A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
noun 1.
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
(colloquial)
A word or phrase that is seldom used in contemporary language and is recognized as being from another decade, (e.g., cat, groovy).
(old-fashioned) (father) a. el papi
(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) Pappy would have wanted you to have this money. Papi hubiera querido que tengas este dinero.
b. el papá
(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) Maisie lost her mammy and pappy when she was only two years old. Maisie perdió a sus papás cuando tenía solo dos años.
An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., the big dog).
adjective a. blando Charlie likes to mix up his cereal till it's a pappy mess. A Charlie le gusta revolver su cereal hasta que quede una pasta blanda.
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