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era
     1. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of ser
     2. n-f. era, age
           la Nueva Era - New Age
     3. n-f. (geology) era
     4. n-f. threshing floor
     5. n-f. tipple
     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
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.
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
realidad
     1. n-f. reality
     2. n-f. commodity
en realidad
     1. adv. actually; in reality
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.
le
     1. pron. to him, for him; dative of él
           Mi mamá va a escribirle una carta. - My mom is going to write him a letter.
     2. pron. to her, for her; dative of ella
           Le dio un beso a Ana. - He gave Ana a kiss.
     3. pron. to it, for it; dative of ello
           ¡Ponle esfuerzo! - Put some effort into it!
     4. pron. to you, for you (formal); dative of usted
           ¿A usted le gustan los caballos? - Do you like horses?
     5. pron. gender-neutral;neologism to them, for them (singular); dative of elle
           Le diré que te llame. - I will tell them to call you.
funcionaba
     1. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of funcionar
     funcionar
          1. v. to work, to function
ningún
     1. det. (before the noun) apocopic form of ninguno t=not any
indicador
     1. adj. indicating, signaling
     2. n-m. indicator
     3. n-m. (automotive) indicator, trafficator
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
cuadro
     1. n-m. square (regular quadrilateral)
     2. n-m. picture, painting
     3. n-m. infield
     4. n-m. squad
     5. v. first-person singular present indicative of cuadrar
     cuadrar
          1. v. to conform
          2. v. to square
          3. v. to please
          4. v. to fit
          5. v. to add up, make sense
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