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yo
     1. pron. First-person singular pronoun in the nominative case; I
     2. n-m. (psychoanalysis) Freud's concept of the ego
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)
helado
     1. adj. icy, frozen
     2. adj. shocked
     3. n-m. ice cream
     4. n-m. popsicle, ice pop
     5. Participle. past participle of helar
     helar
          1. v. to freeze, to cool
          2. v. to freeze
     icy
qué
     1. det. what; which (interrogative only)
           ¿Qué camisa quiere? - Which shirt do you want?
     2. det. what; which
           No sabía qué hacer - I didn't know what to do
     3. adv. (before a noun) what a; such (used as an intensifier)
           ¡Qué lástima! - What a pity!
           ¡Qué suerte! - What luck!
           ¡Qué casa más bonita! - What a pretty house!
           ¡Qué mierda de tiempo! - What shitty weather!
     4. adv. (before an adjective) how (used as a modifier to indicate surprise, delight, or other strong feelings)
           ¡Qué feo! - How ugly!
           ¡Qué alto! - He's so tall!
           ¡Qué guay! - That's so cool!
     5. pron. what (interrogative only)
           ¿Qué ves? - What do you see?
extraño
     1. adj. strange, unusual, odd, weird, bizarre, uncanny, rare, peculiar, freaky, freakish, freak, curious
           Es extraño cómo las cosas pueden cambiar tan rápidamente. - It's strange how things can change so quickly.
           La señora casi perdió la pierna en un accidente extraño. - The lady almost lost her leg in a freak accident.
     2. adj. foreign, alien, extraneous
           Había un objeto extraño en el abdomen. - There was a foreign object in his/her abdomen.
     3. adj. funny, suspicious
           Tengo una extraña sensación de que no fue una coincidencia. - I've got a funny feeling that it wasn't a coincidence.
     4. adj. not belonging to, not possessed by, not property of
     5. n-m. foreigner
     6. v. first-person singular present indicative of extrañar
     extrañar
          1. v. to miss (someone or something)
          2. v. to surprise, to wonder
                No me extraña que él esté tan enojado consigo mismo. - No wonder he's so mad at himself.
          3. v. to find something strange
es
     1. v. third-person singular present indicative of ser; (he/she/it/one) is
     2. n. plural of e
     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
     e
          1. conj. and
                Yo hablo francés e inglés. - I speak French and English.
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
me
     1. pron. personal accusative of yo: me
     2. pron. personal;dative pronoun dative of yo: to me, for me
     3. pron. personal;reflexive pronoun of yo: myself
detuviera
     1. v. third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of detener
     detener
          1. v. to stop, halt, to pause
          2. v. to arrest
          3. v. to detain
          4. v. to pull over
allí
     1. adv. there (away from the speaker and the listener)
donde
     1. adv. (in indirect questions) where, in what place
           Deja los libros donde quieras. (Leave the books where you want.)
     2. conj. (Chile, colloquial) because
     3. conj. (Latin America, colloquial) if
     4. prep. by, near to
           Estamos donde la plaza mayor. - We're around by the main square.
     5. prep. round (at the house of)
           Cenamos donde Daniel. - We're having dinner (round) at Daniel's place.
     6. pron. (relative) where, in what place
           El lugar donde estamos es secreto. (The place where we are is secret.)
encontré
     1. v. first-person singular preterite indicative of encontrar
     encontrar
          1. v. to meet
          2. v. to find, encounter, come across
                María y Gertrudis se escondieron cerca de las flores, y los chicos las encontraron a las chicas. - Mary and Gertrude hid themselves near the flowers, and the boys found the girls.
          3. v. to meet, bump into
          4. v. to think, consider, find
                Lo encuentro estúpido. - I find that stupid.
          5. v. to manage (to do something)
          6. v. to be located
          7. v. to feel, be
                Solo tú sabes cómo te encuentras. - Only you know how you're feeling.
un
     1. art. a
     2. num. (before the noun) apocopic form of uno one
poco
     1. det. little, not much
           Bebí poca agua. - I drank little water.
           Nos casamos hace poco tiempo. - We got married a little time ago.
     2. det. few, not many
           Muy pocas personas hacen eso. - Very few people do that.
     3. det. un-, not
           poco saludable - unhealthy
     4. adv. little (not much)
           Comí poco. - I ate little / I didn’t eat much.
     5. n-m. little (a small amount)
           Hablo un poco (de) inglés. - I speak a little English.
     6. n-m. a short time, a little while
           hace poco - a little while ago
           dentro de poco - in a little bit
un poco
     1. adv. (modifying an adjective) a bit, a little, kind of, slightly, somewhat, kinda
           Es un poco tarde para almorzar. - It's kind of late for lunch.
     2. adv. (modifying a verb) some, a bit, a little
           Estoy tratando de dormir un poco aquí. - I'm trying to sleep a bit here.
     3. adv. a little bit, a little, a bit, some (when followed by de)
           Sólo necesitan un poco de orientación. - They just need a little bit of guidance.
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
calor
     1. n-m. (energy) heat
           Tengo calor. - I have heat.
           Hace calor. - It makes heat.
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