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el micro(
mee
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kroh
)A masculine noun is used with masculine articles and adjectives (e.g., el hombre guapo, el sol amarillo).
1. (colloquial) (microphone)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
a. mike (colloquial)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
"Probando, probando. Uno, dos, tres, cuatro", dijo el cantante con el micro."Check, check. One, two, three, four." The singer said on the mike.
b. mic (colloquial)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
¿Puedes subir el volumen del micro?Can you raise the volume of the mic?
a. bus
El micro chocó con un camión cerca de Santa Fé y murieron 40 personas.The bus crashed with a truck near Santa Fe and 40 people died.
3. (colloquial) (small passenger vehicle) (Latin America)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
4. (colloquial) (electrical appliance)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
b. microwave oven
¿Sabes cómo cocinar arroz en el micro?Do you know how to cook rice in the microwave oven?
5. (computing)
a. micro
El micro cambió el ámbito de la computación hogareña pues el público dejó de lado los procesadores más voluminosos.The micro changed the field of home computing as people turned away from bulkier processors.
b. microprocessor
Cuesta creer que un micro tan pequeño contenga todas las funciones de una CPU.It is hard to believe that such a tiny microprocessor might contain all the CPU functions.
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