Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
determiners
Spanish translation:
determinantes
Added to glossary by
Silvina Camperi
Feb 18, 2008 22:19
16 yrs ago
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English term
Argentina
determiners
English to Spanish
Art/Literary
Linguistics
English Grammar
"Determiners" are words like the, an, my, some. They are grammatically similar. They all come at the beginning of noun phrases, and usually we cannot use more than one determiner in the same noun phrase. They include articles; possessives; each, every, either, neither, any, some, no, much, many; more, most, little, less, least, few, fewer, fewest, what, whatever; which, whichever, both, half, all, several, enough.
Proposed translations
(Spanish)
| 4 +8 | determinante |
Patricia Fierro, M. Sc.
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| 3 +3 | determinantes |
Marian Vieyra
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| 4 +1 | (palabras) determinadoras |
Lydia De Jorge
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Proposed translations
+8
6 mins
Patricia Fierro, M. Sc.
Ecuador
Ecuador
Native in English
&
Spanish
Ecuador
Language and engineering expert
Native in: Spanish 
, English
Works in: English to Spanish, Portuguese to English, Spanish to English, and 7 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
12
Selected
determinante
Advanced English-Spanish VOX
determiner
[dɪ'tɜːmɪnər]
noun
1 LINGUISTICS determinante nombre masculino
© SPES EDITORIAL, S.L. 2005
Babylon English-English
determiner
n. adjective or modifier that limits a noun (Grammar)
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Note added at 8 mins (2008-02-18 22:27:45 GMT)
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función desempeñada por un artículo o adjetivo determinativo (demostrativo, posesivo, indefinido...):
www-lsi.ugr.es/~gunkan/html/gunkan_nihongo/gunkan_nihongo_lec_gramatical_001.html
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks a lot to everyone!"
+1
6 mins
Lydia De Jorge
United States
United States
Native in English
&
Spanish
Specializes in field
United States
Don't just say it, say it right!
Native in: Spanish , English
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
62
(palabras) determinadoras
,
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Enrique Huber (X)
: Bien Lydia
1 hr
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Gracias Enrique!
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+3
8 mins
Marian Vieyra
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
Works in field
United Kingdom
WorldWideWords
Native in: English (Variant: UK) 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, Portuguese to English
determinantes
RAE definition fits
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Roser Villa
12 mins
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| agree |
Daniel Parra
: 2 minutos de diferencia . . .
50 mins
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| agree |
Sandra Pavesio
3 hrs
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