tenderloin
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USAGE NOTE
This word is often capitalized in the sense shown in 2).
tenderloin(
tehn
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duhr
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loyn
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (culinary)
a. el lomo (M) (of pork or beef)
(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).
I roasted a pork tenderloin with sage and blue cheese.Hice un lomo de cerdo asado con salvia y queso azul.
c. el solomillo (M) (of pork or beef)
(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).
The grilled beef tenderloin was delicious.El solomillo de ternera estaba muy rico.
2. (colloquial) (deprived urban area) (United States)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in the United States
a. los bajos fondos (M)
(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).
There's one part of the San Francisco Tenderloin which is a known haunt of drug pushers.Hay una parte de los bajos fondos de San Francisco que se sabe que está muy frecuentada por camellos.
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