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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
O
     1. Letter. the 16th letter of the Spanish alphabet
     2. n. abbreviation of oeste; west
     3. conj. or
           ¿Quieres un café o algo más? - Do you want a coffee or something else?
     4. conj. either … or
           (ant-lite, ni, alt1=ni … ni)
cinco
     1. num. five
     2. n-m. a five
hombres
     1. n. plural of hombre
     hombre
          1. n-m. man, (adult male human)
                Sé (un) hombre! - Man up!
          2. n-m. man, (all humans collectively); mankind, humankind
          3. n-m. (anthropology, archaeology, paleontology) man, (individual of the species Homo sapiens, the genus Homo, or the subtribe Hominina)
          4. n-m. (colloquial) husband
          5. n-m. (gay slang) top
          6. n-m. a 17th century card game also called ombre
          7. interj. man!
          8. interj. hey!
          9. interj. oh, come on!
aparecieron
     1. v. third-person plural preterite indicative of aparecer
     aparecer
          1. v. to appear, to turn up, to pop up, to come up
                apareció de la nada - it came out of nowhere
súbitamente
     1. adv. suddenly, all of a sudden
sobre
     1. prep. over, above, on, upon, atop
           La pluma de mi tía está sobre la mesa. - My aunt's pen is on the table.
     2. prep. about
           Dime algo sobre ti. - Tell me something about yourself.
     3. n-m. envelope
     4. n-m. small packet; sachet
     5. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of sobrar
     sobrar
          1. v. to be superfluous; to be left over or extra
                Les sobran los libros. - They have too many books.
                Me sobran diez dólares. - I have ten dollars left over.
un
     1. art. a
     2. num. (before the noun) apocopic form of uno one
acantilado
     1. adj. steep, sheer
     2. n-m. cliff
     3. Participle. past participle of acantilar
     acantilar
          1. v. (nautical, transitive) to run a ship into trouble or onto rocks
          2. v. to dredge
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)
           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
cerca de
     1. adv. close to, about, nearly, approximately, around
           Es cerca de diez dólares. - It's approximately ten dollars.
     2. prep. close to, near, near to, around, close by
           La escuela de mi hija está cerca del ayuntamiento. - My daughter's school is close to the city hall.
nosotros
     1. pron. we (masculine plural)
     2. pron. (disjunctive, locative) ourselves
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