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• GAY
• GAY
• HE IS GAY
• HE IS GAY / HE IS A GAY.
• WHO IS JOSEPH ZIEGLER, THE GAY IRS WHISTLEBLOWER HUNTER BIN PROBE?
• HOW TO SAY HE IS GAY IN SPANISH
• TRANSLATN OF GAY – ENGLISH-SPANISH DICTNARY
• SYNONYMS FOR GAY SPANISH
• TRANSLATE GAY OM ENGLISH TO SPANISH

GAY

USAGE NOTEThe plural of “gay” n be “gay, ” “gays, ” or “gais.

Gay [ɡeɪ] adjective1 (homosexual) [+man, muny, movement] gay adjective:variable; (a) homosexual; [+woman] homosexual; lbiano; [+bar] gay adjective:variable; (a) gays a centre for lbians and gay men un centro para lbianas y gays; gay men and women hombr y mujer homosexual; gays y lbianas; gay sex relacn (f) homosexual; the gay scene el ambiente gay or homosexual2 gayer (parative)gayt (superlative) (cheerful) [+person, lour, stume] alegre; [+atmosphere, mic, lghter] alegre; ftivo Nancy liked their gay stum she was feelg wty and gay3 (reee) wh gay abandon spreocupadamente; alegremente He has splashed dollars around wh gay abandon she's livg the gay life Paris se da la gran vida en París; se pega la vida padre en París (rmal) I don't have the money to live the gay life gay [Paree] [Paris]noun (man) gay (m); homosexual (m); (woman) lbiana (f); homosexual (f);modifierthe gay liberatn movement gay lib (n) el movimiento liberación homosexualgay rights (n) rechos (m) los homosexual.

GAY

(he is homosexual)a. Gay After keepg a secret for four years, Jack told his parents that he is gay. Dpués cuatro años guardar el secreto, Jack l dijo a s padr que gay.

HE IS GAY

Homosexual Your iend is cute.

- Sí, toy acuerdo, pero homosexual. As a host, he is gay and enntan las fitas Rubén. Mache TranslatorsTranslate he is gay g mache translatorsSee Mache TranslatnsRandom WordRoll the dice and learn a new word now!

I know the mon sayg is, "He is gay. " However, gay is a untable noun, so isn't "He is a gay" more grammatilly appropriate?

HE IS GAY / HE IS A GAY.

"He is gay" also means that he has got a sense of humour. I don't thk I've ever heard "gay" ed as a sgular noun (as your example "he is a gay"), although 's sometim so ed the plural ("he favors equal rights for gays"). When ed as an adjective then "a" n prece (He is a gay man.

I thk many non-nativ (pecially Spanish and Asian nativ) mistakenly thk that "He is gay" is somehow g "gay" as a noun. The only suable ntext I n thk of for "a gay" is makg fun of people who say "a gay.

You thk 's possible to say "He is a gay. Oh, people say "He's a gay, " for sure (although not so much any more). Usg "a gay" is, for whatever reason, offensive.

WHO IS JOSEPH ZIEGLER, THE GAY IRS WHISTLEBLOWER HUNTER BIN PROBE?

I thk "a gay" sounds like someone homophobic tryg to be pole. (It's not a slur, but 's also not the way I would expect a gay person or someone who actually lik gay people to scribe them. Usg "a gay" is, for whatever reason, offensive....

The label "gay" was origally ed purely as an adjective ("he is a gay man" or "he is gay").

HOW TO SAY HE IS GAY IN SPANISH

The term has been e as a noun wh the meang "homosexual man" sce the 1970s, as "gays are opposed to that policy.

" Although some dislike this age, is mon, such as the se of "LGBT" ("lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr"), and particularly the nam of var anizatns such as Parents, Fai and Friends of Lbians and Gays (PFLAG) and Children Of Lbians And Gays Everywhere (COLAGE). It is sometim ed as a sgular noun, as "he is a gay", such as s e to ic effect by the Ltle Bra character Dafydd Thomas. Ltle Bra, as far as I know, is not regard as homophobic.

As was mentned, Ltle Bra for ic effect to ridicule those who are so cluels that they say "a gay. "A gay ___" is perfectly fe as an adjective, not a (untable) noun. If you want him to sound more "foreign" and non-native, then by all means, keep enuragg him that "he is a gay" is somehow worthy of repeat.

TRANSLATN OF GAY – ENGLISH-SPANISH DICTNARY

"that was so gay"), the word gay is pejorative. In the Anglosphere, this nnotatn, among younger speakers, has a risive meang equivalent to bbish or stupid (as "That's so gay. In this e, the word do not mean "homosexual", so n be ed, for example, to refer to an animate object or abstract ncept of which one disapprov.

I thk the changeover of meang me around the 1970s/1980s, and the sense of "merry" still exists* a few set phras such as "a gay old time" and "merry and gay" as well as the adverb gaily. "That was so gay. In slang, when you say "that was so gay" you mean that was so "lame/stupid/ridiculo (and many more adjectiv that are subjective).

Nobody - pecially not me - is unselg native or non-native speakers to e "He's a gay" and like phras. Stick to g "gay" as an adjective, or as a plural mass noun ("gays"). I am, however, sayg that you will enunter "a gay" om time to time English (as you will enunter "a black").

SYNONYMS FOR GAY SPANISH

Usg "a gay" (and even g "the gays" stead of "[no article] gays" or "gay men and women" or "gay people") is offensive. " Even when you see as referrg to a group of people whout the explic noun, 's wrten as "LGBTs, " which I would expand as "lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr people.

There is no doubt that 'gay' is ed as a sgular noun. I n't thk of any reason why "He's a gay" should be more grammatil than "He's gay.

TRANSLATE GAY OM ENGLISH TO SPANISH

- "a gay" or "the gay" or "some gay" are all ed ("I don't want some gay teachg my kids! The OED don't list any exampl of "a gay" beg ed as a sgular noun to refer to a sgular homosexual. It also pots out that "gays" is the preferred noun form:.

A homosexual person.

I agree that when ed reference to a person, "a gay" is somehow pejorative. "He's a gay man" is fe as is "She's a black woman" but "He's a gay" (or "She's a black") is Maybe 's somethg to do wh takg a full, plited person and rcg him or her to one qualy.