spelling

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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 ortografía
(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 make a lot of spelling errors when I write.Hago muchas faltas de ortografía cuando escribo.
b. el deletreo
(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)
(especially out loud)
The spelling of this river's name always confuses me.El deletreo del nombre de este río siempre me confunde.
c.
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
no direct translation
I always forget that the American English spelling of "gray" has an a.Siempre se me olvida que "gray" se escribe con a en inglés estadounidense.
My son learned a good trick to help remember the spelling of "Mississippi."Mi hijo aprendió un buen truco para recordar cómo se deletrea "Mississippi".
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