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rojo
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🇬🇧 English: red
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Definición

🇪🇸 Spanish (EU)
adjective

Pigmento rojo₁.

Definition

🇬🇧 English

A bright colour like blood or fire. Red is at the long wavelength end of the colour spectrum.

Gramática

🇪🇸 Spanish (EU)

Gender: masculino. Plural: rojos.

🇬🇧 Adjective. Used before nouns: 'a red rose', or after verbs: 'the apple is red'. Comparative: redder. Common collocations: red wine, red light, red card (football), red tape (bureaucracy).

Cultural Notes

🇬🇧 English

Red is one of the most emotionally powerful colours in English-speaking cultures. It signals danger (red light, red alert) but also love (red roses on Valentine's Day). 'Red tape' means unnecessary bureaucracy.

Ejemplos

La pared y la puerta son rojas.

"La pared y la puerta son rojas."

🇬🇧 "The wall and the door are red."

En otoño las hojas son rojas.

"En otoño las hojas son rojas."

🇬🇧 "In autumn the leaves are red."

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