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Mi tía es la hermana de mi madre o de mi padre.

Pronunciation

pronunciation

Translation

My aunt is my mother's or father's sister.



Analysis


mi
     1. det. (before the noun) apocopic form of mío, my
     2. n-f. mu; the Greek letter Μ, μ
tía
     1. n-f. female equivalent of tío; aunt; the sister, sister-in-law or female cousin or cousin-in-law of either parent
     2. n-f. (colloquial Spain) woman, chick
     tío aunt
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
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)
hermana
     1. n-f. female equivalent of hermano, (sister)
     2. v. informal second-person singular affirmative imperative of hermanar
     hermanar
          1. v. to unite
          2. v. to match
          3. v. to harmonize
     hermano
          1. n-m. brother
          2. n-m. sibling
          3. n-m. bro
          4. v. first-person singular present indicative of hermanar
de
     1. prep. of; 's; (used after the thing owned and before the owner)
     2. prep. from (with the source or provenance of or at)
     3. prep. of (expressing composition, substance)
     4. prep. about (concerning; with regard to)
     5. prep. of, from (indicating cause)
     6. prep. of (indicates a quality or characteristic)
     7. prep. from (with the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at)
     8. prep. of (indicates the subject or cause of the adjective)
     9. prep. from (with the separation, exclusion or differentiation of)
     10. prep. than (in certain phrases)
     11. prep. (used to construct compound nouns (with attributive nouns))
     12. prep. (followed by the infinitive) (indicates a conditional desire)
     13. prep. indicates a time of day or period of someone's life
     14. prep. (after a noun and before a verb) (indicates the purpose of an object)
mi
     1. det. (before the noun) apocopic form of mío, my
     2. n-f. mu; the Greek letter Μ, μ
madre
     1. n-f. mother
     2. n-f. (figuratively) mother (source or origin)
     3. n-f. (Christianity) mother (nun)
     4. n-f. (hydrology) riverbed
     5. n-f. dregs (of a drink)
     6. n-f. (Mexico, colloquial, vulgar, slang) thing
o
     1. conj. or
     2. conj. either … or
de
     1. prep. of; 's; (used after the thing owned and before the owner)
     2. prep. from (with the source or provenance of or at)
     3. prep. of (expressing composition, substance)
     4. prep. about (concerning; with regard to)
     5. prep. of, from (indicating cause)
     6. prep. of (indicates a quality or characteristic)
     7. prep. from (with the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at)
     8. prep. of (indicates the subject or cause of the adjective)
     9. prep. from (with the separation, exclusion or differentiation of)
     10. prep. than (in certain phrases)
     11. prep. (used to construct compound nouns (with attributive nouns))
     12. prep. (followed by the infinitive) (indicates a conditional desire)
     13. prep. indicates a time of day or period of someone's life
     14. prep. (after a noun and before a verb) (indicates the purpose of an object)
mi
     1. det. (before the noun) apocopic form of mío, my
     2. n-f. mu; the Greek letter Μ, μ
padre
     1. n-m. (family) father
     2. n-m. (Christianity) father
     3. adj. (Mexico, slang) cool, acceptable, easy




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