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supper(

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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

1. (evening meal)

a. la cena

(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)

Frida and Pablo went out dancing after supper.Frida y Pablo salieron a bailar después de la cena.

b. la comida

(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)

Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.

(Latin America)

Cristina invited her friends over to her house for supper on Friday night.Cristina invitó a sus amigos a una comida en su casa la noche del viernes.

c. el refrigerio

(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)

Patty's typical supper is a bowl of cereal.El refrigerio típico de Patty es un bol de cereal.

supper

A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).

Noun

1. (evening meal)

a. la cena

(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)

2. (snack before going to bed)

a. refrigerio que se toma antes de ir a la cama

to have suppercenar

we had fish for suppercenamos pescado

supper [ˈsʌpəʳ]

noun

(evening meal) cena (f)

what's for supper tonight? ¿qué hay de cena hoy?; to stay to supper quedarse a cenar; to have supper cenar; the Last Supper (Rel) La Ultima Cena

to sing for one's supper trabajárselo

They would have to `sing for their supper' during the exhausting official round of duties

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