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metal

metal(
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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
a. el metal
(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)
The structure of the building is made of metal.La estructura del edificio está hecha de metal.
2. (road surface)
Regionalism used in the United Kingdom
(United Kingdom)
a. la grava
(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 metal on the road needed repairing in places.Hacía falta reparar la grava de la carretera en algunas partes.
a. la música metal
(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 like listening to metal but by boyfriend prefers rap.A mí me gusta escuchar la música metal pero mi novio prefiere el rap.
b. el metal
(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)
I used to listen to a lot of metal before, but I listen mostly to punk now.Solía escuchar mucho metal antes, pero ahora escucho sobre todo punk.
c. el heavy metal
(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)
Unfortunately our neighbor likes to listen to metal at full blast.Por desgracia a nuestro vecino le gusta escuchar heavy metal a todo volumen.
An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., the big dog).
adjective
a. metálico
The metal bodies are made at the plant.Las carrocerías metálicas se hacen en la fábrica.
b. de metal
There was a metal plaque on the front door.Había una placa de metal en la puerta de la calle.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
transitive verb
5. (to cover with broken stones)
Regionalism used in the United Kingdom
(United Kingdom)
a. engravar
After metalling the road, we cover it with tar.Tras engravar la carretera, la cubrimos con alquitrán.
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