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cuatro
     1. num. four
     2. n-m. a four-stringed guitar with the first string a fifth below, instead of a fourth above, the second
horas
     1. n. plural of hora
     hora
          1. n-f. hour (a time period of sixty minutes)
                Hay veinticuatro horas por el día. (There are twenty-four hours in a day.)
          2. n-f. time (the moment, as indicated by a clock or similar device)
                ¿Qué hora es? (What time is it?)
                Ya es hora de ir. (It's time to go.)
          3. n-f. high time (usually with "ya")
                Ya es hora de ser abiertos y honestos entre nosotros. - It's high time we be open and honest with each other.
          4. n-f. (education) hour, period (of class)
                Tengo un examen a primera hora mañana. - I have a test during first period tomorrow.
                Tenemos juntos la tercera hora. - We have third period together.
          5. n-f. (Spain, colloquial) appointment (e.g. with the doctor)
el
     1. art. (masculine singular definite article); the
     2. art. feminine singular definite article used before nouns which start with a stressed 'a':
           el alma, las almas - the soul, the souls
           el hacha, las hachas - the axe, the axes
tiempo
     1. n-m. (also, physics) time
           No tengo tiempo. - I don't have time. / I haven't got time.
     2. n-m. a while, period of time, long time, length of time, indeterminate amount of time
           ¿Cuánto tiempo hace que vives aquí? - How long have you been living here?
           Amiga, ha pasado demasiado tiempo. - Too much time has passed.
           Hace tiempo que yo no tomaba un buen trago. - It's been a while since I've had a good drink.
     3. n-m. tense
           El verbo camina está en tiempo presente. - The verb camina is in the present tense.
     4. n-m. weather
           ¿Qué tiempo hace? - What is the weather like? / How is the weather?
           Hace buen tiempo. - The weather is fine.
de
     1. prep. of; 's; (used after the thing owned and before the owner)
           Constitución española de 1812 - Spanish constitution of 1812
           la cola del perro - the dog’s tail
     2. prep. from (with the source or provenance of or at)
           Soy de España. - I’m from Spain.
           agua de manantial - springwater
     3. prep. of (expressing composition, substance)
           una mesa de madera - a wooden table
     4. prep. about (concerning; with regard to)
           Están hablando del pasado. - They're talking about the past.
           tratarse de - to be about; to concern
     5. prep. of, from (indicating cause)
           Murió de hambre. - He died of hunger.
     6. prep. of (indicates a quality or characteristic)
           un hombre de fe - a man of faith
     7. prep. from (with the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at)
           el vuelo de Miami a Chicago - the flight from Miami to Chicago
     8. prep. of (indicates the subject or cause of the adjective)
           harto de - sick of; tired of
     9. prep. from (with the separation, exclusion or differentiation of)
           Nos protege del frío. - It protects us from the cold.
     10. prep. than (in certain phrases)
           más de - more than
           menos de - less than, fewer than
     11. prep. (used to construct compound nouns (with attributive nouns))
           campamento de verano - summer camp
     12. prep. (followed by the infinitive) (indicates a conditional desire)
           De haberlo sabido, no lo habría dicho. - If I had known, I wouldn't have said it.
     13. prep. indicates a time of day or period of someone's life
           de día - during the daytime
           de niño - as a child; during childhood
     14. prep. (after a noun and before a verb) (indicates the purpose of an object)
           goma de mascar - chewing gum
           caña de pescar - fishing rod
embarcar
     1. v. to embark, to sail, to ship out
     2. v. to board, to load (persons or cargo)
     3. v. (colloquial) to ship
     4. v. to embark, go on
     5. v. to let down someone
Su
     1. Proper noun. given name, female, diminutive=Susana
     2. det. (before the noun) apocopic form of suyo his, her, its, one's, their, your (formal)
           Vino con su amigo. (He came with his friend.)
           Habló a sus hijas. (She spoke to her daughters.)
     3. det.          (used to express an approximate number): about, approximately
                   Pesa sus dos kilogramos. - It weighs its two kilograms.
     4. det. (before the noun, formal) apocopic form of suyo t=your
carbón
     1. n-m. coal
     2. n-m. charcoal
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