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decir
     1. v. to say, to tell
           Es un mentiroso. Nunca dice la verdad. - He's a liar. He never tells the truth.
           ¿Qué te dijeron? - What did they tell you?
     2. v. to suggest
     3. v. to show; to demonstrate
     4. v. to call; to name
     5. v. to be said, to say (qual, when a specific subject is not identified)
           ¿Cómo se dice __ en inglés? - How do you say __ in English?
     6. v. to declare
     7. n-m. saying
     8. n-m. idle talk
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
nombre
     1. n-m. name
           (hyponyms, apellido)
           ¿Cuál es tu nombre? - What is your name?
           Mi nombre es Carlos. - My name is Carlos.
     2. n-m. (grammar) noun
     3. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of nombrar
     nombrar
          1. v. to name
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
varios
     1. adj. masculine plural of vario
     2. adj. various, several
muebles
     1. n. furniture
     2. n. plural of mueble
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