thingamabob
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USAGE NOTE
This word may also be spelled "thingumabob."
thingamabob(
thihng
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uh
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muh
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bab
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (colloquial) (thing whose name one cannot remember)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
b. el chisme (M) (colloquial) (Mexico) (Spain)
(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).
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in Mexico
Regionalism used in Spain
We bought this thingamabob you can use to hold your cell phone to take a picture.Compramos este chisme que puedes usar para sujetar el celular para tomar una foto.
c. la vaina (F) (colloquial) (Andes) (Central America) (Cuba) (Dominican Republic)
(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).
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in Central America: Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama
Regionalism used in Cuba
Regionalism used in the Dominican Republic
Put the thingamabob on the belt to separate our groceries from that gentleman's.Pon la vaina en la cinta para separar la compra de ese señor de la nuestra.
d. el coso (M) (South America)
(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).
Regionalism used in South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela
You have to put this thingamabob in place or the machine won't turn on.Tienes que poner este coso en su lugar o la máquina no se enciende.
2. (colloquial) (person whose name one cannot remember) (United Kingdom)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in the United Kingdom
a. el fulano de tal (M), la fulana de tal (F) (colloquial)
(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).
(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).
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Julio's always going around bragging about how he knows thingamabob and whoever else, but I don't know how well connected he really is.Julio siempre anda jactándose de que conoce a fulano de tal y a no sé quien más, pero no sé qué tan conectado esté realmente.
b. no direct translation
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
I saw thingamob at the bank. You know, your friend who works at the café.Vi a esta fulana en el banco. Ya sabes, tu amiga que trabaja en el café.
You've got to bring these documents down to thingamabob in accounts. - Who, Lionel?Tienes que llevarle estos documentos a ese fulano de tal en contabilidad. - ¿A quién, Lionel?
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