sidetrack
sidetrack(
sayd
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trahk
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
a. la vía muerta (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).
The freight train was parked on a sidetrack.El tren de carga estaba estacionado en la vía muerta.
b. el apartadero (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).
The switchman opened the switch to shunt the locomotive on to a sidetrack.El guardagujas abrió las agujas para enviar la locomotora a un apartadero.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
a. desviar
You sidetracked me away from the subject of our conversation.Me desvió del tema de nuestra conversación.
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