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accord
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accord(
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)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (harmony)
a. el acuerdo (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).
Some degree of accord was reached during the negotiations.Durante las negociaciones se logró alcanzar un cierto acuerdo.
2. (treaty)
a. el acuerdo (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).
Both countries have greatly benefited from the commercial accord they signed three years ago.Los dos países se han beneficiado enormemente del acuerdo comercial que firmaron hace tres años.
a. no direct translation
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
No one forced you to do it. You did it of your own accord.Nadie te obligó a hacerlo. Lo hiciste de motu propio.
The representative resigned of his own accord to prevent the scandal from tainting the party leadership.El diputado dimitió por iniciativa propia para evitar que el escándalo salpicara a la cúpula del partido.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
4. (to give)
a. conceder
The monarch accorded special privileges to his most loyal subjects.El monarca concedió privilegios especiales a sus súbditos más leales.
b. dar
They disagreed on the priority that should be accorded to different types of applicants.No estaban de acuerdo en cuanto a la preferencia que se debía dar a los distintos tipos de candidatos.
c. otorgar
He was accorded his country's highest military honor.Se le otorgó la condecoración militar más alta de su país.
d. conferir
Management finally agreed to accord women's work the same status as that of men.Finalmente los directivos accedieron a conferir al trabajo de las mujeres el mismo estatus que tenía el de los hombres.
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).
a. concordar con
The new data don't accord with the information we had.Los nuevos datos no concuerdan con la información de que disponíamos.
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