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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
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
canción
     1. n-f. song
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)
un
     1. art. a
     2. num. (before the noun) apocopic form of uno one
programa
     1. n-m. programme, program
     2. n-m. show, programme
     3. n-m. (computing) program
     4. v. third-person singular present indicative of programar
     programar
          1. v. to program
          2. v. to schedule
televisivo
     1. adj. (relational) TV, television
     2. adj. televisable, televisual
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
contiene
     1. v. third-person singular present indicative of contener
     contener
          1. v. to contain
          2. v. to hold
                contener el aliento - hold one's breath
          3. v. to restrain, check
          4. v. to control
ciertos
     1. adj. masculine plural of cierto
     2. det. masculine plural of cierto
     cierto
          1. adj. (of a person) true
          2. adj. (of a claim) true
                Cierto o falso: la mayoría de los Españoles son hispanohablantes. - True or false: the majority of Spanish people are Spanish speakers.
                Es cierto que ambos tienen razón. - It's true that both of them are right.
          3. det. a certain, a specific
                Tiene cierta complejidad que no puedo explicar. - It has a certain complexity that I can't explain.
elementos
     1. n. plural of elemento
     elemento
          1. n-m. element (part of which something consists)
          2. n-m. (philosophy) element (one of four building block of matter)
          3. n-m. element (group of people with a common characteristic)
          4. n-m. individual (person considered alone)
          5. n-m. element (component in electrical equiment)
          6. n-m. (chemistry) element (one of the simplest chemical substances)
          7. n-m. (in the plural) element (atmospheric forces)
          8. n-m. element (place or state that something is best suited for)
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
suelen
     1. v. third-person plural present indicative of soler
     soler
          1. v. (auxiliary) to be accustomed to doing something, to do something on a regular basis, to do something usually or often
                suele llegar tarde - he usually arrives late
          2. v. (auxiliary) to tend to
                Por lo general no dice nada que merezca la pena oír, así que suelo simplemente ignorarlo. - He generally doesn't say anything worth hearing, so I usually just ignore him.
          3. v. (imperfect) used to
                Aquí solía estar la tele. - This is where the television used to be.
causar
     1. v. to cause, to make
     2. v. to wreak, to bring, to provoke
     3. v. to inflict
tristeza
     1. n-f. sadness, gloom, sorrow, gloominess, unhappiness, misery
     2. n-f. tristeza (plant disease)
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)
melancolía
     1. n-f. melancholy
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
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
público
     1. adj. public
     2. n-m. public
     3. n-m. audience
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