categoría sintáctica

Definitions of categoría sintáctica
  1. noun
    (grammar) a category of words having the same grammatical properties
    synonyms: categoría gramatical
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    caso
    nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence
    categoría, categoría morfosintáctica
    one of the traditional categories of words intended to reflect their functions in a grammatical context
    número
    the grammatical category for the forms of nouns and pronouns and verbs that are used depending on the number of entities involved (singular or dual or plural)
    persona
    a grammatical category used in the classification of pronouns, possessive determiners, and verb forms according to whether they indicate the speaker, the addressee, or a third party
    género
    a grammatical category in inflected languages governing the agreement between nouns and pronouns and adjectives; in some languages it is quite arbitrary but in Indo-European languages it is usually based on sex or animateness
    tiempo
    a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
    nominativo
    the category of nouns serving as the grammatical subject of a verb
    barra
    any grammatical case other than the nominative
    tercera persona
    pronouns and verbs that are used to refer to something other than the speaker or addressee of the language in which they occur
    femenino
    a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to females or to objects classified as female
    masculino
    a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to males or to objects classified as male
    neutro
    a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to inanimate objects (neither masculine nor feminine)
    presente
    a verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking
    aoristo
    a verb tense in some languages (classical Greek and Sanskrit) expressing action (especially past action) without indicating its completion or continuation
    pasada, pasado
    a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past
    futuro
    a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future
    locativo
    the semantic role of the noun phrase that designates the place of the state or action denoted by the verb
    imperfecto, progresista
    a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going
    perfecto
    a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect)
    type of:
    categoría, clase
    a collection of things sharing a common attribute
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