wallflower
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wallflower(
wal
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flau
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uhr
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (botany)
a. el alhelí (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).
There were wallflowers, primroses, and violets in my grandmother's garden.En el jardín de mi abuela, había alhelíes, prímulas y violetas.
a. no direct translation
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
Being a wallflower at parties has its perks; you can eavesdrop on all the juicy gossip.Pasar desapercibido en las fiestas tiene sus ventajas; te puedes enterrar de los chismes más calientes.
Leila's a social butterfly, but her sister's more of a wallflower.Leila es muy sociable, pero su hermana es bastante reservada.
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