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vaya
     1. interj. expresses surprise: wow!, why, oh!, whoa!, well!, man!, boy!
     2. interj. expresses dismay, worry, indignation or frustration: gee!, jeez!, gosh!, why, man!, oh dear!
     3. interj. (before a noun) what a ...
           ¡Vaya coche que tiene tu hermana! - What a car your sister has!
     4. interj. (colloquial at the end of a sentence) you know, like, y'know
           No me gustan las gambas, las almejas... El marisco, vaya. - I don't like shrimp, clams... Seafood, you know.
     5. interj. go!, leave!, go away! (qual, technically an imperative but can function as an interjection in this sense)
     6. v. formal second-person singular imperative of ir
     7. n-f. joke; taunt
     ir
          1. v. to go (away from speaker and listener)
                Nos gusta ir al cine. - We like to go to the movies.
          2. v. to come (towards or with the listener)
                Quiero ir contigo. - I want to come with you.
                Iré a tu casa. - I'll come to your house.
          3. v. (auxiliary) to be going to (near future), to go (+ a + infinitive)
                Voy a decirle la verdad. - I am going to tell her the truth.
          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)
                Lo siento. Tengo que irme. - I'm sorry. I have to leave.
                Él se va a salvar al mundo otra vez. - He's off to save the world again.
          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
una
     1. n-f. feminine of uno
           a la una, a las dos y a las tres - after three...one, two, three
     2. art. feminine singular of un
     3. det. feminine singular of uno
     4. pron. one (an indefinite plural pronoun using a singular feminine item, used for females)
     5. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of unir
     unir
          1. v. to unite, join
                ¡Únete al sindicato! (Join up with the union!)
          2. v. to merge, conflate
     un
          1. art. a
          2. num. (before the noun) apocopic form of uno one
historia
     1. n-f. history (the aggregate of past events)
           pasar a la historia - to go down in history
     2. n-f. history (the branch of knowledge that studies the past)
           el departamento de historia - the History department
     3. n-f. history (a set of events involving an entity)
     4. n-f. history (a record or narrative description of past events)
     5. n-f. story (a sequence of real or fictional events)
           contar una historia - to tell a story
     6. n-f. the letter H in the
esa
     1. det. feminine singular of ese
     2. pron. Alternative spelling of ésa
     ese
          1. det. (demonstrative) that
          2. interj. (Mexico, informal) hello
          3. pron. (demonstrative) Alternative spelling of ése
de
     1. prep. of; 's; (used after the thing owned and before the owner)
           Constitución española de 1812 - Spanish constitution of 1812
           la cola del perro - the dog’s tail
     2. prep. from (with the source or provenance of or at)
           Soy de España. - I’m from Spain.
           agua de manantial - springwater
     3. prep. of (expressing composition, substance)
           una mesa de madera - a wooden table
     4. prep. about (concerning; with regard to)
           Están hablando del pasado. - They're talking about the past.
           tratarse de - to be about; to concern
     5. prep. of, from (indicating cause)
           Murió de hambre. - He died of hunger.
     6. prep. of (indicates a quality or characteristic)
           un hombre de fe - a man of faith
     7. prep. from (with the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at)
           el vuelo de Miami a Chicago - the flight from Miami to Chicago
     8. prep. of (indicates the subject or cause of the adjective)
           harto de - sick of; tired of
     9. prep. from (with the separation, exclusion or differentiation of)
           Nos protege del frío. - It protects us from the cold.
     10. prep. than (in certain phrases)
           más de - more than
           menos de - less than, fewer than
     11. prep. (used to construct compound nouns (with attributive nouns))
           campamento de verano - summer camp
     12. prep. (followed by the infinitive) (indicates a conditional desire)
           De haberlo sabido, no lo habría dicho. - If I had known, I wouldn't have said it.
     13. prep. indicates a time of day or period of someone's life
           de día - during the daytime
           de niño - as a child; during childhood
     14. prep. (after a noun and before a verb) (indicates the purpose of an object)
           goma de mascar - chewing gum
           caña de pescar - fishing rod
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
           La sabe toda. - He/she knows everything (it all)
           ¡Dónde la viste! - Where have you seen this!
           No te la creo. - I don't believe you.
     4. n-m. (music) la (sixth note of the scale)
     5. n-m. (music) A (the musical note or key)
de la
     1. art. of the
camisa
     1. n-f. shirt
     2. n-f. gas mantle
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