polen
pollen
noun POH-len Rare
Origin: From Latin pollen (fine flour, dust).
Usage Note
Polen is a masculine noun even though it ends in -en, a less common ending in Spanish. It is used in botany and medicine; alergia al polen (pollen allergy) and temporada de polen (pollen season) are common collocations. The plural is pólenes with an accent shift to preserve the original stress.
Examples
"La alergia al polen me afecta cada primavera."
Natural Translation
Pollen allergy affects me every spring.

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