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Esta habitación es tan pequeña y tan caliente que me estoy sofocando.

Pronunciation

pronunciation

Translation

This room's so small and hot that I'm suffocating

Notes

En este caso, que introduce la consecuencia de la frase anterior.



Analysis


esta
     1. det. feminine singular of este
     2. pron. (demonstrative) Alternative spelling of ésta, , this one
     este
          1. det. this
          2. pron. Alternative spelling of éste
          3. interj. uh, well (space filler in a conversation)
          4. n-m. east
habitación
     1. n-f. room (separate part of a building)
     2. n-f. bedroom (room with a bed for sleeping)
     3. n-f. habitation (the act of inhabiting)
     4. n-f. habitat (place where an organism occurs)
es
     1. v. third-person singular present indicative of ser; (he/she/it/one) is
     2. n. plural of e
     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
     e
          1. conj. and
tan
     1. adv. so, as
     2. det. such, such a
pequeña
     1. adj. feminine singular of pequeño
     pequeño
          1. adj. small; little
y
     1. conj. and
     2. conj. (in names of number) and
     3. conj. (in arithmetic) plus, and
     4. conj. (informal) well
     5. conj. (informal) what about, how about, where is/are the
tan
     1. adv. so, as
     2. det. such, such a
caliente
     1. adj. hot, warm (emitting heat or warmth)
     2. adj. hot (close to finding or guessing something)
     3. adj. (slang) horny (sexually aroused)
     4. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of calentar
     calentar
          1. v. to heat, to warm up (cause an increase in temperature)
          2. v. to turn on (arouse sexually)
          3. v. to warm up (prepare for a physical activity)
que
     1. conj. that
     2. conj. than
     3. conj. (indicating a reason); because, for
     4. conj. (indicating desire or permission); may (used with the subjunctive)
     5. pron. who; that
     6. pron. that; whom
     7. pron. that; which
     8. prep. than
     9. prep. like, as
     10. part. to
me
     1. pron. personal accusative of yo: me
     2. pron. personal;dative pronoun dative of yo: to me, for me
     3. pron. personal;reflexive pronoun of yo: myself
estoy
     1. v. first-person singular present indicative of estar; am.
     estar
          1. v. to be (have a temporary or permanent location in space)
          2. v. to be (denotes a copula, in a transient fashion)
          3. v. to be (auxiliary verb for the progressive/continuous aspect, preceding the gerund of the verb)
          4. v. to be in a state (in a passive voice sense)
          5. v. to be, stay (denotes a copula, in a transient fashion)
          6. v. to be to be done, to be (still) undone:
          7. v. to be in a long-term state (in specific idioms)
sofocando
     1. v. gerund of sofocar
     sofocar
          1. v. to suffocate, to stifle, to smother
          2. v. to quell, to suppress, to put down, to crush, to quash, to squelch




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