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cada
     1. det. each; every
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
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
las
     1. art. the
     2. pron. accusative of ellas and ustedes (when referring to more than one woman); them, you all (formal)
     3. pron. feminine plural pronoun
           las que no hablan - those (women) who do not speak
     4. n. plural of la
     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)
dos
     1. num. two
     2. n. plural of do
     do
          1. n-m. do (musical note)
          2. n-m. C (musical note or key)
          3. adv. (obsolete) where
          4. pron. (obsolete) where
piezas
     1. n. plural of pieza
     pieza
          1. n-f. piece, part
          2. n-f. (Argentina, Paraguay, Chile) room
          3. n-f. (heraldry) ordinary
triangulares
     1. adj. plural of triangular
     2. v. informal second-person singular future subjunctive of triangular
que
     1. conj. that
           Él dice que está triste. - He says that he is sad.
     2. conj. than
           Llego más tarde que tú. - I am arriving later than you.
     3. conj. (indicating a reason); because, for
           ¡Ve más lento, que es resbaloso! - Slow down, (for) it is slippery!
     4. conj. (indicating desire or permission); may (used with the subjunctive)
           Que te vaya bien. - May it go well for you.
           Que Dios me perdone. - May God forgive me.
     5. pron. who; that
           la estrella que está en la película - the star who is in the movie
     6. pron. that; whom
           la mujer con la que yo hablé - the woman with whom I spoke
     7. pron. that; which
           la casa que yo quiero - the house that I want
     8. prep. than
     9. prep. like, as
     10. part. to
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.
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
Y
     1. Letter. the 26th letter of the Spanish alphabet
     2. conj. and
     3. conj. (in names of number) and
           setenta y seis - seventy-six
     4. conj. (in arithmetic) plus, and
           uno y uno son dos - one plus one is two
     5. conj. (informal) well
           ¡Y por supuesto! - Well, of course!
     6. conj. (informal) what about, how about, where is/are the
           Pero, ¿y el concierto? ¿Ya no vamos? - But what about the concert? Are we not going anymore?
           ¿Y la niña? ¿Está a salvo? - How about the girl? Is she safe?
           ¿Y los archivos? Debo echarles un vistazo. - Where are the files? I should take a look at them.
otro
     1. det. other, another
           Deme otro ejemplo. - Give me another example.
     2. interj. "Not again!" or "What, again?" (also Otra vez! or Otra vez?)
     3. pron. someone else; another person
     4. pron. something else; another one
lado
     1. n-m. side
           a ambos lados - on both sides / on either side
     2. n-m. face
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
Media
     1. Proper noun. (historical) Media
     2. n-f. half (one of two equal parts of any whole)
     3. n-f. historical synonym of cuarto, half-fanega (a traditional unit of dry measure equivalent to about 27.8 L)
     4. n-f. stocking (long thin leggings worn by women)
     5. n-f. (usually in plural) pantyhose (stockings connected at the top and pulled up to the waist)
     6. n-f. (most of Latin America, Philippines) sock (short unisex cloth covering for feet)
     7. n-f. (mathematics) mean, average (the arithmatic middle in a set of values)
           media geométrica - geometric mean
     8. n-f. (anatomy) midline (the medial line of the human body)
     9. n-f. (usually with 'y') half past (especially as an indication that it is exactly 30 minutes after the hour)
           Son las cinco y media. - It’s half past five.
           Empezamos a LA media en punto. - We started at precisely half past LA time.
     10. adj. feminine singular of medio
     11. v. informal second-person singular affirmative imperative of mediar
     mediar
          1. v. to mediate
          2. v. to center, to give a central, medium or average value
     medio
          1. adj. half (of or related to one of two equal divisions of a whole)
                media hora - half hour
                media manzana - half an apple
          2. adj. (inexact) half (of or related to any large proportion of a whole)
                Medio Nueva York fue a los toros. - Half of New York went to the bullfight.
          3. adj. middle (placed more or less halfway between two positions, times, or alternatives)
                clase media - middle class
          4. adj. average (of or related to the arithmatic middle in a set of values)
                velocidad media - average speed
          5. adj. average (of or related to a representative example of a group)
                el español medio - the average Spaniard... your typical Spaniard...
          6. adj. (art) tasteful, bourgeois (well decorated or executed but not sublime)
          7. adj. (linguistics) mid (of or related to the position of vowel articulation between open and closed)
          8. adj. (grammar) middle, mediopassive (of or related to grammatical voices neither active nor passive)
          9. adj. (Chile, slang) impressive (extremely large or good)
                ¡Media bolsa! - Such a huge bag! What an awesome bag! Whatta bag!
