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estaba
1. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative 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)
mirando
1. v. gerund of mirar
mirar
1. v. to look at (to try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes)
2. v. to watch (to look at, view, or observe for a period of time)
Estábamos mirando la televisión. - We were watching TV.
3. v. to watch (to mind, attend, or guard)
4. v. to consider, think over (to think about seriously)
5. v. (used for emphasis); look
¡Mira qué linda! - How pretty!
¡Mirad! Este es el hombre quien hurta entre vosotros, a él se le debe atribuir esto. - Behold! This is the man who is stealing amongst you all, to him this must be attributed.
¡Mirad! Allí está el que os engaño, ¡agarradlo todos vosotros! - Look! There is the one who deceived you all, all of you, get him!
6. v. to seek, look for (to try to find)
7. v. to look (to try to see something, to pay attention with one’s eyes)
8. v. to face, overlook (to be oriented towards a certain direction or thing)
9. v. to look at oneself
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
pedazo
1. n-m. piece, chunk, hunk, bit, bite (a part of a larger whole)
2. n-m. patch (e.g. of sky, cloth, skin, space)
3. n-m. scrap (e.g. of paper, information)
4. n-m. lump (e.g. of metal, rock, clay, wood)
5. n-m. slab (e.g. of meat, of cheese)
6. n-m. shard (e.g. of glass, ice)
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
cielo
1. n-m. sky
2. n-m. heaven
cie
1. v. first-person singular preterite indicative of ciar
ciar
1. v. to back water
lo
1. pron. accusative of él, ello, and usted (when referring to a man); him, it, you (formal)
lo veo - I see it
2. pron. impersonal neuter pronoun (clitic form of ello); it, that
lo es - That’s it
3. art. neuter definite article used to make abstract nouns from adjectives; the
lo pobre - the poorness / what is poor / the poor thing
azul
1. adj. blue
2. n-m. blue
3. n-m. (Mexico) a police officer
que
1. conj. that
Él dice que está triste. - He says that he is sad.
2. conj. than
Llego más tarde que tú. - I am arriving later than you.
3. conj. (indicating a reason); because, for
¡Ve más lento, que es resbaloso! - Slow down, (for) it is slippery!
4. conj. (indicating desire or permission); may (used with the subjunctive)
Que te vaya bien. - May it go well for you.
Que Dios me perdone. - May God forgive me.
5. pron. who; that
la estrella que está en la película - the star who is in the movie
6. pron. that; whom
la mujer con la que yo hablé - the woman with whom I spoke
7. pron. that; which
la casa que yo quiero - the house that I want
8. prep. than
9. prep. like, as
10. part. to
asomaba
1. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of asomar
asomar
1. v. to show
2. v. to peep up; to peep out
Se puede ver el sol asomando entre las nubes. - You can see the sun peeking through the clouds.
3. v. to come up; to come out
4. v. to go out; to appear
Entre broma y broma, la verdad se asoma. - There is truth in humor.
5. v. to lean
Se prohíbe asomarse al exterior. - It's forbidden to lean out of windows.
entre
1. prep. between
Entre tú y yo... - Between you and me...
2. prep. among, amongst, from
Los estudiantes pueden elegir entre una amplia gama de clases. - Students may choose from a wide range of classes.
3. prep. divided by
Diez entre cinco son dos. - Ten divided by five is two.
4. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of entrar
entrar
1. v. to enter
2. v. to come in, to get in, to go in, to get inside, to come on in
3. v. to break in
4. v. to join, to enter, to start
5. v. to access, to log in
6. v. to fit
7. v. to step in
8. v. to input, to enter (data, information)
9. v. to enter in, to enter into, to get into, to come into, to walk into, to step into, to slip into (entrar + en)
10. v. to break into (entrar + en)
11. v. to fit in, to fall in, to fall within (entrar + en)
12. v. (colloquial transitive) to make a move (on someone)
13. v. (soccer, sports) tackle (to attempt to take away a ball)
los
1. art. the
¿Qué hacen los muchachos? - What do the boys do?
2. pron. accusative of ellos and ustedes (when referring to more than one man); them, you all (formal)
3. pron. plural masculine or neuter pronoun
los que no hablan - those who do not speak
árboles
1. n. plural of árbol
árbol
1. n-m. tree (a perennial woody plant)
2. n-m. tree (any plant that is reminiscent of the above but not classified as a tree)
3. n-m. tree (any structure or construct having branches representing divergence or possible choices)
4. n-m. (nautical) mast (a tall, slim post or tower used to support the sails on a ship)

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