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Sentence

Debes jugar de acuerdo con las normas.

Pronunciation

pronunciation

Translation

You should play according to the rules.

Notes

En este caso, de acuerdo significa conforme, con obediencia a las normas.



Analysis


debes
     1. v. informal second-person singular present indicative of deber
     deber
          1. v. to owe
          2. v. (auxiliary) must, to need to, to have to (rarely used in the conditional with this meaning)
          3. v. (auxiliary) should, to ought to, to be supposed to, to be to
          4. v. (auxiliary) should have (in the preterite; having haber follow "deber" is optional and not required)
          5. v. (auxiliary) shall (future tense usually)
          6. v. to be due to, to be attributable to, to be the result of, to be caused by
          7. v. (with de and infinitive) probably or most likely do or happen something (add a degree of insecurity to the verb)
          8. n-m. obligation, duty
          9. n-m. debt
          10. n-m. should, ought (modal noun)
          11. n-m. (usually in the plural) homework
jugar
     1. v. to play
     2. v. to risk, take a chance
     3. v. (Louisiana) to play (an instrument)
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)
acuerdo
     1. n-m. agreement
     2. n-m. compromise
     3. v. first-person singular present indicative of acordar
     acordar
          1. v. to agree
          2. v. to decide, arrange (plan)
          3. v. to flush, to make flush, to level
          4. v. to tune
          5. v. to remember, recall (+ de)
          6. v. to reach agreement (+ de)
de acuerdo
     1. adj. agreeing, in agreement
     2. adv. agreeing, in agreement
     3. interj. agreed; alright; OK
con
     1. prep. with
     2. prep. on
de acuerdo con
     1. prep. according to
las
     1. art. the
     2. pron. accusative of ellas and ustedes (when referring to more than one woman); them, you all (formal)
     3. pron. feminine plural pronoun
     4. n. plural of la
     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)
normas
     1. n. plural of norma
     2. v. informal second-person singular present indicative of normar
     normar
          1. v. to norm
          2. v. to normalize; to standardize
     norma
          1. n-f. rule, norm, standard, touchstone
          2. v. third-person singular present indicative of normar




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