An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g. the big dog).
adjective
1. (ordinal number)
a. sexto
This is the sixth fine you've received this year.Esta es la sexta multa que recibes en lo que va de año.
2. (music)
a. de sexta
The first inversion of a minor seventh chord is a major sixth chord.La primera inversión de un acorde de séptima menor es un acorde de sexta mayor.
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).
noun
3. (in a series)
a. el sexto
(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 sexta(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)
I have seven children. Lucy is my sixth.Tengo siete hijos. Lucy es la sexta.
4. (in dates)
a. el seis
(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)
I have an appointment with the doctor on the sixth of July.Tengo cita con el médico el seis de julio.
5. (fraction)
a. el sexto
(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)
Seven is a sixth of 42.El siete es un sexto de 42.
b. la sexta parte
(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)
A sixth of my class is from another country.Una sexta parte de mi clase viene de otro país.
6. (music)
a. la sexta
(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)
If you harmonize the melody in sixths, you get more of an open sound.Si armonizas la melodía con sextas, obtienes un sonido más abierto.
An adverb is a word that describes a verb, an adjective, or other adverbs (e.g. to run quickly, very tired).
adverb
7. (before a superlative)
a. sexto
A recent ranking lists the UK as the sixth largest economy in the world.Un ranking reciente pone al RU como la sexta economía más grande del mundo.
8. (in a series)
a. en sexto lugar
He came sixth in the Grand National for two years in a row.Acabó en sexto lugar en el Grand National dos años seguidos.
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sixth
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).
Noun
1. (fraction)
a. la sexto m, sexta parte
(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)
2. (in series)
a. el sexto(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 sexto(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)
3. (of month)
a. el seis
(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)
An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g. the big dog).
adjective
5. (school) (United Kingdom)
a.
the sixth formúltimos dos cursos del bachillerato británico previos a los estudios superiores
6. (school) (United Kingdom)
a.
sixth formerestudiante de los dos últimos cursos del bachillerato británico
sixth sensesexto sentido m
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sixth [sɪksθ]
noun
(in series) sextoasexta (m) (f);a sexta (fraction) sexto (m); sexta parte (f)
modifier
sixth form (n) clase (f) de alumnos del sexto año de 16 a 18 años de edad; (de 16 a 18 años de edad)
sixth former (n) alumnoaalumna (m) (f) de 16 a 18 años;a alumna
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Phrases
sixth grade | sexto grado |
sixth period | la sexta hora |
sixth form | los dos últimos años de la enseñanza secundaria |
sixth hour | sexta hora |
one sixth | el sexto |
twenty-sixth | vigésimo sexto |
sixth floor | sexto piso |
she is on the sixth team | está en el sexto equipo |
sixth of May | el seis de mayo |
sixth step | sexto escalón sexto paso |
April twenty-sixth | el veintiséis de abril |
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