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Templates
editHi, when entering Spanish nouns you can use a template to make your life easier. It automatically adds the plural and adds Category:Spanish nouns to the page. Use {{es-noun-m}}
or {{es-noun-f}}
. Have a look at ábside to see how it works. (By the way, according to my dictionaries it's masculine not feminine..) Widsith 13:21, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for the tips; makes it a lot easier. My bad; out of interest, what Spanish dictionary do you use? CloudNine 13:23, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
- No worries. I have a fat Collins, and a copy of the RAE. Widsith 13:25, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
abrigo
editSorry my not having accents on the word. Last time I checked abrigo meant "coat", as thats the only defenition that I know of.
Bearingbreaker92 13:10, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
- The best place to ask a question about definitions is in the Tea Room. The unaccented word abrigo can mean a coat or just about anything to keep out the cold or wind. The accented word ábrigo is a form of the word ábrego, meaning a southeasterly wind that brings rain. All this can be found in the RAE. --EncycloPetey 14:59, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
- I just did a google search and it does mean desert wind. Pretty interesting. I was thinking of the unaccented one. Bearingbreaker92 15:49, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
Missing Words list
editI noticed that you were working on the missing words list for spanish. Please do not scratch out or remove any words that you completed on there, Robert Ullman has a bot that will automatically remove and update the list.
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