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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. la partícula
(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)
While impersonal verbs in Spanish simply use the third person singular form of the verb, in English, these verbs require the placeholder "it."Mientras que los verbos impersonales en español simplemente usan la forma de tercera persona del singular, en inglés, estos verbos requieren la partícula "it".
a.
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
no direct translation
Carson is a placeholder until a permanent appointee is chosen.Carson está de suplente hasta que elijan a alguien permanente.
That's not the actual title of the article. That's just there as a placeholder.Ese no es el título real del artículo. Solo está ahí provisionalmente.
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