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Sentence

Este tío sigue hablando sin parar.

Pronunciation

pronunciation

Translation

This guy keeps talking nonstop.

Notes

Seguir + Gerundio es una perífrasis verbal que expresa que una acción que ha comenzado hace tiempo todavía continúa.



Analysis


este
     1. det. this
     2. pron. Alternative spelling of éste
     3. interj. uh, well (space filler in a conversation)
     4. n-m. east
     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
     te
          1. pron. dative of tú: to you, for you
          2. pron. accusative of tú: you
          3. pron. : yourself
tío
     1. n-m. uncle (the brother, brother-in-law, or male cousin or cousin-in-law of either parent)
     2. n-m. (colloquial Spain) unknown or any male person, dude, guy
     3. n-m. (colloquial Spain) friend, mate, pal, man, bro
     4. n-m. mister (title conferred on an adult male)
sigue
     1. v. third-person singular present indicative of seguir
     seguir
          1. v. to follow
          2. v. to continue (on); to keep, to keep on (can be combined with the gerund to indicate that someone or something continues doing something)
          3. v. to further do something
          4. v. to observe, to obey (a rule, religion)
          5. v. (internet, transitive) to follow (to subscribe to content from an account)
          6. v. to remain, to stay, to still be
          7. v. to ensue
          8. v. to follow, to pursue, to track, to trace, to tail, to chase
          9. v. to proceed
          10. v. to continue, to keep up
          11. v. to follow up
          12. v. to follow in, to continue
          13. v. to stick to
          14. v. to follow, to be followed
hablando
     1. v. gerund of hablar
     hablar
          1. v. to talk; to speak; to communicate using words
          2. v. to speak (a language)
sin
     1. prep. without
parar
     1. v. to stop, halt
     2. v. to put up, stand up
     3. v. to lift, raise
     4. v. to stand up
     5. v. to situate oneself
     6. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun, Chile) see pararlas




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