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Teresa es más lista que su hermano.

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Translation

Teresa is more clever than her brother.



Analysis


Teresa
     1. Proper noun. given name, female, eq=Teresa
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
más
     1. adv. more; -er (used to make comparisons)
     2. adv. (with definite article) most; -est (used to make superlatives)
     3. adv. furthermore
     4. adv. in addition
     5. adv. else
     6. adv. used with qué to express emphasis
     7. det. more, any more
     8. det. most
     9. conj. (mathematics) plus
lista
     1. n-f. list, roll
     2. n-f. stripe
     3. n-f. roster
     4. adj. feminine singular of listo
     5. v. third-person singular present indicative of listar
     listar
          1. v. to register, enter in a list
          2. v. to stripe, streak
     listo
          1. adj. clever, smart (qual, with ser)
          2. adj. ready, set, all set, prepared, poised, up, down (qual, with estar)
          3. adj. alert
          4. interj. get set! (before starting a race)
          5. interj. that's it! (it's finished!)
          6. v. first-person singular present indicative of listar
que
     1. conj. that
     2. conj. than
     3. conj. (indicating a reason); because, for
     4. conj. (indicating desire or permission); may (used with the subjunctive)
     5. pron. who; that
     6. pron. that; whom
     7. pron. that; which
     8. prep. than
     9. prep. like, as
     10. part. to
más que
     1. prep. apart from; save; except
su
     1. det. (before the noun) apocopic form of suyo his, her, its, one's, their, your (formal)
     2. det.          (used to express an approximate number): about, approximately
     3. det. (before the noun, formal) apocopic form of suyo t=your
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




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