reputation

la reputación

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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. (renown)

a. la reputación

(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)

She has a reputation for being rather irresponsible.Tiene reputación de ser bastante irresponsable.

b. la fama

(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 restaurant soon got a bad reputation.El restaurante pronto adquirió mala fama.

reputation

A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).

Noun

1. (of person, shop)

a. la reputación

(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)

to have a good/bad reputationtener buena/mala reputación or fama

to have a reputation for franknesstener fama de franco(a)

they lived up to their reputationhicieron honor a su reputación

reputation [ˌrepjʊˈteɪʃən]

noun

reputación (f); fama (f)

to have a bad reputation tener mala fama; of good reputation de buena fama; he has a reputation for being awkward tiene fama de difícil; the hotel has a reputation for good food el hotel es célebre por su buena comida; to live up to one's reputation merecer la reputación; to ruin a girl's reputation acabar con la buena reputación de una joven

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