la tienda el primer día de las rebajas.

d. en masa (exodus, murder, production)

When he got up to speak there was a mass exodus from the hall.Cuando se levantó a hablar, se produjo un éxodo en masa de la sala.

A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).

transitive verb

7. (to gather)

a. concentrar

The enemy were massing their troops on the border.El enemigo concentraba sus tropas en la frontera.

An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).

intransitive verb

8. (to gather)

a. concentrarse

The rebels were massing at their secret headquarters.Los rebeldes se estaban concentrando en su cuartel general secreto.