dictate
dictate(
dihk
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)A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
a. dictar
Mathew injured his hand and couldn't write, so he dictated a letter to his brother.Mathew se lastimó la mano y no podía escribir, por lo cual le dictó una carta a su hermano.
a. dictar
We normally only cater one party per day, but circumstances dictated that we attend two weddings last Saturday.Normalmente solo organizamos un banquete por día, pero las circunstancias dictaron que asistiéramos a dos bodas el sábado pasado.
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).
a. dictar
I hate classes where the teacher dictates while the students copy what he says.Odio las clases en las que el maestro dicta mientras que los estudiantes copian lo que dice.
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
6. (order)
a. el mandato (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).
The church issued a dictate that girls and boys must not sit together.La iglesia emitó un mandato de que las niñas y los niños no deben sentarse juntos.
a. el dictado (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).
The soldier wrestled with whether to follow orders or the dictates of his conscience.El soldado luchaba con sí mismo por si seguir las órdenes o los dictados de su conciencia.
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