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tapaboca

USAGE NOTE
This word may also be spelled "tapabocas" in the sense shown in 3).
el tapaboca(
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A masculine noun is used with masculine articles and adjectives (e.g., el hombre guapo, el sol amarillo).
masculine noun
a. slap
No seas respondón si no quieres un tapaboca, le dijo su madre.Don't be so insolent if you don't want a slap, his mother said.
a. scarf
En los primeros días de otoño, ya había gente en la calle con gorros y tapabocas.In the first days of autumn, there were already people in the street wearing hats and scarves.
3. (medicine)
Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
(Latin America)
a. mask
Durante el brote de influenza, la gente salía a todos lados con tapabocas.During the influenza outbreak, people went everywhere wearing a mask.
b. face mask
Todos los cirujanos llevan tapabocas en quirófano.All surgeons wear face masks in the operating room.
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