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Cierto o falso: la mayoría de españoles son hispanohablantes.

Pronunciation

pronunciation

Translation

True or false: the majority of Spanish people are Spanish speakers.



Analysis


cierto
     1. adj. (of a person) true
     2. adj. (of a claim) true
     3. det. a certain, a specific
o
     1. conj. or
     2. conj. either … or
falso
     1. adj. false; untrue
     2. adj. fake; counterfeit
     3. v. first-person singular present indicative of falsar
     falsar
          1. v. to falsify
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
     4. n-m. (music) la (sixth note of the scale)
     5. n-m. (music) A (the musical note or key)
mayoría
     1. n-f. majority
de
     1. prep. of; 's; (used after the thing owned and before the owner)
     2. prep. from (with the source or provenance of or at)
     3. prep. of (expressing composition, substance)
     4. prep. about (concerning; with regard to)
     5. prep. of, from (indicating cause)
     6. prep. of (indicates a quality or characteristic)
     7. prep. from (with the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at)
     8. prep. of (indicates the subject or cause of the adjective)
     9. prep. from (with the separation, exclusion or differentiation of)
     10. prep. than (in certain phrases)
     11. prep. (used to construct compound nouns (with attributive nouns))
     12. prep. (followed by the infinitive) (indicates a conditional desire)
     13. prep. indicates a time of day or period of someone's life
     14. prep. (after a noun and before a verb) (indicates the purpose of an object)
españoles
     1. adj. masculine plural of español
     2. n. plural of español
     español
          1. adj. Spanish (from or native to Spain)
          2. adj. Spanish (pertaining to Spain or to the language)
          3. n-m. Spaniard (man)
          4. n-m. Spanish (language)
son
     1. n-m. tone (pleasant sound)
     2. n-m. (music, genre) son (Afro-Cuban musical form)
     3. n-m. (music) musical composition in this form
     4. v. third-person plural present indicative of ser
     ser
          1. v. to be (essentially or identified as)
          2. v. to be (in the passive voice sense)
          3. v. to exist; to occur
          4. n-m. a being, organism
          5. n-m. nature, essence
          6. n-m. value, worth
hispanohablantes
     1. adj. plural of hispanohablante
     2. n. plural of hispanohablante
     hispanohablante
          1. adj. Spanish-speaking, Hispanophone
          2. n. Spanish speaker, Hispanophone




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