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Sentence

Se agarró de mi brazo para no caerse

Pronunciation

pronunciation

Translation

She caught hold of my arm so she wouldn't fall

Notes

En este ejemplo, utilizamos la preposición para porque expresa una finalidad.



Analysis


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
agarró
     1. v. third-person singular preterit indicative of agarrar
     agarrar
          1. v. to grab or take hold of
          2. v. to hold on
          3. v. to catch (an illness, feeling etc.)
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)
mi
     1. det. (before the noun) apocopic form of mío, my
     2. n-f. mu; the Greek letter Μ, μ
brazo
     1. n-m. (anatomy) arm
     2. n-m. branch, limb (of a tree)
para
     1. prep. for, to (expressing a recipient)
     2. prep. to, in order to, so, for (expressing the intended purpose of an action)
     3. prep. by, due, due on, due by (expressing a deadline)
     4. prep. for (expressing contrast from what is expected)
     5. prep. for, to, in one's opinion, as far as one is concerned (expressing an opinion, perception or perspective)
     6. prep. for (expressing using one's efforts for a group or an authority figure such as a sports team or a company/boss)
     7. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of parir
     parar
          1. v. to stop, halt
          2. v. to put up, stand up
          3. v. to lift, raise
          4. v. to stand up
          5. v. to situate oneself
          6. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun, Chile) see pararlas
no
     1. adv. no
     2. adv. not
     3. interj. eh? (used as a tag question, to emphasise what goes before or to request that the listener express an opinion about what has been said)
     4. n-m. no
     5. n-m. abbreviation of número; no.
caerse
     1. to fall
     2. to drop




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