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This word must be preceded by the definite article in the sense shown in 1).
slammer(
slah
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muhr
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (colloquial) (prison)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
a. la cana (F) (colloquial) (Central America) (Cuba) (South America)
(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).
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in Central America: Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama
Regionalism used in Cuba
Regionalism used in South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela
If they catch you, you're going to spend at least 20 years in the slammer.Si te agarran, vas a pasar 20 años en la cana como mínimo.
b. el bote (M) (colloquial) (Central America) (Mexico) (Venezuela)
(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).
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in Central America: Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama
Regionalism used in Mexico
Regionalism used in Venezuela
Life wasn't easy for me when I got out of the slammer.La vida no era fácil para mí cuando salí del bote.
c. la chirona (F) (colloquial) (Spain)
(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).
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in Spain
Sometimes people judge me when they find out I was in the slammer.A veces la gente me juzga cuando se entera de que yo estaba en chirona.
2. (beverage)
a. el slammer (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).
I have tequila. Do you want me to make you a slammer?Tengo tequila. ¿Quieres que te haga un slammer?
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