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convencer
1. v. to convince
2. v. to persuade
no te conviene ir - you don't want to go there
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.
mi
1. det. (before the noun) apocopic form of mío, my
2. n-f. mu; the Greek letter Μ, μ
Padre
1. pron. Father (a title for a Latin Catholic priest and also God the Father)
2. n-m. (family) father
3. n-m. (Christianity) father
4. adj. (Mexico, slang) cool, acceptable, easy
primero
1. n-m. former (in contrast to the latter), first, first one
2. n-m. one of the five bids in the card game of Primero, consisting of a combination of four cards in the hand
3. adj. (ordinal) first, first up
4. adj. top (head)
Mi sobrino se graduó como el primero de su clase. - My nephew graduated at the top of his class.
5. adj. chief, fundamental
6. adj. prime, initial, front
Sería un lugar primero para el establecimiento humano. - It would be a prime place for human settlement.
Mira la primera plana. - Check out the front page.
7. adv. first, first of all, firstly
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)
Yo soy de los Estados Unidos. - I am from the United States.
Errar es humano. - To err is human.
2. v. to be (in the passive voice sense)
La guitarra fue tocada. - The guitar was played.
3. v. to exist; to occur
La fiesta será mañana. - The party will be tomorrow.
4. n-m. a being, organism
5. n-m. nature, essence
6. n-m. value, worth
e
1. conj. and
Yo hablo francés e inglés. - I speak French and English.
vender
1. v. to sell
2. v. to sell for (a sum), to fetch
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)
piel
1. n-f. skin
2. n-f. fur
del
1. contraction. of the, from the (+ a masculine noun in singular).
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
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
oso
1. n-m. bear (in general)
2. n-m. boar, male bear
3. n-m. (slang) bear (large hairy man, especially homosexual)
Tengo un amigo delgado al que le gustan solo los osos barrigudos y velludos. - I have a skinny friend who only likes paunchy and hairy bears.
4. v. first-person singular present indicative of osar
osar
1. v. to dare
antes
1. adv. earlier, before, sooner, previously, formerly, beforehand (at an earlier time)
poco antes - shortly before
Nos conocimos antes, ¿te acuerdas? - We met before, remember?
La embajadora llegó antes de lo esperado. - The ambassador arrived sooner than expected
2. adv. soon (in certain phrases)
Quería que lo supieras cuanto antes. - I wanted to let you know as soon as possible.
Ven a mi casa lo antes posible. - Come over to my place as soon as possible.
3. adv. ahead (temporally), ahead of (qual, when followed by de)
Bueno, si solo hubieras llamado antes como te dije, ni siquiera estaríamos en esta situación. - Well, if you had just called ahead like I told you to, we wouldn't even be in this situation.
4. adv. once, formerly (in the past)
Antes todos tenían buscapersonas. - Everyone used to have pagers.
5. adv. first (before a condition is fulfilled)
6. adv. rather, sooner (used to specify a preference)
Antes morir que perder. - I'd rather die than lose.
7. prep. before (earlier than) (qual, triggers the subjunctive in subordinate clauses)
antes de 1910 - before 1910
antes de que pudiera responder - before I could reply
Antes de ver el documental, no sabíamos nada del tema. - Before watching the documentary, we didn't know anything about the issue.
8. n. plural of ante
ante
1. prep. in front of, before
Tengo que comparecer ante el juez. - I have to appear before the judge.
2. prep. against, compared to
3. n-m. elk
4. n-m. suede
5. n-m. (Mexico) tapir (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip)
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
cazarlo

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