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Mi tío es el hermano de mi madre o de mi padre.

Pronunciation

pronunciation

Translation

My uncle is my mother's or father's brother.



Analysis


mi
     1. det. (before the noun) apocopic form of mío, my
     2. n-f. mu; the Greek letter Μ, μ
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)
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
el
     1. art. (masculine singular definite article); the
     2. art. feminine singular definite article used before nouns which start with a stressed 'a':
hermano
     1. n-m. brother
     2. n-m. sibling
     3. n-m. bro
     4. v. first-person singular present indicative of hermanar
     hermanar
          1. v. to unite
          2. v. to match
          3. v. to harmonize
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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