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Sentence

Usa los vasos desechables, no los de vidrio

Pronunciation

pronunciation

Translation

Use the disposable cups, not the glass ones.

Notes

En la segunda parte de la frase, no necesitamos repetir la palabra vasos, ya que con el artículo los se sobreentiende que se trata de vasos: […], no los (vasos) de vidrio.



Analysis


usa
     1. v. third-person singular present indicative of usar
     usar
          1. v. to use
          2. v. to wear
          3. v. to consume
          4. v. to be used
          5. v. to be fashionable
los
     1. art. the
     2. pron. accusative of ellos and ustedes (when referring to more than one man); them, you all (formal)
     3. pron. plural masculine or neuter pronoun
vasos
     1. n. plural of vaso
     vas
          1. v. informal second-person singular present indicative of ir
     ir
          1. v. to go (away from speaker and listener)
          2. v. to come (towards or with the listener)
          3. v. (auxiliary) to be going to (near future), to go (+ a + infinitive)
          4. v. to go away, to leave, to depart, to go (when the destination is not essential; when something or someone is going somewhere else)
          5. v. to leak out (with liquids and gasses), to boil away, to go flat (gas in drinks)
          6. v. to overflow
          7. v. to go out (lights)
          8. v. to finish, to wear out, to disappear (e.g. money, paint, pains, mechanical parts)
          9. v. to die
          10. v. to break wind, to fart
          11. v. to wet/soil oneself (i.e., urinate or defecate in one's pants)
          12. v. to come, to cum, to ejaculate, to orgasm
     os
          1. pron. you, to you, for you; dative and accusative of vosotros
desechables
     1. adj. plural of desechable
     desechable
          1. adj. disposable (that can be disposed of)
          2. adj. disposable, throwaway, single-use (being intended for a single use, to be discarded rather than reused, refilled or repaired)
no
     1. adv. no
     2. adv. not
     3. interj. eh? (used as a tag question, to emphasise what goes before or to request that the listener express an opinion about what has been said)
     4. n-m. no
     5. n-m. abbreviation of número; no.
los
     1. art. the
     2. pron. accusative of ellos and ustedes (when referring to more than one man); them, you all (formal)
     3. pron. plural masculine or neuter pronoun
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)
vidrio
     1. n-m. glass
     2. n-m. window
     3. v. first-person singular present indicative of vidriar
     vidriar
          1. v. to glaze




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