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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. el animación fotograma a fotograma
(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 director had never worked with stop-motion before, but he hired top-notch animators.El director nunca antes había rodado animación fotograma a fotograma, pero contrató a excelentes animadores.
b. el parada de imagen
(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 studio's latest movie used stop-motion instead of traditional animation techniques.La película más reciente del estudio usó la parada de imagen en vez de técnicas de animación tradicionales.
c. el paso de manivela
(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)
Stop-motion is often used to animate clay figures in movies.El paso de manivela se usa con frecuencia para animar figuras de plastilina en las películas.
d. el stop-motion
(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 love this movie, and I didn't even realize it was filmed in stop-motion.Me encanta esta película y ni me di cuenta de que fue filmada en stop-motion.
An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., the big dog).
adjective
a. de fotograma a fotograma
The stop-motion video won several awards at the festival.El video de fotograma a fotograma ganó varios premios en el festival.
b. cuadro por cuadro
This movie is one of the best examples of stop-motion animation I've ever seen.Esta película es uno de los mejores ejemplos de animación cuadro por cuadro que he visto.
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