zealot

el fanático

el/la zelota

USAGE NOTE

This word must begin with a capital letter in the sense shown in 2).

zealot(

zeh

luht

)

A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).

noun

1. (fanatic)

a. el fanático

(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).

(M)

, la fanática

(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).

(F)

The true zealots were prepared to take up arms for their cause.Los verdaderos fanáticos estaban dispuestos a tomar las armas por la causa.

Unfortunately, the party has been taken over by ideological zealots.Desafortunadamente, el partido ha sido tomado por fanáticos ideológicos.

2. (history)

a. el zelota

(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).

(M)

, la zelota

(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).

(F)

The Romans were fighting several Jewish rebel groups, not least the Zealots.Los romanos luchaban contra varios grupos de rebeldes judíos, sobre todo, los zelotas.

b. el zelote

(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).

(M)

, la zelote

(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).

(F)

Jesus chose Simon the Zealot as one of his apostles.Jesús eligió a Simón el Zelote como uno de sus apóstoles.

zealot

A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).

Noun

1. (general)

a. el fanático(a)

(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).

(M)

la fanático(a)

(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).

(F)

zealot [ˈzelət]

noun

fanáticoafanática (m) (f);a fanática

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