pickax
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This word may also be spelled “pickaxe.”
pickax(
pihk
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ahks
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (tool)
a. el pico (M)
(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).
My dad used a pickax to break up the concrete in the backyard.Mi papá utilizó un pico para romper el concreto del patio trasero.
The miner dropped his pickax and grabbed the shiny rock with both hands. It was, hands down, the biggest gemstone he had ever seen.El minero soltó el pico y agarró la brillante piedra con las dos manos. Era, sin lugar a duda, la gema más grande que había visto en su vida.
b. la piqueta (F)
(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).
Don't forget to put on your safety goggles when breaking up rocks with your pickax.No olvides ponerte los anteojos de seguridad cuando partas rocas con la piqueta.
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