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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.
tan
     1. adv. so, as
           Eres tan rico como te sientes. - You are as rich as you feel.
     2. det. such, such a
           ¡Ese tipo es tan patán! - That guy is such a jerk!
espesa
     1. adj. feminine singular of espeso
     2. v. informal second-person singular affirmative imperative of espesar
     espesar
          1. v. to thicken
     espeso
          1. adj. dense, thick
          2. adj. (Argentina, Peru, Venezuela) annoying, bothersome, inappropriate, tiresome
          3. v. first-person singular present indicative of espesar
Señor
     1. n-m. (alt case, señor), used before a name (also Sr.)
           ¿Por qué usted dice esto, Señor Cardenas? - Why do you say that, Lord Cardenas?
     2. Proper noun. (religion) the Lord
     3. n-m. mister, sir, lord (title conferred on a married or older male)
     4. n-m. gentleman
     5. n-m. master
     6. adj. (before a noun) great big; whopping
           dar un señor golpe - Give a good big whack
     7. adj. free
cuando
     1. adv. when
     2. conj. when
           Ven cuando estés listo. - Come when you're ready.
dejó
     1. v. third-person singular preterit indicative of dejar
     dejar
          1. v. to leave (to place)
                Dejé la cerveza arriba. - I left the beer upstairs.
          2. v. to leave, to keep (to allow to continue)
                Me gusta dejar la luz encendida. - I like to keep/leave the light on.
                Supongo que podríamos dejar el restaurante abierto un poco más. - I suppose we could keep the restaurant open a little bit longer.
          3. v. to leave (to cause, result in)
                Su respuesta nos dejó convencidos. - His answer left us convinced.
          4. v. to let, allow
                Deja que se explique. - Let her explain herself.
                Después de asear el área afectada, déjela secar. - After you clean the affected area, allow it to dry.
          5. v. to let go, put down (to release from one's grasp)
          6. v. to drop off
                Ayer dejé un paquete muy importante. - Yesterday I dropped off a very important package.
          7. v. to leave, to abandon, to dump
                Su madre la dejó cuando tenía tres años. - Her mother left her when she was three.
                La invitó a una cita muy agradable, y de repente de la nada, él la dejó. - He took her on a really nice date, and then suddenly out of nowhere, he dumped her.
          8. v. to give up, to lay off, to kick (colloquial)
                Van a dejar la bebida. - They're going to lay off drinking.
                Estoy pensando en dejar el chocolate para la Cuaresma. - I am thinking of giving up chocolate for Lent.
                Espero dejar ese hábito terrible para siempre. - I hope to kick that terrible habit for good.
          9. v. to set, to put, to make (in certain phrases)
                Quería dejar las cosas claras. - I wanted to set the record straight.
                Usted tiene que dejar atrás el pasado. - You've got to put the past behind you.
                El político emergente estaba decidido a dejar su huella. - The emerging politician was determined to make his mark.
          10. v. (Spain, transitive, colloquial) to cut out (stop)
          11. v. to leave off
          12. v. (indtr, intr=1) to cease, stop (doing something)
                Hace dos años dejaron de fumar. - Two years ago they stopped smoking.
                Mi pareja no deja de sorprenderme. - My partner never ceases to amaze me.
          13. v. (indtr, a, .reflexive) to be left, to be left to
          14. v. to let (oneself), to let oneself go (gloss, cease to care about one's appearance)
vislumbrar
     1. v. to see something faintly or indistinctly due to distance or lack of light
     2. v. to glimpse, barely see, see at a distance
           vislumbrar el fin - to glimpse the end
un
     1. art. a
     2. num. (before the noun) apocopic form of uno one
semblante
     1. n-m. countenance; appearance
peregrino
     1. adj. traveling, wandering, foreign
     2. adj. strange, weird, rare
     3. adj. (birds) migratory
     4. n-m. pilgrim
     5. n-m. traveler
     6. v. first-person singular present indicative of peregrinar
     peregrinar
          1. v. to peregrinate; to travel abroad
Y
     1. Letter. the 26th letter of the Spanish alphabet
     2. conj. and
     3. conj. (in names of number) and
           setenta y seis - seventy-six
     4. conj. (in arithmetic) plus, and
           uno y uno son dos - one plus one is two
     5. conj. (informal) well
           ¡Y por supuesto! - Well, of course!
     6. conj. (informal) what about, how about, where is/are the
           Pero, ¿y el concierto? ¿Ya no vamos? - But what about the concert? Are we not going anymore?
           ¿Y la niña? ¿Está a salvo? - How about the girl? Is she safe?
           ¿Y los archivos? Debo echarles un vistazo. - Where are the files? I should take a look at them.
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
rostro
     1. n-m. (anatomy) face (the front part of the head)
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
un
     1. art. a
     2. num. (before the noun) apocopic form of uno one
ángel
     1. n-m. angel (an incorporeal and sometimes divine messenger from a deity)
     2. n-m. angel (one of the lowest order of such beings, below virtues)
     3. n-m. angel (a person having the qualities attributed to angels, such as purity or selflessness)
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