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cue

la entrada

darle el pie

cue(

kyu

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A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).

noun

1. (theater)

a. la entrada

(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).

(F)

She missed her cue, so the actors on stage had to ad-lib.Perdió su entrada, así que los actores que estaban en el escenario tuvieron que improvisar.

b. el pie

(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).

(M)

When she says, "whoever shall save me?," that's your cue to enter.Cuando ella dice "¿quién me salvará?," ese es tu pie para salir.

2. (music)

a. la entrada

(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).

(F)

The band waited for the cue from the singer.La banda esperó la entrada del cantante.

3. (billiards)

a. el taco

(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).

(M)

He picked up the cue and lined up the cue ball with the eight ball.Agarró el taco y alineó la bola jugadora con la bola negra.

4. (signal)

a. la señal

(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).

(F)

I'm not very good at decoding nonverbal cues when someone is lying.No soy buena para decodificar las señales no verbales de alquien que miente.

A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).

transitive verb

5. (to give an actor his line)

a. darle el pie (theater)

The thunder clap cues you to say "run for your lives!"El trueno te da el pie para que digas "¡sálvese quien pueda!"

6. (to signal)

a. darle la entrada a (music)

The conductor cued the rest of the orchestra to play the next passage.El conductor le dio la entrada al resto de la orquesta para que tocara el siguiente pasaje.

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