(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).
After Thanksgiving, we use the remains of the turkey to make a soup.Después del Día de Acción de Gracias, usamos los restos del pavo para hacer una sopa.
(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).
We packed up the remains from the feast in Tupperwares and put them in the fridge.Recogimos las sobras del banquete en tuppers y las guardamos en la nevera.
little now remains of the old citypoco queda ya del casco antiguo;the few pleasures that remain to melos pocos placeres que me quedan
take 2 from 4, 2 remainwhat remained of his hair he kept cut very short
much remains to be donequeda mucho por hacer;nothing remains to be saidno queda nada por decir;no hay nada más que decir;nothing remains but to acceptno queda más remedio que aceptar;it only remains to thank yousolo queda darle las gracias;that remains to be seeneso está por ver
it remains to be seen whether ...it remains to be seen what the long term effects will beit remains to be seen whether the cease-fire will lastmajor questions remain to be answered about his work..huge amounts of weapons remain to be collected
2(continue to be)seguir;continuar
the problem remains unsolvedel problema sigue or continúa sin resolverse;he remained a formidable opponentsiguió or continuó siendo un rival formidable;to remain seated/standingpermanecer sentado/de pie;to remain faithful to sbseguir or permanecer fiel a algn;they remained silentpermanecieron en silencio;the government remained in controlel gobierno mantuvo or sostuvo el control;the two men have remained friendslos dos hombres han seguido siendo amigos;if the weather remains finesi el tiempo sigue bueno
it remains the samethe situation remains tenseit remains possible that bad weather could tear more holes in the tanker's hullshe remained true to her principlesthe question remains as to why he left the decision so latethe man, who wished to remain anonymous, told the newspaper that...her identity remains a mysterykeeping the roads open remains a problemwill Germany remain a member of NATO?her reasons for doing it remain unclearour policy remains unchangedthat part of the armed forces that remains loyal to the presidentthat is how it has been and that is the way it will always remain
the fact remains that ...(referring to previous statement)no es menos cierto que ...;sigue siendo un hecho que ...
the fact remains that inflation is unacceptably high..
3(stay)quedarse
we remained there three weeksnos quedamos allí tres semanas
how long do you expect to remain?it will remain in my memoryhe will have to remain in hospital for at least 10 daysfrom time to time, James remained at home with his familythe ship's captain risked his life remaining on board
to remain behind(gen)quedarse;(after school)quedarse después de las clases
he remained behind to guard the prisonersI had to remain behind and write out the school's code of conduct ten times
