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levantaron
1. v. second-person plural preterit indicative of levantar
levantar
1. v. to lift
Nadie podía levantar un coche. - Nobody could lift a car.
2. v. to raise, put up
Levanta la mano. - Raise your hand.
¿Puedes levantar una sola ceja? - Can you raise a single eyebrow?
3. v. to put up; build up (buildings)
4. v. to increase; turn up (volume, power etc.)
5. v. to adjourn; close; end (a meeting)
Se levanta la sesión. - The session is adjourned.
El presidente levantó la reunión. - The president adjourned the meeting.
6. v. (hunting) to flush out
7. v. to draw up (plans)
8. v. to take, make (a census)
9. v. to remove; get rid of (a prohibition)
10. v. to nick, rob (steal)
11. v. to take down (a tent)
12. v. to give rise to
13. v. to set up, found (a business)
14. v. to bring back, make successful again (a business)
15. v. to take home, earn (money)
16. v. (card games) to pick (a card)
17. v. (card games) to beat (a hand)
18. v. to get up, to get out of bed
19. v. to ride; mount (have sex with)
20. v. to levitate
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
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)
alrededor
1. n-m. (also in the plural) surroundings
2. adv. around (from place to place)
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
alrededor de
1. prep. around (at various places in)
alrededor del mundo - around the world
2. adv. around, approximately
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)
de la
1. art. of the
granja
1. n-f. farm, grange

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