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Entonces, el ladrón se fue.

Pronunciation

pronunciation

Translation

Then, the thief left.

Notes

Entonces, en este caso, significa en aquel momento.



Analysis


entonces
     1. conj. then, next, thereupon, at that time, at that point
     2. conj. then, therefore, so, thus
el
     1. art. (masculine singular definite article); the
     2. art. feminine singular definite article used before nouns which start with a stressed 'a':
ladrón
     1. adj. having the qualities of a thief
     2. n-m. thief, robber, crook
     3. n-m. (Spain) adapter (device allowing more plugs at an outlet)
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
fue
     1. v. third-person singular preterite indicative of ser
     ir
          1. v. to go (away from speaker and listener)
          2. v. to come (towards or with the listener)
          3. v. (auxiliary) to be going to (near future), to go (+ a + infinitive)
          4. v. to go away, to leave, to depart, to go (when the destination is not essential; when something or someone is going somewhere else)
          5. v. to leak out (with liquids and gasses), to boil away, to go flat (gas in drinks)
          6. v. to overflow
          7. v. to go out (lights)
          8. v. to finish, to wear out, to disappear (e.g. money, paint, pains, mechanical parts)
          9. v. to die
          10. v. to break wind, to fart
          11. v. to wet/soil oneself (i.e., urinate or defecate in one's pants)
          12. v. to come, to cum, to ejaculate, to orgasm
     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




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