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asbestos

asbestos(
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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 asbesto
(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)
Asbestos was a common fire retardant until an association with lung cancer was found.El asbesto era un retardante de fuego común hasta que lo asociaron con el cáncer de pulmón.
b. el amianto
(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)
Claude became exposed to high levels of asbestos when he worked as an air conditioning installer.Claude estuvo expuesto a altos niveles de amianto cuando trabajó como instalador de aire acondicionado.
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