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tomar
     1. v. to take
           Los niños toman clases de inglés - The children take English classes
           Me tomó mucho tiempo - It took me a long time
           Tómalo con calma. - Take it easy.
           Me tomaron por un loco. - They took me for a lunatic.
     2. v. to drink, have (especially an alcoholic beverage)
           Tomo una sidra. (I'll have a cider.)
     3. v. to take (travel by means of)
           tomar el tren - to take the train
la
     1. art. the
     2. pron. accusative of ella, ello (when the antecedent's implied gender is feminine), and usted (when referring to a woman); her, it, you (formal)
     3. pron. (impersonal neuter pronoun (accusative) in certain colloquial phrases): it, this
           La sabe toda. - He/she knows everything (it all)
           ¡Dónde la viste! - Where have you seen this!
           No te la creo. - I don't believe you.
     4. n-m. (music) la (sixth note of the scale)
     5. n-m. (music) A (the musical note or key)
principal
     1. adj. main, most important
     2. adj. essential
     3. n-m. chief, boss
comida
     1. n-f. food
           Yo no quiero comida. - I don't want food.
     2. n-f. lunch
     3. n-f. dinner
     4. n-f. (slang) cunnilingus
     5. adj. feminine singular of comido
     6. Participle. feminine singular of comido
     feminine singular comer
     comido
          1. adj. having had lunch; having already eaten
          2. Participle. past participle of comer
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
día
     1. n-m. day (any period of 24 hours)
     2. n-m. day (a period from midnight to the following midnight)
     3. n-m. day (rotational period of a planet)
     4. n-m. day (the part of a day period which one spends at work, school, etc.)
     5. n-m. day, daytime (the part of the day between sunrise and sunset)
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