No. 735 in Spanish
adolescentes
Teenagers or adolescents.
In a sentence
Los adolescentes suelen tener muchas dudas sobre su futuro.
Teenagers often have many doubts about their future.
Here, 'adolescentes' is used as the subject of the sentence, referring to people in the adolescent age group.
El consejo está dirigido a padres de adolescentes.
The advice is directed to parents of teenagers.
Here, 'adolescentes' functions as an object in a genitive relationship, indicating that the teenagers are related to their parents.
Comenzaron a organizar actividades recreativas para adolescentes.
They started organizing recreational activities for teenagers.
Here, 'adolescentes' specifies the target group for whom the activities are intended, acting as an attribute
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