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dicho
     1. adj. mentioned, said, aforementioned
     2. det. said
     3. n-m. saying, expression
     4. n-m. remark
     5. n-m. proverb
     6. n-m. marriage vow
     7. Participle. past participle of decir
     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
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
costumbres
     1. n. plural of costumbre
     costumbre
          1. n-f. habit
          2. n-f. custom, tradition
O
     1. Letter. the 16th letter of the Spanish alphabet
     2. n. abbreviation of oeste; west
     3. conj. or
           ¿Quieres un café o algo más? - Do you want a coffee or something else?
     4. conj. either … or
           (ant-lite, ni, alt1=ni … ni)
ideas
     1. n. plural of idea
     2. v. informal second-person singular present indicative of idear
     idear
          1. v. to devise, to come up with
     idea
          1. n-f. idea
          2. v. third-person singular present indicative of idear
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
no
     1. adv. no
     2. adv. not
     3. interj. eh? (used as a tag question, to emphasise what goes before or to request that the listener express an opinion about what has been said)
     4. n-m. no
     5. n-m. abbreviation of número; no.
corresponden
     1. v. second-person plural present indicative of corresponder
     corresponder
          1. v. to correspond to (be similar in character, quantity, quality, origin, structure, function etc.)
                Desde punto de vista gramatical, varios usos del infinitivo español corresponden con frecuencia a casos en que se emplearía el gerundio en inglés. - From a grammatical perspective, several uses
          2. v. to respond to
          3. v. to love to one's back, return someone's love
          4. v. to reciprocate (to love somebody in response)
          5. v. to behoove, to be suitable
          6. v. to reward
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.
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)
a la
     1. prep. a la; in the style or manner of
época
     1. n-f. epoch, era, age, time, day
     2. n-f. season, time
     3. n-f. period (of time), time period
     4. n-f. (geology) epoch
actual
     1. adj. present, current
     2. adj. factual
     3. adj. (philosophy) actual, real
     4. adj. present-day
           San Pablo nació en Tarso de Cilicia en la actual Turquía. - Saint Paul was born in Tarsus of Cilicia in present-day Turkey.
     5. n-m. (preceded by del) of the current month, year, etc.
           El día veinte del actual. - The twentieth of this month.
sino
     1. n-m. destiny, fate, lot
     2. conj. but (after a negative clause) (i.e., "but rather", "but only", or "but rather only")
           No es cantante, sino actor. - He is not a singer, but an actor.
     3. conj. except, apart from
     4. conj. only, solely
           No eres sino un alumno. - You are solely a student.
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.
épocas
     1. n. plural of época
     época
          1. n-f. epoch, era, age, time, day
          2. n-f. season, time
          3. n-f. period (of time), time period
          4. n-f. (geology) epoch
pretéritas
     1. adj. feminine plural of pretérito
     pretérito
          1. adj. past; former
          2. adj. (grammar, relational) of the preterite verb tense
          3. n-m. (grammar) the preterite tense
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