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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
espejo
     1. n-m. mirror
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.
Evita
     1. Proper noun. given name, female, dim=Eva, from=Latin < Hebrew, eq1=Evie, eq2=Evvie
     2. Proper noun. diminutive of Eva noun
     3. v. informal second-person singular affirmative imperative of evitar
     evitar
          1. v. to avoid, to bypass, to evade, to circumvent, to dodge, to shun, to eschew (to steer clear of)
                Después de haberlo evitado muchas horas, acabó por decirnos la verdad. - After having avoided it for several hours, he ended up telling us the truth.
          2. v. to avoid, to prevent, to keep from, to stop from, to avert, to obviate, to deter
          3. v. to help (abstain from doing) (qual, always in the negative)
                No puedo evitar pensar en lo que podría haber sido si yo simplemente hubiera tomado el riesgo. - I can't help but wonder what could have been if I had just taken the risk.
          4. v. to spare, to save (to relieve someone having to experience something)
          5. v. to guard against, to ward off
          6. v. to spare oneself
nunca
     1. adv. never
           Nunca he probado la langosta. (I've never tasted lobster.)
     2. adv. ever
           Estamos mejor que nunca. (We're better than ever.)
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
paso
     1. adj. dried (said of fruit)
     2. n-m. pace (rough distance of a brisk stride)
     3. n-m. (historical, measure) paso, Spanish pace (a traditional unit of length equivalent to about 1.4 m)
     4. n-m. step (in a set of instructions)
     5. n-m. way, passage
     6. n-m. pitch (of a helix or screw thread)
     7. n-m. (geography) pass, col
     8. n-m. float (in religious parades, carried on the backs of a group of people called costaleros)
     9. v. first-person singular present indicative of pasar
     pasar
          1. v. to pass, to hand, to slip
          2. v. to happen
                ¿qué pasa? - what's up?
                estas cosas pasan - these things happen
                Ya me ha pasado. - It has already happened to me.
          3. v. to pass, to get past, to go past, to go by, to go over, to get through
                ¿Cómo pasaste la seguridad? - How did you get past security?
                ¡No pasarán! - They shall not pass!
          4. v. to spend time
                pasarlo bien - to have a good time
                pásalo en grande - have a great time
          5. v. to enter a room
          6. v. to go too far, exaggerate
          7. v. to exceed, surpass, go over
          8. v. to ripen too much, become rotten, become off (food)
          9. v. to pass (filter)
          10. v. to strain, to sieve, to sift
          11. v. to break the law, rule, order
          12. v. to trespass (enter on someone's property without permission)
          13. v. to puree (crush or grind food into a puree)
          14. v. to omit, leave out
                ¡pasa de ellos! - pay no attention to them!
          15. v. to send, transmit
          16. v. to stand, tolerate, bear
          17. v. to go through, to pass through, to swing by (+ por)
          18. v. (with a + infinitive) to begin a process or action; (gloss, with ser) to become, to come to be
          19. v. (Latin America) to pass an exam
          20. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to stop by, to swing by
          21. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to spend (time)
del
     1. contraction. of the, from the (+ a masculine noun in singular).
     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
     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.
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