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yarn
yarn(
yarn
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (material)
b. el estambre (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).
She bought purple yarn to knit a scarf.Compró estambre morado para tejer una bufanda.
2. (colloquial) (tale)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
a. la historia (F)
(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).
Old fishermen loved to get together and tell yarns about the sea.A los pescadores viejos les encantaba reunirse y contar historias del mar.
b. el cuento (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).
He spun me a yarn about how he was the one who saved the firm from bankruptcy.Me contó un cuento de cómo fue él quien salvó a la empresa de la bancarrota.
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).
3. (colloquial) (to tell stories)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
a. contar historias
Grandma loves to yarn when we pay her a visit.A la abuela le encanta contar historias cuando la visitamos.
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