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Sentence

Pórtate bien en la escuela.

Pronunciation

pronunciation

Translation

Behave in school.

Notes

El pronombre reflexivo te se debe colocar detrás del verbo porque éste está en Imperativo.



Analysis


pórtate
     1. v. Compound of the formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of portar, porta and the pronoun te
     porta
          1. n-f. (nautical) porthole
          2. v. third-person singular present indicative of portar
     portar
          1. v. to bear, to carry
          2. v. to behave, to be good
     te
          1. pron. dative of tú: to you, for you
          2. pron. accusative of tú: you
          3. pron. : yourself
bien
     1. adv. well (adverbial form of bueno)
     2. adv. well, fine, okay (state of being satisfied with the status quo)
     3. adv. properly
     4. adv. willingly
     5. adv. very
     6. adv. as well
     7. adj. (postpositive, colloquial) well-to-do; affluent; wealthy; upper-class
     8. adj. (postpositive, colloquial) exclusive; upscale; high-class
     9. n-m. good (as opposed to evil)
     10. n-m. goodness
     11. n-m. good, better (substantive)
     12. n-m. welfare, benefit
     13. n-m. (plural) goods, property, possessions, assets, wealth, estate
     14. n-m. (dated) darling
en
     1. prep. in, at, on
     2. prep. in (a time)
     3. prep. in (a language)
     4. prep. used after some verbs and translated by various prepositions in English
     5. prep. in (in various expressions)
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)
escuela
     1. n-f. school (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning)
     2. n-f. school (the followers of a particular doctrine)
     3. n-f. (climbing) crag




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