An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g. the big dog).
adjective 1. (number)
a. nueve I have nine hours of travel ahead of me. Tengo nueve horas de viaje por delante.
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).
noun 2. (number)
a. el nueve
(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) Nine is the winning number. El nueve es el número ganador.
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nine
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).
Noun 1. (general)
a. el nueve
(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) a nine-to-five job un trabajo de oficina
2. (colloquial)
a. to be dressed up to the nines ir de punta en blanco
An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g. the big dog).
adjective 4. (fig)
a. nine times out of ten la mayoría de las veces
to have nine lives tener siete vidas (como los gatos)
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nine [nain]
adjective
pronoun
nueve nine-to-five job trabajo (m) de nueve a cinco; nine times out of ten casi siempre; en el noventa por ciento de los casos
a nine days' wonder una maravilla de un día
noun
(numeral) nueve (m) to work nine to five trabajar (la) jornada completa
Not everybody wants to work nine to five I wanted more from life than working nine-to-five in the same job
to be dressed up to the nines (Britain) ir de punta en blanco
to get dressed up to the nines ponerse de punta en blanco
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