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Sentence

Ese artículo cuesta tres puntos.

Pronunciation

pronunciation

Translation

That item costs three points.



Analysis


ese
     1. det. (demonstrative) that
     2. interj. (Mexico, informal) hello
     3. pron. (demonstrative) Alternative spelling of ése
artículo
     1. n-m. (grammar) article
     2. n-m. (journalism) article
     3. n-m. article (in a dictionary, encyclopedia etc.)
     4. n-m. article (for sale)
     5. n-m. article (of a legal text)
cuesta
     1. n-f. (geology) slope (acclivity or declivity)
     2. n-f. (geography) cuesta
     3. v. third-person singular present indicative of costar
     costar
          1. v. to cost
          2. v. to find something very difficult, to have a hard time with something (the subject and object roles are inverted relative to the English phrasing, like with gustar)
tres
     1. num. three
puntos
     1. n. plural of punto
     punto
          1. n-m. point (a specific spot, location, or place)
          2. n-m. point (a unit of scoring)
          3. n-m. (grammar) point (a full stop or period)
          4. n-m. (math) point (a decimal mark)
          5. n-m. (sewing) stitch (a single pass of a needle in sewing or surgery suture)
          6. n-m. bombshell (a great surprise or shock)
          7. n-m. (historical) punto, Spanish point (a traditional small unit of length, equivalent to about 0.16 mm)
          8. interj. that's it!
          9. v. first-person singular present indicative of puntar




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