Term in Spanish:
la aposición (verb form is aponer, to appose)
Example in Spanish:
Conozco a Julio Iglesias, cantante famoso. (Cantante famoso is in apposition to Julio Iglesias.)
Corresponding example in English: "I know Julio Iglesias, the famous
singer." ("The famous singer" is in apposition to "Julio Iglesias.")
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Definition:
A grammatical construction in which two nouns or noun phrases are placed next to each other, not joined by a conjunction such as "or" or "and," and each have the same syntactical relationship to the rest of the sentence. The two nouns or noun phrases can be, but do not have to be, separated by a comma.
Related Terms
• Noun
• Noun phrase
Use and Omission of the Definite Article
In some cases, the definite article in Spanish is omitted when a noun or noun phrase is used in apposition.
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