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excavación
     1. n-f. excavation
reducida
     1. adj. feminine singular of reducido
     2. Participle. feminine singular of reducido
     reducir
          1. v. to reduce, to lower, to cut, to scale back
          2. v. to narrow, to narrow down (e.g. suspects, a search, a gap, choices)
          3. v. to whittle
          4. v. to curtail (restrict)
     reducido
          1. adj. reduced
          2. Participle. past participle of reducir
Y
     1. Letter. the 26th letter of the Spanish alphabet
     2. conj. and
     3. conj. (in names of number) and
           setenta y seis - seventy-six
     4. conj. (in arithmetic) plus, and
           uno y uno son dos - one plus one is two
     5. conj. (informal) well
           ¡Y por supuesto! - Well, of course!
     6. conj. (informal) what about, how about, where is/are the
           Pero, ¿y el concierto? ¿Ya no vamos? - But what about the concert? Are we not going anymore?
           ¿Y la niña? ¿Está a salvo? - How about the girl? Is she safe?
           ¿Y los archivos? Debo echarles un vistazo. - Where are the files? I should take a look at them.
abierta
     1. adj. feminine singular of abierto
     2. Participle. feminine singular of abierto
     abierto
          1. adj. open, unlocked (not closed, accessible)
                La puerta está abierta. - The door is open.
          2. adj. open (actively conducting business)
                A ver si el banco está abierto todavía. - Let's see if the bank is still open.
          3. adj. open, open-minded (receptive)
                Un buen profesor estará abierto a las sugerencias de sus alumnos. - A good professor will be open to their students' suggestions.
          4. adj. open, overt, outspoken, candid (not subtle in character)
          5. adj. open-ended (i.e. unrestricted)
                Estas negociaciones son un proceso abierto cuyo resultado no puede garantizarse de antemano - These negotiations are an open-ended process, the outcome of which cannot be guaranteed beforehand.
          6. adj. (phonetics) open (uttered with a wide opening of articulators)
          7. n-m. (sports) open (event in which anyone can compete)
          8. Participle. past participle of abrir
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
cielo
     1. n-m. sky
     2. n-m. heaven
     cie
          1. v. first-person singular preterite indicative of ciar
     ciar
          1. v. to back water
     lo
          1. pron. accusative of él, ello, and usted (when referring to a man); him, it, you (formal)
                lo veo - I see it
          2. pron. impersonal neuter pronoun (clitic form of ello); it, that
                lo es - That’s it
          3. art. neuter definite article used to make abstract nouns from adjectives; the
                lo pobre - the poorness / what is poor / the poor thing
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
labor
     1. n-f. labor
     2. n-f. job, task, chore
     3. n-f. work, effort
     4. n-f. needlework, embroidery
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
mina
     1. n-f. mine (excavation from which ore is taken)
     2. n-f. mine (device intended to explode when stepped on)
     3. n-f. lead (of a pencil)
     4. n-f. (Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, colloquial) woman
     5. n-f. (Argentina, slang) prostitute
     6. v. third-person singular present indicative of minar
     minar
          1. v. to sap, mine, dig tunnels under
          2. v. to mine, lay military land or marine mines
          3. v. (figuratively) to undermine, destroy (health, confidence, etc.)
          4. v. to wear away, erode
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