yodel
USAGE NOTE
This word may also be spelled “yodle”.
yodel(
yo
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duhl
)An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).
1. (to sing)
a. cantar a la tirolesa
The young goatherd spent his days yodeling in the mountains.El joven cabrero pasaba sus días cantando a la tirolesa en las montañas.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
a. cantar a la tirolesa
He yodeled a couple of lines of the song.Cantó a la tirolesa un par de versos de la canción.
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
3. (melody)
a. el canto a la tirolesa (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).
We heard a familiar yodel from high up in the mountains.Escuchamos un canto a la tirolesa desde lo alto de las montañas que nos resultaba familiar.
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