social security

USAGE NOTE
This word must begin with a capital letter in the sense shown in 2).
social security(
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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
a. la seguridad social
(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)
If it weren't for social security, I would have lost my house.Si no fuera por la seguridad social, habría perdido mi casa.
b. el seguro social
(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)
Social security helps people who can't work.El seguro social ayuda a la gente que no puede trabajar.
2. (retirement program in the U.S.)
Regionalism used in the United States
(United States)
a. el Seguro Social
(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)
Social Security helps people over the age of 62.El Seguro Social ayuda a la gente que tiene más de 62 años.
b. la Seguridad Social
(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)
Some conservative politicians want to privatize Social Security.Algunos políticos conservadores quieren privatizar la Seguridad Social.
a. el seguro social
(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 will start to receive social security in a year.Voy a empezar a cobrar el seguro social en un año.
b. la seguridad social
(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)
I get social security, but it's not much.Cobro la seguridad social, pero no es mucho.
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