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No. 9,131 in Spanish

yak

"Yak" in Spanish refers to a large, long-haired bovine native to Central Asia.

In a sentence

  • El yak vive en las montañas altas de Asia.

    The yak lives in the high mountains of Asia.

    Here 'yak' refers to the animal species native to certain regions of Asia.

  • Durante el viaje al zoológico, vimos un yak por primera vez.

    During the trip to the zoo, we saw a yak for the first time.

    'Yak' is employed here again to describe the specific type of animal visitors observed.

  • En la clase de inglés, aprendimos que 'yak' es una palabra que significa hablar continuamente.

    In the English class, we learned that 'yak' is a word meaning to talk continuously.

    In this context, 'yak' is used in its informal English sense to indicate talking incessantly.

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