objective

el objetivo

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objective(

)

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

noun

1. (aim)

a. el objetivo

(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)

Our objective is to secure the port against an enemy invasion.Nuestro objetivo es asegurar el puerto contra una invasión enemiga.

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

adjective

2. (without bias)

a. objetivo

The accountant presented an objective analysis of the accounts.El contador presentó un análisis objetivo de las cuentas.

3. (grammar)

a. de complemento directo

Your homework is to write down all the objective pronouns you find on page 17.La tarea es anotar todos los pronombres de complemento directo que se encuentran en la página 17.

b. acusativo

In Latin, nouns change form to differentiate between the subjective and the objective case.En latín, los sustantivos cambian su forma para diferenciar el caso nominativo del acusativo.

objective

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

Noun

1. (aim, goal)

a. el objetivo

(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)

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

adjective

2. (impartial)

a. objetivo(a)

objective [əbˈdʒektɪv]

adjective

1 (impartial) [+person, view, assessment, opinion] objetivo

friends may not be able to be objective puede que los amigos no sean capaces de ser objetivos; to take an objective look at sth mirar algo desde un punto de vista objetivo

2 (real) [+evidence, facts] objetivo

3 (Gram) [+pronoun, genitive] de complemento directo

objective case acusativo (m)

use the objective case of the pronoun

noun

1 (aim) objetivo (m); propósito (m)

if we achieve our objective si alcanzamos nuestro objetivo; si conseguimos nuestro propósito; military objective objetivo (m) militar

2 (Fot) objetivo (m)

3 (Gram) acusativo (m)

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