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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 terrible experiencia
(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)
Looking for a job in the middle of a recession doesn't need to be an ordeal.Buscar trabajo en medio de una recesión no tiene por qué ser una terrible experiencia.
Matt was very happy to be home once again after his ordeal in the Sahara.Matt estaba muy contento de estar en casa de nuevo después de su terrible experiencia en el Sahara.
b. el suplicio
(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)
Registering for my fall classes was much more of an ordeal than it should have been.Registrarme en las clases de otoño fue más suplicio de lo que debería haber sido.
a. la ordalía
(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)
Due to a lack of evidence, the king ordered the accused be subjected to the ordeal by iron.Debido a la falta de pruebas, el rey ordenó que el acusado se sometiera a la ordalía del hierro.
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