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María y Gertrudis se escondieron cerca de las flores, y los chicos encontraron a las chicas.

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Translation

María and Gertrudis hid themselves near the flowers, and the boys found the girls.



Analysis


María
     1. Proper noun. given name, female, eq=Mary, from=Hebrew
     2. Proper noun. Mary; Miriam (biblical character)
     3. Proper noun. surname, from=matronymics
     4. n-f. magpie (bird)
     5. n-f. (historical) (Former coin of Spain in the 17th century, equivalent to 12 reales de vellón)
     6. n-f. Marie biscuit
     7. n-f. (colloquial) doss subject (UK); gut course (US, in college)
     8. n-f. (colloquial) housewife
     9. n-f. (colloquial) uncultured woman
     10. n-f. (Mexico, colloquial) (Indian immigrant from the countryside to Mexico City)
     11. n-f. clipping of marihuana, t=marijuana
y
     1. conj. and
     2. conj. (in names of number) and
     3. conj. (in arithmetic) plus, and
     4. conj. (informal) well
     5. conj. (informal) what about, how about, where is/are the
Gertrudis
     1. Proper noun. given name, female, eq=Gertrude
se
     1. pron. (third person (also used for usted and ustedes) reflexive direct or indirect object) oneself, himself, herself, itself, yourself; each other; one another
     2. pron. (used to convey the meaning of the English passive voice in the third person and with) usted and ustedes
     3. pron. (used instead of indirect object pronouns) le and les (before the direct object pronouns lo, la, los, or las)
     4. v. misspelling of sé
escondieron
     1. v. second-person plural preterit indicative of esconder
     esconder
          1. v. to hide
cerca
     1. adv. close, near, around, about, nearly, nigh (referring to quantity or time-related)
     2. adv. close, near, around, nigh, at hand, close at hand, in sight (spatially)
     3. adv. nearby, close by
     4. n-f. fence (a thin artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or a house perimeter)
     5. n-f. stone wall
     6. v. third-person singular present indicative of cercar
     cercar
          1. v. to corral, fence, fence off
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)
cerca de
     1. adv. close to, about, nearly, approximately, around
     2. prep. close to, near, near to, around, close by
las
     1. art. the
     2. pron. accusative of ellas and ustedes (when referring to more than one woman); them, you all (formal)
     3. pron. feminine plural pronoun
     4. n. plural of la
     la
          1. art. the
          2. pron. accusative of ella, ello (when the antecedent's implied gender is feminine), and usted (when referring to a woman); her, it, you (formal)
          3. pron. (impersonal neuter pronoun (accusative) in certain colloquial phrases): it, this
          4. n-m. (music) la (sixth note of the scale)
          5. n-m. (music) A (the musical note or key)
flores
     1. n. plural of flor
     flor
          1. n-f. flower (structure in angiosperms)
          2. n-f. bloom, blossom (an expanded bud)
          3. n-f. (figuratively) best, finest, pick
          4. n-f. compliment, flattery
          5. n-f. (in the plural , Argentina, Uruguay) marijuana
y
     1. conj. and
     2. conj. (in names of number) and
     3. conj. (in arithmetic) plus, and
     4. conj. (informal) well
     5. conj. (informal) what about, how about, where is/are the
los
     1. art. the
     2. pron. accusative of ellos and ustedes (when referring to more than one man); them, you all (formal)
     3. pron. plural masculine or neuter pronoun
chicos
     1. adj. masculine plural of chico
     2. n. plural of chico
     chico
          1. adj. small
          2. n-m. boy; kid
          3. n-m. (Mexico) white-nosed coati
          4. n-m. (Mexico) raccoon (Procyon lotor)
encontraron
     1. v. third-person plural preterite indicative of encontrar
     encontrar
          1. v. to meet
          2. v. to find, encounter, come across
          3. v. to meet, bump into
          4. v. to think, consider, find
          5. v. to manage (to do something)
          6. v. to be located
          7. v. to feel, be
a
     1. prep. to
     2. prep. by
     3. prep. at
     4. prep. ng-lite, Used before words referring to people, pets, or personified objects or places that function as direct objects: personal a.
las
     1. art. the
     2. pron. accusative of ellas and ustedes (when referring to more than one woman); them, you all (formal)
     3. pron. feminine plural pronoun
     4. n. plural of la
     la
          1. art. the
          2. pron. accusative of ella, ello (when the antecedent's implied gender is feminine), and usted (when referring to a woman); her, it, you (formal)
          3. pron. (impersonal neuter pronoun (accusative) in certain colloquial phrases): it, this
          4. n-m. (music) la (sixth note of the scale)
          5. n-m. (music) A (the musical note or key)
chicas
     1. adj. feminine plural of chico
     2. n. plural of chica
     chica
          1. n-f. female equivalent of chico: girl
          2. n-f. (colloquial) gal, chick
          3. adj. feminine singular of chico




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