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con
     1. prep. with
     2. prep. on
           Yo cuento con ustedes. - I count on you.
usted
     1. pron. second person formal; you (singular)
     2. pron. (Costa Rica, Colombia, chiefly Bogotá) second person informal; you (singular)
sabe
     1. v. informal second-person singular positive imperative of saber
     saber
          1. v. to know (a fact), to wit
                Sé que volverá. - I know that it'll come back.
                Lo siguiente que sé... - Next thing I know...
                que yo sepa - as far as I know
                Si tu supieras... - If you knew...
          2. v. to know how to do something
                Sabe hablar español. - He knows how to speak Spanish.
          3. v. (in the preterite tense) to find out, to learn
          4. v. to taste
                Sabe a pollo. - It tastes like chicken.
          5. v. to realize, to know (e.g. recognize)
                El hombre no sabe lo talentoso que su hijo es. - The man doesn't realize how talented his son is.
          6. v. to tell, to know (i.e. to discern or distinguish if something is the case)
                Siempre es difícil saber si me mientes. - It's always hard to tell if you're lying to me.
          7. v. (informal) to figure out
                Todavía estamos tratando de saber qué acaba de pasar. - We're still trying to figure out what just happened.
          8. v. to hear from (+ de)
                No he sabido nada de ella en meses. - I haven't heard from her in months.
          9. v. to hear of, to hear about, (+ de)
          10. v. to learn of, to learn about, to find out about, to know about (+ de)
          11. v. to be known
                Ya se sabe que uno de los factores que aceleran esta enfermedad es el estrés. - It is known that one of the factors that speeds up this disease is stress.
          12. v. to know (extremely well)
                He oído que te sabes todas las líneas de la película de memoria. - I heard that you know all the lines of the movie by heart.
          13. n-m. knowledge
al
     a
          1. prep. to
          2. prep. by
          3. prep. at
          4. prep. ng-lite, Used before words referring to people, pets, or personified objects or places that function as direct objects: personal a.
                Lo busca a usted. - He is looking for you.
     el
          1. art. (masculine singular definite article); the
          2. art. feminine singular definite article used before nouns which start with a stressed 'a':
                el alma, las almas - the soul, the souls
                el hacha, las hachas - the axe, the axes
menos
     1. adv. less
     2. adv. (often with definite article) least
     3. det. less, fewer
     4. det. least, fewest
     5. prep. minus
           Dos menos uno son uno. - Two minus one is one.
     6. prep. except
     7. n-m. minus sign
a
     1. prep. to
     2. prep. by
     3. prep. at
     4. prep. ng-lite, Used before words referring to people, pets, or personified objects or places that function as direct objects: personal a.
           Lo busca a usted. - He is looking for you.
qué
     1. det. what; which (interrogative only)
           ¿Qué camisa quiere? - Which shirt do you want?
     2. det. what; which
           No sabía qué hacer - I didn't know what to do
     3. adv. (before a noun) what a; such (used as an intensifier)
           ¡Qué lástima! - What a pity!
           ¡Qué suerte! - What luck!
           ¡Qué casa más bonita! - What a pretty house!
           ¡Qué mierda de tiempo! - What shitty weather!
     4. adv. (before an adjective) how (used as a modifier to indicate surprise, delight, or other strong feelings)
           ¡Qué feo! - How ugly!
           ¡Qué alto! - He's so tall!
           ¡Qué guay! - That's so cool!
     5. pron. what (interrogative only)
           ¿Qué ves? - What do you see?
atenerse
     1. to rely
uno
     1. num. one
     2. det. one
     3. pron. one
     4. v. first-person singular present indicative of unir
     unir
          1. v. to unite, join
                ¡Únete al sindicato! (Join up with the union!)
          2. v. to merge, conflate
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