minus
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minus(
may
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nihs
)A preposition is a word that indicates the relationship between a noun and another word (e.g., He ran through the door.).
An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., the big dog).
3. (negative)
a. negativo
We won the baseball game! On the minus side, it took 14 hours.¡Ganamos el partido de béisbol! La parte negativa fue que duró 14 horas.
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
6. (sign)
a. el signo menos (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 minus goes before the number to indicate that it's a negative.El signo menos va antes del número para indicar que es un negativo.
c. el signo de menos (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).
That's a minus, not a division sign.Ese es un signo de menos, no un signo de división.
a. la desventaja (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 beach here is lovely. The only minus is the large number of mosquitos.La playa aquí está linda. Lo único negativo es el gran número de mosquitos.
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