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ni
     1. conj. (coordinating) neither... nor
           No tengo ni dinero ni tiempo. - I have neither money nor time.
     2. conj.          (with three or more referents) none of...
                   Ni Juan, ni Pedro, ni Felipe te darán la razón. - None of John, Peter, or Phillip will give you the reason.
     3. conj. nor, or
           No descansa de día ni de noche. - He doesn't rest during the day nor during the night.
     4. adv. not even
           No descansaba ni por un minuto - I didn't rest even for a minute.
           Ni yo sé qué significa esta palabra. - Not even I know what this word means.
     5. n-f. nu; the Greek letter Ν, ν
con
     1. prep. with
     2. prep. on
           Yo cuento con ustedes. - I count on you.
pinzas
     1. n. plural of pinza
     pinza
          1. n-f. tweezer, tweezers
          2. n-f. pliers (nose pliers, usually)
          3. n-f. pincers
          4. n-f. tongs
          5. n-f. claw (pincer of a crustacean)
          6. n-f. clothes peg
          7. n-f. clamp (general purpose kind of tool)
          8. n-f. caliper (measuring tool)
          9. n-f. gripper
          10. n-f. forceps
se
     1. pron. (third person (also used for usted and ustedes) reflexive direct or indirect object) oneself, himself, herself, itself, yourself; each other; one another
           Juan se lava. - Juan washes himself.
           Juan se lava la cara. - Juan to himself washes the face.
           Juan y María se aman. - Juan and María love each other.
     2. pron. (used to convey the meaning of the English passive voice in the third person and with) usted and ustedes
           ¿Cómo se llama? - How do you call yourself?
           Se dice que... - It says itself that...
           Aquí se habla español - One speaks Spanish here, Spanish speaks itself here.
     3. pron. (used instead of indirect object pronouns) le and les (before the direct object pronouns lo, la, los, or las)
           El samaritano se las dio. - The Samaritan gave them to him.
     4. v. misspelling of sé
halla
     1. v. third-person singular present indicative of hallar
     hallar
          1. v. to find something, deliberately or not
                Al final sí lograron hallar dónde comprar el libro. - In the end they did manage to find where to buy the book.
          2. v. to strike (a balance between options)
                El presidente prometió que hallaría un balance entre ambos bandos. - The president promised to strike a balance between both groups.
          3. v. to find oneself in a certain way (+adjective)
                Nos hallamos contentos con los resultados. - We found ourselves (were in the end) happy with the results.
          4. v. to enjoy oneself somewhere, enjoy one's time
                No me hallo en ese grupo - I wouldn't enjoy myself in that group.
                Sí que te hallaste con el vecino, ¿eh? - You really enjoyed your time with the neighbour, didn't you?
nada
     1. pron. nothing, zero, zilch, not...anything
           No hay nada en la mesa. - There is nothing on the table.
           Nada ocurrió ayer. - Nothing happened yesterday.
           No veo nada. - I don’t see anything.
           Me niego a creer nada de lo que dice. - I refuse to believe anything he says.
           Nada es eterno. - Nothing is eternal.
     2. n-f. nothingness, nothing
           Sin ti, soy una nada. - Without you, I am nothing at all.
           Ya no me siento una nada. - I don't feel like I am nothing at all anymore.
     3. n-f. nowhere, the void
           Salió de la nada. - It came out of nowhere.
     4. v. informal second-person singular affirmative imperative of nadar
     nadar
          1. v. to swim
          2. v. to be swimming in (used with "en")
                ¡Nadamos en dinero! - We're swimming in money!
más
     1. adv. more; -er (used to make comparisons)
           Teresa es más lista que su hermano. - Teresa is more clever than her brother.
           Hay más de cien personas aquí. - There are more than a hundred people here.
     2. adv. (with definite article) most; -est (used to make superlatives)
           Teresa es la más inteligente de la clase. - Teresa is the most intelligent in her class.
           la cosa más grande - the biggest thing
     3. adv. furthermore
     4. adv. in addition
     5. adv. else
           algo más - something/anything else
           nadie más - nobody else
     6. adv. used with qué to express emphasis
           ¡Qué paisaje más hermoso! - What a pretty landscape!
           ¡Qué niño más tonto! - What a silly boy!
     7. det. more, any more
     8. det. most
     9. conj. (mathematics) plus
           uno más uno es igual a dos - one plus one is equal to two
nada más
     1. pron. nothing else
     2. prep. (formal) Just after, right after, upon
           Nada más llegar, le besé. - Upon arriving, I kissed him.
triste
     1. adj. sad, saddened, blue, gloomy, unhappy, joyless, triste
     2. adj. dismal, dreary, glum, miserable, melancholy
     3. adj. sorrowful, mournful
     4. adj. forlorn
     5. adj. upsetting, saddening
     6. adj. dull
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