progenitor

el progenitor

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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. (ancestor)

a. el progenitor

(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)

These cells are progenitors for multiple cell types in the kidney.Estas células son progenitoras de múltiples tipos de células en el riñón.

b. el ancestro

(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 progenitors of dogs looked very much like small wolves.Los ancestros de los perros se parecían mucho a lobos pequeños.

c. el antepasado

(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)

There are tribes where a man's mother-in-law and all her female progenitors must be revered by him.Hay tribus en las que un hombre debe reverenciar a su suegra y a los antepasados femeninos de ella.

2. (originator)

a. el padre

(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)

Sigmund Freud is the progenitor of the Freudian school of psychology.Sigmund Freud es el padre de la escuela freudiana de la psicología.

b. el precursor

(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)

, la precursora

(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)

Juan Tizol is often described as the progenitor of Latin jazz.Juan Tizol se describe a menudo como el precursor del jazz latino.

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