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Sentence

El coche se dio contra un árbol.

Pronunciation

pronunciation

Translation

The car hit a tree.



Analysis


el
     1. art. (masculine singular definite article); the
     2. art. feminine singular definite article used before nouns which start with a stressed 'a':
coche
     1. n-m. (chiefly Philippines, Mexico, Spain) car (a wheeled vehicle that moves independently)
     2. n-m. carriage, coach (a wheeled vehicle, generally drawn by horse power)
     3. n-m. (rail transport) car (a passenger-carrying unit in a subway or elevated train)
     4. n-m. (Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Puerto Rico, Uruguay) baby carriage, pram
     5. n-m. (slang) pig
se
     1. pron. (third person (also used for usted and ustedes) reflexive direct or indirect object) oneself, himself, herself, itself, yourself; each other; one another
     2. pron. (used to convey the meaning of the English passive voice in the third person and with) usted and ustedes
     3. pron. (used instead of indirect object pronouns) le and les (before the direct object pronouns lo, la, los, or las)
     4. v. misspelling of sé
dio
     1. v. third-person singular preterite indicative of dar
     dar
          1. v. to give, to give out
          2. v. to hand over
          3. v. to hit
          4. v. to emit
          5. v. to produce
          6. v. to perform
          7. v. to consider
          8. v. (indtr, con) to encounter; to find with effort
          9. v. to hit upon
          10. v. (indtr, a, .colloquial, intr=1) to press, activate
          11. v. to ruin; mess up
          12. v. to occur
          13. v. to grow naturally
          14. v. to hit
          15. v. to assume
          16. v. to pretend to be, to present oneself as though one were
          17. v. to surrender
          18. v. to fuck (used with third person direct objects only)
          19. v. to find someone sexually attractive (mostly to have a sexual encounter with)
          20. v. to announce, predict
contra
     1. prep. against, versus
     2. n-m. con (disadvantage)
     3. n-f. antidote
     4. n-f. counterpunch
     5. n-f. counterattack
     6. adv. opposite, facing
un
     1. art. a
     2. num. (before the noun) apocopic form of uno one
árbol
     1. n-m. tree (a perennial woody plant)
     2. n-m. tree (any plant that is reminiscent of the above but not classified as a tree)
     3. n-m. tree (any structure or construct having branches representing divergence or possible choices)
     4. n-m. (nautical) mast (a tall, slim post or tower used to support the sails on a ship)




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