scalping
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scalping(
skahl
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pihng
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (colloquial) (practice of reselling tickets) (United States)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in the United States
a. la reventa (F)
(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).
Scalping is prohibited outside the stadium, but it happens in the parking lots anyway.Se prohíbe la reventa de entradas fuera del estadio, pero de todos modos sigue pasando en los estacionamientos.
a. no direct translation
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
The battle is remembered for the scalping of townspeople by the warriors.Se recuerda la batalla porque los guerreros les arrancaron las caballeras a los habitantes del pueblo.
The scalping of defeated enemies was a custom in some North American tribes.Cortar las caballeras de los enemigos vencidos fue una costumbre en algunas tribus norteamericanas.
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