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esta
     1. det. feminine singular of este
     2. pron. (demonstrative) Alternative spelling of ésta, , this one
     este
          1. det. this
          2. pron. Alternative spelling of éste
          3. interj. uh, well (space filler in a conversation)
          4. n-m. east
noche
     1. n-f. night (the period between sunset and sunrise)
           por la noche - at night
           durante la noche - at night / overnight / at night time
     2. n-f. evening (after sunset)
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.
las
     1. art. the
     2. pron. accusative of ellas and ustedes (when referring to more than one woman); them, you all (formal)
     3. pron. feminine plural pronoun
           las que no hablan - those (women) who do not speak
     4. n. plural of la
     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)
nueve
     1. num. nine
     2. n-m. the digit or figure 9
menos
     1. adv. less
     2. adv. (often with definite article) least
     3. det. less, fewer
     4. det. least, fewest
     5. prep. minus
           Dos menos uno son uno. - Two minus one is one.
     6. prep. except
     7. n-m. minus sign
cuarto
     1. adj. (ordinal) fourth
     2. n-m. fourth (in a series)
     3. n-m. fourth, quarter (one of four equal divisions of a whole)
     4. n-m.          quarter-hour (one of four equal divisions of an hour)
     5. n-m.          (historical) watch (one of the four approximately equal divisions of the night, especially for shifts of watchmen)
     6. n-m.          (military) watch (one of the four equal divisions of soldiers, guards, police, &c. for routine patrols)
     7. n-m.          English or American quart (a unit of liquid measure equal to (frac, 1, 4) galón, equivalent to about 0.95 L)
     8. n-m.          (historical) cuarto, quarter-sack (a traditional unit of dry measure equal to frac, 1, 4) saco, equivalent to about 27.8 L
     9. n-m.          quarter (one of the four main divisions of the body of quadrapeds and birds)
     10. n-m.          (historical) quarter (one of the four main divisions of the body of criminals for public display)
     11. n-m.          (sewing) quarter (one of four main pieces of cloth used to tailor a garment)
     12. n-m.          (astronomy) quarter (one of the four main phases of a heavenly body as it waxes and wanes in the sky)
                   cuarto creciente - first quarter
                   cuarto menguante - last quarter
     13. n-m.          (genealogy) line, lineage (any of the four main lines of ancestry through one's various grandparents)
     14. n-m. quarters (various structures used for dwelling)
     15. n-m.          synonym of sala, t=room
     16. n-m.          synonym of habitación, t=bedroom
     17. n-m.          synonym of piso, t=apartment
     18. n-m. watch, shift (the time that a soldier, guard, police, etc. spends on patrol)
     19. n-m. lot (a piece of real estate, especially one of the divisions of a large piece of land being put to sale)
     20. n-m. service (particularly to a king or queen)
           cuarto militar de su majestad Bob VII. - military service to His Majesty Bob VII
     21. n-m. (chiefly in the plural) well-proportioned limbs (especially in discussion of art and horses)
     22. n-m. (historical) cuarto (a former copper Spanish coin)
     23. n-m. Andalusian, Dominican Republic, slang, in the plural synonym of dinero, t=money
     24. n-m. slang, in the plural synonym of dinero, t=a fortune
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)
valla
     1. n-f. fence
     2. n-f. barricade
     3. n-f. obstacle
     4. n-f. hurdle
     5. v. third-person singular present indicative of vallar
     vallar
          1. v. to fence in, enclose
     val
          1. n-m. apocopic form of valle: valley
          2. v. apocopic form of vale: is worth
                mi casa y mi hogar cien doblas val. (val rhymes with hogar, assonant rhyme) - there's no place like home.
     valer
          1. v. to be worth
                ¿Cuánto vale? - How much is it worth?
          2. v. to be useful or valid
          3. v. to be well, healthy
          4. v. to be strong
          5. v. (+ de) to make use of
                Se valió de la confusión para robarse una televisión. - He made use of the confusion and stole a TV.
                valerse de su posición privilegiada - to make use of one's privileged position
          6. v. to take care of oneself, to manage (on one's own)
                Ya después de su caída, mi abuelo no pudo valerse por sí mismo. - After his fall, my grandfather could no longer take care of himself.
                Aunque sea viejo, ¡todavía me valgo! - Though I may be old, I can still manage on my own!
     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)
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