English to Spanish

sandbox

el cajón de arena

sandbox

sandbox(

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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. (place to play)

Regionalism used in the United States

(United States)

a. el cajón de arena

(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 children were building castles in the sandbox.Los niños construían castillos en el cajón de arena.

b. el arenero

(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)

My kids spend most of the time at the park playing in the sandbox.Mis hijos pasan la mayor parte del tiempo en el parque jugando en el arenero.

2. (transport)

a. el arenero

(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 railroad worker grabbed a shovel to get some sand from the sandbox.El trabajador ferroviario agarró una pala para sacar un poco de arena del arenero.

3. (computing)

a. el entorno aislado

(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)

I have two operating systems on my computer so I can use one as a sandbox.Tengo dos sistemas operativos en mi computadora para poder usar uno como entorno aislado.

b. el entorno de pruebas

(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 programmer is free to test things out in the sandbox.El programador tiene más libertad de experimentar en el entorno de pruebas.

c. el entorno seguro

(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 sandbox allows you to test new programs without affecting anything else.El entorno seguro permite probar programas nuevos sin afectar todo lo demás.

d. el sandbox

(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 virus didn't affect the rest of his files because he was working in the sandbox.El virus no afectó el resto de sus archivos porque estaba trabajando en el sandbox.

An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g. the big dog).

adjective

4. (video games)

a. sandbox

I prefer sandbox games over role playing games.Prefiero los juegos sandbox sobre los juegos de rol.

sandbox [ˈsændbɒks]

noun

(US) cajón (m) de arena

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