stickler
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stickler(
stihk
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)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (general)
a. el rigorista (M), la rigorista (F)
(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).
(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).
My English teacher is a grammar stickler.Mi profesora de inglés es una rigorista de la gramática.
b. el tiquismiquis (M), la tiquismiquis (F) (colloquial) (Mexico) (Spain)
(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).
(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 Mexico
Regionalism used in Spain
David is such a stickler with the rules that he won't let a foot touch the field's boundary line.David es tan tiquismiquis con las reglas que no deja que un pie toque el límite de la cancha.
c. no direct translation
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
Henry really benefitted from going to a school with teachers who were sticklers for discipline.Henry se benefició mucho de asistir a un colegio que tenía profesores que insistían en la disciplina.
My grandmother is a stickler for good manners at dinners at her house.Mi abuela insisten mucho en los buenos modales en las cenas en su casa.
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