          10. adv. half, incompletely (indicating an action interrupted or only partially done)
                medio vestido - half-dressed
          11. adv. half, kind of (particularly used to partially soften negative descriptions)
                Es medio idiota. - He’s a bit of an idiot... He’s kind of an idiot...
          12. n-m. half (one of two equal parts of any whole)
          13. n-m.          (math) half (any fraction with a denominator of 2)
          14. n-m.          (historical) medio, half-celemin (a traditional unit of dry measure equivalent to about 2.3 L)
          15. n-m.          (historical) medio (the usual container used to measure medios)
          16. n-m.          (historical, Guatemala, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela) medio, half-real (a former coin)
          17. n-m.          (historical, Dominican Republic) medio, half-peso (a former coin)
          18. n-m.          (historical, Ecuador) medio, half-sucre (a former coin)
          19. n-m.          (historical, Panama) medio, half-balboa (a former coin)
          20. n-m.          (historical, Bolivia) medio, half-boliviano (a former coin)
          21. n-m.          (historical, Mexico) medio, half-octavo (a former coin equal to frac, 1, 16) real
          22. n-m.          (slang) medio (following decimalization, the notional amount of frac, 6, 1, 4) centavos as half of the notional amount of a frac, 1, 8-peseta real and
          23. n-m. middle (the part of anything located halfway between its ends or extremes in time or along one dimension in space)
                Se despertó en medio de la noche. - She awoke in the middle of the night.
          24. n-m.          (sports) midfielder, halfback (a person forming part of the middle or central defensive or offensive line, especially in soccer)
          25. n-m.          spiritualism synonym of médium, t=medium (a person claiming to the ability to communicate with the dead)
          26. n-m.          (politics, business) cut (the payment demanded to permit or facilitate some action, especially as a bribe)
          27. n-m.          (philosophy) middle term (the general category that appears in both premises and disappears in the conclusion)
          28. n-m.          (math, usually in the plural) mean (the second and third terms of a proportion)
          29. n-m. (inexact) center, heart (the innermost part of anything with regard to all dimensions)
                Alemania está en medio de Europa. - Germany is in the middle of Europe.
                en medio de la nada - in the middle of nowhere
          30. n-m. (often in the plural) method, way, means (the actions or things by which some goal is achieved or intended to be achieved, something serving some purpose)
                El fin justifica los medios. - The end justifies the means.
                por todos los medios - by any means
                Se mejoraron los medios de transporte. - Means of transport were improved.
          31. n-m.          synonym of diligencia, t=diligence, hard work (as the generally effective means to achieve any goal)
          32. n-m.          (usually in the plural) medium (a means of communication, especially mass communication)
          33. n-m. (physics) medium (the physical space and substance through which some phenomenon occurs)
                La velocidad de la luz depende del medio. - The speed of light depends on the medium.
          34. n-m.          (art) medium (the physical substances with which art is made)
                        ¿Cuál es tu medio de pintura favorito? - What's your favorite painting medium?
          35. n-m.          environment (the circumstances that affect a person or animal's development)
          36. n-m.          society (the circumstances in which a person or group of people lives)
          37. n-m.          (usually in the plural) circle (a particular segment of society)
                        medios aristocráticos - aristocratic circles... the aristocracy...
          38. n-m.          habitat (the circumstances in which an animal or group of animals lives)
          39. v. first-person singular present indicative of mediar
empalman
     1. v. second-person plural present indicative of empalmar
     empalmar
          1. v. to splice, join, connect, continue
          2. v. to overlap
          3. v. (colloquial) to stay up, to stay up all night
          4. v. to get a boner, get a hard-on, have a hard-on, go hard, get hard
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)
caña
     1. n-f. cane (plant with simple stems, like bamboo or sugar cane)
     2. n-f. reed (any of various types of tall stiff perennial grass-like plants growing together in groups near water)
     3. n-f. slim, cylindrical type of glass, used to serve beer
     4. n-f. glass of beer
     5. n-f. (Chile, informal) hangover (illness caused by a previous bout of alcohol drinking)
     6. n-f. (anatomy) shank (part of the leg between the knee and the ankle)
con
     1. prep. with
     2. prep. on
           Yo cuento con ustedes. - I count on 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
pie
     1. n-m. foot (a part of the body)
     2. n-m. English or American foot (a unit of length equal to 30.48 cm)
     3. n-m. (historical, measure) pie, a Spanish foot (a former unit of length equivalent to about 27.9 cm)
     4. n-m. (poetry) foot (a part of a poetic line)
     5. n-m. (design, typography) footer (the bottom of a page or design)
     6. v. first-person singular preterite indicative of piar
     7. n-m. (Central America, South America) pie
     piar
          1. v. to chirp
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