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Sentence

Estamos donde la Plaza Mayor.

Pronunciation

pronunciation

Translation

We're around by the main square.

Notes

En este ejemplo, se usa la preposición donde de forma coloquial para expresar cerca de, por los alrededores.



Analysis


estamos
     1. v. first-person plural present indicative of estar
     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)
donde
     1. adv. (in indirect questions) where, in what place
     2. conj. (Chile, colloquial) because
     3. conj. (Latin America, colloquial) if
     4. prep. by, near to
     5. prep. round (at the house of)
     6. pron. (relative) where, in what place
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)
Plaza
Mayor




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