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Acabo de dormir ocho horas pero todavía estoy cansada.

Pronunciation

pronunciation

Translation

I just slept eight hours but I still feel tired.



Analysis


acabo
     1. n-m. syn of acabamiento
     2. v. first-person singular present indicative of acabar
     acabar
          1. v. to finish; to end
          2. v. (auxiliary) to end up (to eventually do)
          3. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to run out of
          4. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to come to an end, to be over, to be done, to be finished, to be it, to be no more, to be up
          5. v. (Latin America, vulgar, slang) to orgasm; to cum
de
     1. prep. of; 's; (used after the thing owned and before the owner)
     2. prep. from (with the source or provenance of or at)
     3. prep. of (expressing composition, substance)
     4. prep. about (concerning; with regard to)
     5. prep. of, from (indicating cause)
     6. prep. of (indicates a quality or characteristic)
     7. prep. from (with the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at)
     8. prep. of (indicates the subject or cause of the adjective)
     9. prep. from (with the separation, exclusion or differentiation of)
     10. prep. than (in certain phrases)
     11. prep. (used to construct compound nouns (with attributive nouns))
     12. prep. (followed by the infinitive) (indicates a conditional desire)
     13. prep. indicates a time of day or period of someone's life
     14. prep. (after a noun and before a verb) (indicates the purpose of an object)
dormir
     1. v. to sleep
     2. v. to fall asleep
     3. v. to sleep in
     4. v. (euphemistic) to die; to rest in death
     5. v. to put to sleep (someone or something)
     6. v. (euphemistic, medicine) to anesthetize
     7. v. (euphemistic, medicine) to euthanize, to put down (mainly for pets but also people)
ocho
     1. num. eight
     2. n-m. eight
     3. n-m. figure of eight (knot)
horas
     1. n. plural of hora
     hora
          1. n-f. hour (a time period of sixty minutes)
          2. n-f. time (the moment, as indicated by a clock or similar device)
          3. n-f. high time (usually with "ya")
          4. n-f. (education) hour, period (of class)
          5. n-f. (Spain, colloquial) appointment (e.g. with the doctor)
pero
     1. conj. but
     2. conj. well well; so; well (used for emphasis)
     3. n-m. but (restriction)
todavía
     1. adv. still, yet
     2. adv. even, still
estoy
     1. v. first-person singular present indicative of estar; am.
     estar
          1. v. to be (have a temporary or permanent location in space)
          2. v. to be (denotes a copula, in a transient fashion)
          3. v. to be (auxiliary verb for the progressive/continuous aspect, preceding the gerund of the verb)
          4. v. to be in a state (in a passive voice sense)
          5. v. to be, stay (denotes a copula, in a transient fashion)
          6. v. to be to be done, to be (still) undone:
          7. v. to be in a long-term state (in specific idioms)
cansada
     1. adj. feminine singular of cansado
     2. Participle. feminine singular of cansado
     cansado
          1. adj. tired, weary, wearied
          2. adj. (Spain, Central America) tiring
          3. adj. (informal) sleepy
          4. adj. boring
          5. Participle. past participle of cansar




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