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pap

el frotis

pap(

pahp

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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 word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).

(colloquial)

(medicine)

a. el frotis

(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)

I thought I was just going in for a pap, but it turned out I was pregnant!Pensé que solo iba para un frotis, pero resultó que estaba embarazada.

b. el frotis cervical

(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)

I don't exactly relish getting a pap, but it's one of those things you just have to do.No me gusta demasiado ir para un frotis cervical, pero es una de esas cosas que hay que hacer.

c. la citología

(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)

Your pap came back normal.Tu citología salió normal.

d. el papanicolau

(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)

Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.

(Latin America)

Melanie went to her OB-GYN for a pap.Melanie fue a su ginecóloga para un papanicolau.

2. (soft food)

a. la papilla

(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)

The nurse brought me a dish of some insipid pap because it was the only thing I could stomach at the time.El enfermero me trajo un tazón de alguna papilla insípida porque era lo único que toleraba en ese entonces.

3. (trivial content)

a. la tontería

(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)

I can't read this pap. I need to find a real newspaper.No puedo leer esta tontería. Necesito buscar un periódico de verdad.

b. la estupidez

(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 a long day of treating patients and running around the hospital, Stephanie just wanted to watch some mindless pap.Tras un día largo de tratar a pacientes y correr por el hospital, Stephanie solo quería ver alguna estupidez insensata.

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