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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

1. (pulsating sound)

a. el martilleo

(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)

Sam awoke in a hospital bed with a pounding in his head and asked, "How did I get here?"Sam se despertó en una cama de hospital con un martilleo en la cabeza y preguntó: "¿Cómo llegué aquí?"

b. los fuertes latidos

(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)

(heart)

I felt a pounding in my chest when I drank too much coffee.Sentí fuertes latidos en el pecho cuando bebí demasiado café.

c. el embate

(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)

(waves)

Karen fell asleep, contented, with the gentle pounding of the surf outside her cabin.Karen se durmió, contenta, con el suave embate de las olas fuera de su cabaña.

d. aporrear (verb)

I woke up to a furious pounding on the door, and learned my brother had been in an accident.Me despertó alguien aporreando furiosamente la puerta y me enteré de que mi hermano se había accidentado.

2. (beating)

a. la paliza

(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)

The team suffered a pounding at Saturday's game.El equipo sufrió una paliza en el partido del sábado.

b. el vapuleo

(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 battalion gave the enemy troops a pounding and routed them.El batallón dio a las tropas enemigas un vapuleo y los puso en fuga.

c. la tunda

(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)

Jaime suffered a pounding at the hands of passersby when he tried to steal a young woman's purse.Jaime sufrió una tunda a manos de unos transeúntes cuando trató de robar el bolso a una joven.

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