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el/la adolescente

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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. (between ages 13 and 19)

a. el adolescente

(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)

, la adolescente

(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)

Parents should understand that teens have the need to establish some independence.Los padres deberían comprender que los adolescentes tienen la necesidad de lograr cierta independencia.

An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g. the big dog).

adjective

2. (between ages 13 and 19)

a. adolescente

Teachers need to be attentive to the particular issues that teen students face.Los profesores tienen que estar pendientes de los problemas particulares que enfrentan los alumnos adolescentes.

3. (related to teenagers)

This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.

no direct translation

He's a sports figure who has become a teen idol.Es una figura del deporte que se ha convertido en ídolo de los adolescentes.

Teen magazines are mostly devoted to girls.Las revistas para adolescentes están dedicadas, en su mayoría, a las niñas.

teen [tiːn]

teenage

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