5. 2-14-25 gender Flashcards

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EVen though it caused her great pain, she gave away her favorite makeup on the plane.

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Aunque le causó un gran dolor, regaló su maquillaje favorito mientras estaba en el avión.
el dolor, el maquillaje, el avión
all follow masculine LONER
also ambre, aje
el alambre, el enjambre (swarm)

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When I lived in San Francisco, I never took the cable car/street car.

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Cuando vivía en San Francisco, nunca subí al tranvía.

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what are some common endings that denote a noun is feminine

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ie, eza, sis, itis
la serie, la especie (the species)
la tristeza
la tesis
la sinusitis

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the nincompoop, silly, fool

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el bobo, la boba

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I was late to class all month.

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Llegué tarde a clase todo el mes.
la clase
el mes

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WHere is the pencil and the pen you gave me?

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Dónde está el lápiz y el lápicero que me dio?
pen is also el bolígrafo

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The thesis consisted of a series of writings about specific spices and the specific species of birds that ate them.

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La tesis consistía en una serie de escritos sobre especias específicas y las especies específicas de aves que las comían.
la tesis - think i did my master’s thesis
la serie
las especias - the spices
las especies - the species

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most abstract nouns ending in what are what gender

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tud, umbre are female
la virtud, la costumbre
bu also la cumbre - summit, mountaintop,
la esclavitud - the slavery

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the month, the time/turn, the mind

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el mes, la vez, la mente

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Translate
What is the main-principal- primary language of Brazil? Portuguese.

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¿Cuál es el idioma principal de Brasil? El portugués.

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I gave them the order to arrange everything in the order I asked.

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Les di la orden de arreglar todo en el orden que pedí.
la orden - like a command, to order someone to do something (think I VS give the orders)
el orden - in an organized fashion, in sequence

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The book I was reading is about an African-American doctor. Or actually, she was a nurse.

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El libro que estaba leyendo se trata de una médica afroamericana. O en realidad, era enfermera.
un medico, una médica

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Old age doesn’t come all at once, it comes a little at a time.

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La vejez no llega de golpe, llega un poco cada vez / a la vez.
la vejez
la vez

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By mixing tariffs with distractions such as plastic straws, the US president is saturating the debate and wearing down the opposition

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Al mezclar aranceles con distracciones como popotes o pajillas de plástico, el presidente de EE.UU. satura el debate y desgasta a la oposición

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bursting onto the catwalk

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irrumpienda/ estallando en la pasarela

estallar - to explode, to burst
Cuando trabajaba en Irak, una vez, mientras estaba en un carro en el camino, un tanque estallo/explotó frente a mí.
es-tah-YAHR

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I felt a slimy texture, I thought I was going to die,” says a young man who was swallowed by a whale in Chile

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Sentí una textura babosa, pensé que iba a morir”, dice joven que fue tragado por una ballena en Chile

tragar - to swallow