mothball(
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)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
a. la bola de naftalina (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).
Henry put a mothball in the drawer with his wool sweaters.Henry colocó una bola de naftalina en el cajón con sus suéteres de lana.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
2. (military)
a. aparcar
The air force wants to mothball the older planes and commission a new model.La fuerza aérea quiere aparcar los aviones más antiguos y encargar un nuevo modelo.
3. (to shelve)
a. archivar
The committee has decided to mothball the project due to lack of funding.La comisión decidió archivar el proyecto debido a falta de fondos.
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