salient
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USAGE NOTE
This word is treated as a feminine noun in Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina, and Uruguay, and as a masculine noun in the rest of the Spanish-speaking world.
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)An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., the big dog).
1. (prominent)
a. destacado
The ambassador's salient concerns are centered around issues of trade.Las preocupaciones destacadas del embajador se centran en cuestiones de comercio.
b. sobresaliente
His tax proposal has four salient features, all of which benefit the wealthy.Su propuesta fiscal tiene cuatro características sobresalientes, todas las cuales benefician a los ricos.
c. notable
Erica wrote about what she considered to be the salient improvements done at the university.Erica escribió acerca de las que consideraba las mejoras notables que se hicieron en la universidad.
d. principal
Please, highlight the salient points in the following text.Resalte los puntos principales del siguiente texto.
a. saliente
An enemy attempting to scale the fortress wall can be shot from a salient angle in a bastion.Desde un ángulo saliente de un bastión, se le puede disparar a un enemigo que intenta escalar la pared de la fortaleza.
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
3. (geography)
a. el saliente (M)
(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).
The Misiones Province in Argentina is a salient, surrounded on three sides by Brazil and Paraguay.La provincia de Misiones en Argentina es un saliente, rodeado por tres lados por Brasil y Paraguay.
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