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Estaba lloviendo antes, entonces debes traer un paraguas.Pronunciation
Translation
It was raining before, so you should bring an umbrella.Notes
Entonces, en este caso, significa en tal caso y expresa una consecuencia.
Analysis
| estaba |
| 1. v. first-person singular imperfect indicative of estar |
| 2. v. formal second-person singular imperfect indicative of estar |
| 3. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of estar |
| estar |
| 1. v. to be (have a (transient) location in space). Compare (m, es, ser), m, es, quedar. |
| 2. v. to be (Denotes a copula, in a transient fashion). Compare (m, es, ser). |
| 3. v. to be (Auxiliary verb for the progressive/continuous aspect) (precedes the gerund of the verb) |
| 4. v. to be (in the passive voice sense) |
| 5. v. (reflexive) To be, feel (Denotes a copula, in a transient fashion) |
| lloviendo |
| 1. v. gerund of llover |
| llover |
| 1. v. (intransitive, impersonal) to rain |
| antes |
| 1. adv. before |
| 2. adv. once, formerly (in the past) |
| 3. adv. earlier, sooner |
| 4. prep. before |
| entonces |
| 1. conj. then; at that time; next. |
| 2. conj. then, therefore, so |
| debes |
| 1. v. informal second-person singular present indicative of deber |
| deber |
| 1. n-m. obligation, duty |
| 2. n-m. debt |
| 3. n-m. (usually in the plural) homework |
| 4. v. to owe |
| 5. v. ought to |
| 6. v. to must |
| 7. v. (reflexive with preposition a) to be due to |
| 8. v. (with de and infinitive) probably or most likely do or happen something (add a degree of insecurity to the verb) |
| traer |
| 1. v. to bring |
| 2. v. to attract, to draw, to pull |
| 3. v. to bring about, to cause, to occasion |
| 4. v. to make (cause to be in or have a certain condition or state) |
| 5. v. to wear (short form of (m, es, traer puesto)) |
| 6. v. to bring forward, to advance, to adduce |
| 7. v. to make, to compel, to oblige |
| 8. v. to persuade |
| 9. v. to have, to carry (in a publication, in stock) |
| 10. v. to include (have as a component, part, accessory or ingredient) |
| un |
| 1. adj. (before the noun) apocopic form of uno one |
| 2. art. a |
| paraguas |
| 1. n-m. umbrella |
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