pontoon

USAGE NOTE
This word may also be spelled "ponton" in the sense shown in #1) and #2).
pontoon(
pan
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tun
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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 pontón
(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)
We took the pontoon out on the lake this afternoon.Salimos en el pontón a pasear por el lago esta tarde.
a. el flotador
(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)
One of the boat's pontoons was pierced on a ledge, and the boat began to sink.Uno de los flotadores se perforó con un arrecife, y el barco empezó a hundirse.
3. (card game)
Regionalism used in the United Kingdom
(United Kingdom)
a. la veintiuna
(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)
Curtis won 300 quid playing pontoon.Curtis ganó 300 libras jugando veintiuna.
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