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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
repente
     1. n-m. attack, upsurge
     2. n-m. fit, sudden movement
de repente
     1. adv. suddenly, abruptly, (instantly) in a heartbeat
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)
puerta
     1. n-f. door (portal of entry into a building)
     2. n-f. gate (doorlike structure outside a house)
     3. n-f. gate (passageway in an airport)
     4. n-f. doorway, doorstep, gateway
     5. n-f. (sports) goal (area into which players attempt to put an object)
se
     1. pron. (third person (also used for usted and ustedes) reflexive direct or indirect object) oneself, himself, herself, itself, yourself; each other; one another
           Juan se lava. - Juan washes himself.
           Juan se lava la cara. - Juan to himself washes the face.
           Juan y María se aman. - Juan and María love each other.
     2. pron. (used to convey the meaning of the English passive voice in the third person and with) usted and ustedes
           ¿Cómo se llama? - How do you call yourself?
           Se dice que... - It says itself that...
           Aquí se habla español - One speaks Spanish here, Spanish speaks itself here.
     3. pron. (used instead of indirect object pronouns) le and les (before the direct object pronouns lo, la, los, or las)
           El samaritano se las dio. - The Samaritan gave them to him.
     4. v. misspelling of sé
abrió
     1. v. third-person singular preterit indicative of abrir
     abrir
          1. v. to open, open up
                Por favor abre la ventana, Jorge. - Please open the window, George.
          2. v. to unlock
                Abro la cerradura. - I unlock the lock.
          3. v. to turn on
                Abrió la llave. - He turned on the faucet.
          4. v. to start, open, open up, set up (a business, restaurant, etc.)
          5. v. to crack, crack open, to pop (e.g., a safe, a bottle, a coconut)
          6. v. to break, break open, (new ground, a game, etc.); to break out (gloss, e.g., champagne); to breach
          7. v. to spread (one's legs, arms, fingers)
          8. v. to answer (the door)
          9. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to open up (to become communicative)
                Lo único que le hizo abrirse a ella fue un beso. - The only thing that made him open up to her was a kiss.
          10. v. to leave, go away
          11. v. (Latin America, reflexive) to withdraw, back out of
          12. n-m. the act of opening
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.
un
     1. art. a
     2. num. (before the noun) apocopic form of uno one
hombre
     1. n-m. man, (adult male human)
           Sé (un) hombre! - Man up!
     2. n-m. man, (all humans collectively); mankind, humankind
     3. n-m. (anthropology, archaeology, paleontology) man, (individual of the species Homo sapiens, the genus Homo, or the subtribe Hominina)
     4. n-m. (colloquial) husband
     5. n-m. (gay slang) top
     6. n-m. a 17th century card game also called ombre
     7. interj. man!
     8. interj. hey!
     9. interj. oh, come on!
entró
     1. v. third-person singular preterit indicative of entrar
     entrar
          1. v. to enter
          2. v. to come in, to get in, to go in, to get inside, to come on in
          3. v. to break in
          4. v. to join, to enter, to start
          5. v. to access, to log in
          6. v. to fit
          7. v. to step in
          8. v. to input, to enter (data, information)
          9. v. to enter in, to enter into, to get into, to come into, to walk into, to step into, to slip into (entrar + en)
          10. v. to break into (entrar + en)
          11. v. to fit in, to fall in, to fall within (entrar + en)
          12. v. (colloquial transitive) to make a move (on someone)
          13. v. (soccer, sports) tackle (to attempt to take away a ball)
en
     1. prep. in, at, on
           Estoy en casa. - I'm at home.
           Estoy sentado en la computadora. - I'm sitting at the computer.
           en esta página - on this page
           en la caja en la mesa - in the box on the table
     2. prep. in (a time)
           en la antigüedad - in antiquity
           en 1999 - in 1999
     3. prep. in (a language)
           No conozco esta palabra en francés. - I don't know this word in French.
           en todos los idiomas - in all languages
     4. prep. used after some verbs and translated by various prepositions in English
           Pienso en ti. - I'm thinking of you.
     5. prep. in (in various expressions)
           en el sentido - in the sense
           en nuestro afán - in our eagerness
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)
habitación
     1. n-f. room (separate part of a building)
     2. n-f. bedroom (room with a bed for sleeping)
     3. n-f. habitation (the act of inhabiting)
     4. n-f. habitat (place where an organism occurs)
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