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por las nubes |
1. adj. sky-high, through the roof, off the charts, at an extortionate price |
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Las casas están por las nubes. - House prices are through the roof. |
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por |
1. prep. by (indicates the creator of a work) |
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La novela Cien años de soledad fue escrita por Gabriel García Márquez. - The novel One Hundred Years of Solitude was written by Gabriel García Márquez. |
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2. prep. for (indicates something given in an exchange) |
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Lo compré por cincuenta euros. - I bought this for fifty euros. |
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3. prep. through, out, via (indicating movement) |
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las |
1. art. the |
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2. pron. accusative of ellas and ustedes (when referring to more than one woman); them, you all (formal) |
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3. pron. feminine plural pronoun |
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las que no hablan - those (women) who do not speak |
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4. n. plural of la |
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la |
1. art. the |
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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) |
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3. pron. (impersonal neuter pronoun (accusative) in certain colloquial phrases): it, this |
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La sabe toda. - He/she knows everything (it all) |
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¡Dónde la viste! - Where have you seen this! |
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nubes |
1. n. plural of nube |
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nube |
1. n-f. cloud |
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2. n-f. multitude, or crowd, of people |
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3. n-f. (Spain) marshmallow |
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