minutes

el acta

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nihts

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

plural noun

1. (official record)

a. el acta

(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)

Felipe took the minutes at last month's meeting.Felipe levantó el acta de la junta anterior.

b. la minuta

(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)

Ricardo will take the minutes at tonight's meeting.Ricardo tomará la minuta en la junta de esta noche.

c. la nota

(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)

Who is responsible for the minutes?¿Quién es responsable de la nota?

minute

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

noun

2. (period of time)

a. el minuto

(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)

Let the egg sit in boiled water for 10 minutes.Deja reposar el huevo en agua hervida por 10 minutos.

3. (moment)

a. el momento

(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)

Just give me a minute please, and I'll be with you.Permítame un momento por favor, y en seguida le atenderé.

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

adjective

4. (very small)

a. diminuto

The Brazilian gold frog is a minute creature measuring only 9.8 millimeters in length.La rana dorada brasileña es un criatura diminuta que mide tan solo 9.8 milímetros de largo.

b. mínimo

We only saw a minute difference between the drug and the placebo.Observamos solamente una diferencia mínima entre la droga y el placebo.

5. (detailed)

a. minucioso

They conducted a minute analysis of the survey results.Hicieron un análisis minucioso de los resultados de la encuesta.

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

transitive verb

6. (to take the minutes of)

a. levantar acta de

Please make sure to carefully minute each decision taken.Favor de levantar acta de cada decisión que se toma.

Examples

Phrases

thirty minutes	los treinta minutos
ten minutes	diez minutos
fifteen minutes	quince minutos
a few minutes	unos minutos
twenty minutes	veinte minutos
five minutes	cinco minutos
you were here for no more than ten minutes	no estuviste aquí más de diez minutos no estuvieron aquí más de diez minutos
a few minutes later	unos minutos después
a few minutes ago	hace unos minutos
five minutes later	cinco minutos después
five minutes ago	hace cinco minutos
forty-five minutes	cuarenta y cinco minutos
ten minutes later	diez minutos más tarde
for 30 minutes	por 30 minutos
I was in the store for 20 minutes. Then I came here.	Estuve en la tienda 20 minutos. Después vine acá.
we've been waiting for only five minutes	hemos estado esperando esperando solo cinco minutos
twenty minutes later	veinte minutos después
for ten minutes	por diez minutos
I was in the store for twenty minutes, and then I came here	estuve en la tienda por veinte minutos, y luego vine aquí
please wait five minutes	por favor, espera cinco minutos