slab
slab(
slahb
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
a. la losa (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).
The contractor unloaded the slabs of slate for the walkway to the house.El contratista descargó las losas de pizarra para el sendero a la casa.
b. el bloque (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).
These concrete slabs will be used to form the foundation of the building.Estos bloques de concreto se utilizarán para formar los cimientos del edificio.
2. (culinary)
b. el pedazo (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).
After the appetizers, Arnau ate a slab of steak with potatoes and alioli.Después de los aperitivos, Arnau se comió un pedazo de bistec con papas y alioli.
c. la tableta (F) (chocolate)
(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).
Nothing was left of the entire slab of chocolate.No quedó nada de toda la tableta de chocolate.
3. (colloquial) (autopsy table)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
a. la mesa de autopsias (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).
The pathologist left the body on the slab for only five minutes, and when he came back it was gone.El patólogo dejó el cadáver en la mesa de autopsias durante solo cinco minutos, y cuando volvió, había desaparecido.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
a. cortar en tablones
They spent all week back at the sawmill slabbing the trunks.Pasaron toda la semana en el aserradero cortando los troncos en tablones.
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