protest
protest(
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)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
a. la protesta (F)
(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).
There will be a protest against the new education bill this Saturday.Habrá una protesta de la nueva propuesta de ley de educación este sábado.
b. la manifestación (F)
(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).
There were hundreds of protests because of what happened in Ayotzinapa.Hubo cientos de manifestaciones por lo sucedido en Ayotzinapa.
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).
Many people came out to protest against oil exploration in the Canary Islands.Muchas personas salieron a protestar contra las prospecciones petrolíferas en las Islas Canarias.
b. manifestarse
A number of women were protesting against the tax on sanitary products.Varias mujeres se manifestaban contra el impuesto sobre los productos sanitarios.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
5. (to assert)
a. declarar
The prisoner had protested his innocence for years.El prisionero había declarado su inocencia durante años.
b. manifestar
The arrested man protested that he'd never seen the woman before.El detenido manifestó que nunca antes había visto a la mujer.
a. protestar contra
There were about fifty people in the square protesting the change in the law.Había unas cincuenta personas en la plaza que protestaban contra el cambio de la ley.
b. protestar por
Thousands of people joined together to protest the war.Miles de personas se unieron para protestar por la guerra.
a. protestar contra
I'm going to write to the government to protest its treatment of refugees.Voy a escribir al gobierno para protestar contra su tratamiento de los refugiados.
b. quejarse de
Jamie protested the lousy food at the school cafeteria.Jamie se quejó de la comida asquerosa de la cafetería de la escuela.
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