text [tekst]
text(
tehkst
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).
1. (written words)
2. (telecommunications)
a. el mensaje de texto
(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).
Send me a text as soon as you arrive.Mándame un mensaje de texto en cuanto llegues.
3. (textbook)
a. el libro de texto
(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).
We have to read to page 120 of the text this weekend.Este fin de semana tenemos que leer hasta la página 120 del libro de texto.
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).
4. (telecommunications)
a. enviar mensajes de texto
I prefer texting to emailing.Prefiero enviar mensajes de texto que emails.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).
5. (telecommunications)
a. enviar mensajes de texto a
My children have been texting their friends abroad.Mis hijos han estado enviando mensajes de texto a sus amigos en el extranjero.
text
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).
1. (general)
a. el texto
(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).
2. (computers)
a.
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
no direct translation
text editoreditor de textos
text messagemensaje m de texto
text messagingmensajería f de texto
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).
3. (send text message to)
a. enviar un mensaje de texto a
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).
4. (send text messages)
a. enviar mensajes de texto
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