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Sentence

El vaso está roto.

Pronunciation

pronunciation

Translation

The glass is broken.



Analysis


el
     1. art. (masculine singular definite article); the
     2. art. feminine singular definite article used before nouns which start with a stressed 'a':
vaso
     1. n-m. drinking glass
     2. n-m. glassful
     3. n-m. vessel (container)
     4. n-m. vessel (tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant)
está
     1. v. informal second-person singular positive imperative of estar
     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)
roto
     1. adj. broken
     2. adj. corrupt, rotten
     3. adj. (Chile) vulgar, low-class, classless
     4. adj. ruptured
     5. n-m. a broken thing or person
     6. n-m. (derogatory) a Chilean
     7. Participle. past participle of romper
     8. v. first-person singular present indicative of rotar
     romper
          1. v. to break
          2. v. to break up, terminate (a relationship, friendship etc.)
          3. v. (with a) to begin to do something
          4. v. to rupture
     rotar
          1. v. to spin, rotate




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