scavenger

el animal carroñero

el pepenador

scavenger(

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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. (animal)

a. el animal carroñero

(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 scavengers were eating a dead deer.Los animales carroñeros estaban comiendo un venado muerto.

b. el carroñero

(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 carcass of a whale on the bottom of the ocean can feed a wide variety of scavengers.El cadáver de una ballena en el lecho del océano puede alimentar a una amplia variedad de carroñeros.

2. (person who sorts through discarded things)

a. el pepenador

(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 pepenadora

(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)

Regionalism used in Central America: Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama

(Central America)

Regionalism used in Mexico

(Mexico)

A good scavenger can find a lot of food that would otherwise go to waste.Un pepenador bueno sabe encontrar mucha comida que de otra manera se desperdiciaría.

b. el cartonero

(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 cartonera

(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)

Regionalism used in Argentina

(Argentina)

Regionalism used in Chile

(Chile)

The scavengers came through the neighborhood collecting bottles and cardboard.Los cartoneros pasaron por el vecindario recogiendo cartones y botellas.

c. el hurgador

(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 hurgadora

(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)

(River Plate)

Scavengers know the best places to find valuable discarded scrap metal.Los hurgadores conocen los mejores lugares para encontrar valiosos deshechos de metal.

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