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relative

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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 pariente
(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 pariente
(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)
All of my mother's relatives are getting together for a family reunion in Barcelona.Todos los parientes de mi mamá se están juntando para una reunión familiar en Barcelona.
b. el familiar
(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)
Only relatives are allowed to visit patients in the intensive care unit.Solo los familiares están autorizados a visitar a los pacientes en la unidad de cuidados intensivos.
An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., the big dog).
adjective
a. relativo
The movement of any object in space is relative to some other object.El movimiento de cualquier objeto en el espacio es relativo a algún otro objeto.
b. en comparación con
He's doing better in class this quarter relative to the previous quarter.Le va mejor en clase este trimestre en comparación con el trimestre anterior.
a. relativo
He went from the half frozen lake to the relative warmth of a cold shower.Pasó del lago medio congelado al calor relativo de una ducha fría.
a. concerniente a
We requested soil mechanics documents, but the ones we received were relative to sales.Pedimos los documentos de mecánica de suelos, pero los que recibimos eran concernientes a las ventas.
a. relativo
A relative pronoun marks a relative clause.Un pronombre relativo marca una oración de relativo.
a. relativo
A minor scale begins on the sixth note of its relative major.Una escala menor comienza en la sexta nota de su mayor relativa.
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