pencil box

la caja para lápices

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pencil box(

pehn

suhl

baks

)

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

noun

1. (general)

a. la caja para lápices

(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)

Veronica bought a new pencil box for the new school year.Verónica compró una nueva caja para lápices para el nuevo año escolar.

b. el estuche para lápices

(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)

The children take their pencils to school in their pencil boxes.Los niños llevan sus lápices a la escuela en sus estuches para lápices.

c. el plumier

(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 Spain

(Spain)

I was proud to be carrying a new pencil box to school for the first time.Me sentía orgulloso de llevar mi plumier nuevo de camino al colegio por primera vez.

d. la cartuchera

(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)

(River Plate)

How many pencils do you have in your pencil box?¿Cuántos lápices tienes en tu cartuchera?

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