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

(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)

Have you seen the pens I got at the stationery store?¿Ya viste las plumas que compré en la papelería?

b. el bolígrafo

(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)

This pen doesn't write anymore.Este bolígrafo ya no escribe.

c. la lapicera

(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)

Regionalism used in South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela

(South America)

I need a pen with black ink.Necesito una lapicera con tinta negra.

d. la birome

(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)

(River Plate)

I keep all of my pens in this mug.Mantengo todos mis biromes en esta taza.

e. el esfero

(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)

Regionalism used in Colombia

(Colombia)

Regionalism used in Ecuador

(Ecuador)

I prefer writing with pens rather than pencils.Prefiero escribir con esferos en vez de lápices.

f. el lapicero

(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)

(Andes)

Regionalism used in Central America: Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama

(Central America)

Would you lend me a pen?¿Me prestas un lapicero?

g. el boli

(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)

Regionalism used in Spain

(Spain)

He lost his favorite pen.Él perdió su boli preferido.

2. (fenced area)

a. la jaula

(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)

It saddens me to see a big animal in a small pen.Me da tristeza ver un animal grande en una jaula pequeña.

b. el corral

(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)

(horses, cattle)

The cowboys spent the night in the pen, next to their horses.Los vaqueros pasaron la noche en el corral, junto a sus caballos.

c. el redil

(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)

(sheep)

The shepherd put the sheep in the pen.El pastor metió las ovejas al redil.

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

transitive verb

3. (literary)

a. escribir

No one knows who penned that sonnet.Nadie sabe quién escribió ese soneto.

Examples