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)An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., the big dog).
1. (average)
b. corriente
The Italian restaurant in the mall is rather ordinary.El restaurante italiano en el centro comercial es bastante corriente.
c. cualquiera
It was an ordinary day until the Prince of Wales walked in.Era un día cualquiera hasta que llegó el Príncipe de Gales.
d. común y corriente
Gabriel was an ordinary man until he won the lottery.Gabriel era un hombre común y corriente hasta que ganó la lotería.
e. normal y corriente
How's the neighborhood park? - It's just an ordinary park.¿Cómo es el parque del barrio? - Es sólo un parque normal y corriente.
f. simple
The president traveled to India like an ordinary tourist.El presidente viajó a la India como un simple turista.
g. de la calle
I'm an ordinary person who has been blessed by extraordinary opportunities.Soy una persona de la calle quien ha sido bendecida por oportunidades extraordinarias.
h. de a pie
If he were an ordinary citizen, he would have had to go fight in the war.Si fuera un ciudadano de a pie, habría tenido que ir a luchar en la guerra.
2. (mediocre)
a. mediocre
Despite having a stellar cast, the plot was totally ordinary.A pesar de tener un elenco estelar, la trama era totalmente mediocre.
b. ordinario
His latest album is full of pedestrian lyrics and ordinary melodies.Su último álbum está lleno de letras pedestres y melodías ordinarias.
c. común
Her dance moves were so ordinary, I almost fell asleep.Sus movimientos de baile eran tan comunes que casi me quedé dormido.
3. (usual)
a. de todos los días
I would not call an ordinary date having someone pick you up in a limo.Que te pasen a buscar en una limusina no es lo que llamaría una cita de todos los días.
b. normal
He wore his ordinary clothes to the costume party and said he was a mass murderer.Llevó su ropa normal a la fiesta de disfraces y dijo que era un asesino en serie.
a. ordinario
An ordinary share represents equity ownership in a company.Una acción ordinaria representa participación en el capital de una empresa.
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
5. (average)
a. no direct translation
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
Every day is out of the ordinary for an astronaut in the space station.Cada día es algo fuera de lo común para un astronauta en la estación espacial.
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