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sabía
     1. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of saber
     saber
          1. v. to know (a fact), to wit
                Sé que volverá. - I know that it'll come back.
                Lo siguiente que sé... - Next thing I know...
                que yo sepa - as far as I know
                Si tu supieras... - If you knew...
          2. v. to know how to do something
                Sabe hablar español. - He knows how to speak Spanish.
          3. v. (in the preterite tense) to find out, to learn
          4. v. to taste
                Sabe a pollo. - It tastes like chicken.
          5. v. to realize, to know (e.g. recognize)
                El hombre no sabe lo talentoso que su hijo es. - The man doesn't realize how talented his son is.
          6. v. to tell, to know (i.e. to discern or distinguish if something is the case)
                Siempre es difícil saber si me mientes. - It's always hard to tell if you're lying to me.
          7. v. (informal) to figure out
                Todavía estamos tratando de saber qué acaba de pasar. - We're still trying to figure out what just happened.
          8. v. to hear from (+ de)
                No he sabido nada de ella en meses. - I haven't heard from her in months.
          9. v. to hear of, to hear about, (+ de)
          10. v. to learn of, to learn about, to find out about, to know about (+ de)
          11. v. to be known
                Ya se sabe que uno de los factores que aceleran esta enfermedad es el estrés. - It is known that one of the factors that speeds up this disease is stress.
          12. v. to know (extremely well)
                He oído que te sabes todas las líneas de la película de memoria. - I heard that you know all the lines of the movie by heart.
          13. n-m. knowledge
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
era
     1. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of ser
     2. n-f. era, age
           la Nueva Era - New Age
     3. n-f. (geology) era
     4. n-f. threshing floor
     5. n-f. tipple
     ser
          1. v. to be (essentially or identified as)
                Yo soy de los Estados Unidos. - I am from the United States.
                Errar es humano. - To err is human.
          2. v. to be (in the passive voice sense)
                La guitarra fue tocada. - The guitar was played.
          3. v. to exist; to occur
                La fiesta será mañana. - The party will be tomorrow.
          4. n-m. a being, organism
          5. n-m. nature, essence
          6. n-m. value, worth
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
abeja
     1. n-f. bee (the insect)
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
iba
     1. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of ir
     ir
          1. v. to go (away from speaker and listener)
                Nos gusta ir al cine. - We like to go to the movies.
          2. v. to come (towards or with the listener)
                Quiero ir contigo. - I want to come with you.
                Iré a tu casa. - I'll come to your house.
          3. v. (auxiliary) to be going to (near future), to go (+ a + infinitive)
                Voy a decirle la verdad. - I am going to tell her the truth.
          4. v. to go away, to leave, to depart, to go (when the destination is not essential; when something or someone is going somewhere else)
                Lo siento. Tengo que irme. - I'm sorry. I have to leave.
                Él se va a salvar al mundo otra vez. - He's off to save the world again.
          5. v. to leak out (with liquids and gasses), to boil away, to go flat (gas in drinks)
          6. v. to overflow
          7. v. to go out (lights)
          8. v. to finish, to wear out, to disappear (e.g. money, paint, pains, mechanical parts)
          9. v. to die
          10. v. to break wind, to fart
          11. v. to wet/soil oneself (i.e., urinate or defecate in one's pants)
          12. v. to come, to cum, to ejaculate, to orgasm
hacia
     1. prep. toward, towards
           Сaminaremos hacia el centro de la ciudad. (We'll walk towards the center of the city.)
           El cohete se dirige hacia la luna. - The rocket is heading towards the Moon.
él
     1. pron. he, him, masculine personal third person subject and disjunctive pronoun (used as a subject and after prepositions)
           Él es mi hermano. - He is my brother.
           Lo hice para él. - I did it for him.
     2. pron. it, masculine non-personal third-person subject and disjunctive pronoun (used as a subject and after prepositions to refer to masculine nouns)
           ―¿Es esto un libro? ―Sí, él es. - ―Is this a book? ―Yes, it is.
           ¡Mi coche! ¿Qué le pasó a él? - My car! What happened to it?
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