Sputnik

Sputnik(
spuht
-
nihk
)
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
noun
a. el Sputnik
(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 launch of the first Sputnik, in the 1950's, heightened the tension between the Soviet Union and the US.El lanzamiento del primer Sputnik, en la década de 1950, aumentó la tensión entre la Unión Soviética y los Estados Unidos.
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