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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
mejor
     1. adj. better
     2. adj. better off
     3. adj. improved
     4. adj. (definite) best
     5. adj. (definite) top, highest, finest (e.g. highest quality, highest bidder, top of one's class, in top form, finest food and wine, finest hotel, etc.)
     6. adv. better
matemático
     1. adj. mathematical (relating to mathematics)
           Es un problema matemático. - It's a mathematical problem.
     2. n-m. mathematician
           Mi padre es matemático. - My father is a mathematician.
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
mundo
     1. n-m. world, earth (human collective existence)
           El mundo cambia rápidamente. - The world is rapidly changing.
           Ella es la persona más feliz del mundo. - She is the happiest person on earth
     2. n-m. world, globe (the Earth)
     3. n-m. world (a planet, especially one which is inhabitable)
     4. n-m. world (an individual or group perspective or social setting)
tal
     1. adj. such
           No hay tal cosa como los monstruos. - There's no such thing as monsters.
vez
     1. n-f. time, instance
           una vez - once
           a veces - sometimes
           Lo hizo dos veces. - He did it twice.
           cada vez que te veo - every time that I see you
     2. n-f. (Spain) place (in a queue)
     3. n-f. (Spain) turn (a chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others)
     4. n-f. (in the plural) place, stead
           hacer las veces de - to serve as
tal vez
     1. adv. maybe, perhaps
esté
     1. v. formal second-person singular imperative of estar
     estar
          1. v. to be (have a temporary or permanent location in space)
                ¿Dónde estás? - Where are you?
                Estoy en casa. - I am at home.
          2. v. to be (denotes a copula, in a transient fashion)
                El tiempo estaba frío/caliente. - The weather was cold/hot back then.
                ¿Estás feliz? - Are you happy right now?
          3. v. to be (auxiliary verb for the progressive/continuous aspect, preceding the gerund of the verb)
                Ella está cantando. - She is singing.
          4. v. to be in a state (in a passive voice sense)
                Los vasos están rotos. - The vases are broken. (In passive voice with estar, unlike haber, its past participle agrees with number and gender of the subject)
                Llegaron y vieron que el hotel estaba abandonado. - They arrived and saw the hotel was abandoned.
          5. v. to be, stay (denotes a copula, in a transient fashion)
                Estense callados y quietos. - Stay quiet and not moving.
          6. v. to be to be done, to be (still) undone:
                Esto todavía está por hacer. - This is still to be done.
                Lo peor está por llegar. - The worst part is yet to come.
          7. v. to be in a long-term state (in specific idioms)
                estar muerto/a - to be dead
                estar casado/a - to be married (can also be ser casado)
                estar chico/a - to be short (colloquially)
ahora
     1. adv. now (at the present time)
     2. adv. just now, just a moment ago (in the past)
     3. adv. very soon, in a moment (in the future)
     4. adv. (usually preceded by de) of nowadays, of today, latter-day
           La juventud de ahora entiende esto y más. - Today's youth understands this and more.
     5. adv. (Latin America) today
           Ahora me levanté temprano y con ánimo. - Today I woke up early and full of energy.
           Te veré ahora en la noche. - I'll see you later today in the evening.
     6. adv. however, on the other hand
           Te quiero mucho. Ahora eso no quiere decir que haré lo que digas. - I love you. However, that doesn't mean I'll do what(ever) you say.
     7. adv. (correlative, literary) sometimes...other times
           Ahora dice una cosa, ahora dice lo contrario. - She sometimes says one thing, and then other times she says the opposite.
     8. conj. (correlative, literary) now...now, whether...or...
           Ahora en la sala, ahora en el comedor, había un desastre por doquier. - Whether you looked at the kitchen, or the dining room, there was a disaster everywhere.
empujando
     1. v. gerund of empujar
     empujar
          1. v. to push, to shove, to jostle
          2. v. to nudge (push into action by pestering or annoying a person)
                Le empujó con el codo de una manera muy dolorosa. - She nudged him with her elbow in a very painful manner.
una
     1. n-f. feminine of uno
           a la una, a las dos y a las tres - after three...one, two, three
     2. art. feminine singular of un
     3. det. feminine singular of uno
     4. pron. one (an indefinite plural pronoun using a singular feminine item, used for females)
     5. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of unir
     unir
          1. v. to unite, join
                ¡Únete al sindicato! (Join up with the union!)
          2. v. to merge, conflate
     un
          1. art. a
          2. num. (before the noun) apocopic form of uno one
carretilla
     1. n-f. wheelbarrow (small vehicle used to carry a load and pulled or pushed by hand)
     2. n-f. forklift (a small industrial vehicle with a power-operated fork-like pronged platform that can be raised and lowered for insertion under a load, often on pallets, to be lifted and moved)
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