mountain

mountain(
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A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
noun
a. la montaña
(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)
Mount Everest is the tallest mountain in the world.El monte Everest es la montaña más alta del mundo.
2.
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
(colloquial)
(large quantity)
a. la montaña
(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)
After last night's party, we have to clean up a mountain of trash.Después de la fiesta de anoche, tenemos que limpiar una montaña de basura.
b. 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)
The boss left me a mountain of work to do.El jefe me dejó un montón de trabajo que hacer.
An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., the big dog).
adjective
a. de montaña
There's a small mountain path up to the monument.Hay un pequeño camino de montaña que sube hasta el monumento.
b. de la montaña
There's nothing better than opening the window and breathing in that fresh mountain air.No hay nada mejor que abrir la ventana y respirar ese aire fresco de la montaña.
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