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El acabado de la mesa era perfecto

Pronunciation

pronunciation

Translation

The finish of the table was perfect



Analysis


el
     1. art. (masculine singular definite article); the
     2. art. feminine singular definite article used before nouns which start with a stressed 'a':
acabado
     1. adj. worn-out
     2. adj. finished
     3. n-m. finish, finishing (a final process or coating applied to a surface)
     4. Participle. past participle of acabar
     acabar
          1. v. to finish; to end
          2. v. (auxiliary) to end up (to eventually do)
          3. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to run out of
          4. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to come to an end, to be over, to be done, to be finished, to be it, to be no more, to be up
          5. v. (Latin America, vulgar, slang) to orgasm; to cum
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)
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)
de la
     1. art. of the
mesa
     1. n-f. table
     2. n-f. (by extension) dinner table
     3. n-f. (landforms) mesa
     4. n-f. desk (in an office)
     5. n-f. bureau, committee
     6. n-f. (business) board
era
     1. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of ser
     2. n-f. era, age
     3. n-f. (geology) era
     4. n-f. threshing floor
     5. n-f. tipple
     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
perfecto
     1. adj. perfect




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