poltergeist

poltergeist(
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tuhr
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gayst
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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. el poltergeist
(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)
How could that plate fall on the floor when it was in the middle of the table? - We must have a poltergeist!¿Cómo pudo caerse ese plato si estaba en el centro de la mesa? - ¡Hemos de tener un poltergeist!
b. el espíritu paranormal
(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)
Lourdes is always talking about ghosts and poltergeists in her mother's abandoned house.Lourdes siempre está hablando de fantasmas y espíritus paranormales en la casa abandonada de su mamá.
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