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músculo
     1. n-m. muscle tissue
     2. n-m. muscle (organ)
           lastimarse un músculo - to pull a muscle
mayor
     1. adj. comparative of grande: bigger
     2. adj. comparative of viejo: older; elder
           mi novio es mayor que yo - my boyfriend is older than me
           tengo una hermana mayor - I've got an elder sister
     3. adj. (of a person) comparative of viejo: old; at an advanced age
     4. adj. of age; adult; grown-up
           Cuando (yo) sea mayor voy a ser médico - When I'm grown-up, I want to be a doctor.
     5. adj. major; main
           una preocupación mayor - a major concern
           la plaza mayor - the main square
     6. adj. head; boss
     7. adj. (music) major
     8. adj. as a superlative, el/la/lo mayor superlative of grande: the biggest
     9. adj. as a superlative superlative of viejo: the oldest
     10. adj. enhanced
     11. n-m. (military) major (military rank)
     12. n-m. boss; head
     13. n-m. (literary, in plural) ancestors
     14. n-m. old person
     15. n-f. (nautical) mainsail
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
brazo
     1. n-m. (anatomy) arm
     2. n-m. branch, limb (of a tree)
entre
     1. prep. between
           Entre tú y yo... - Between you and me...
     2. prep. among, amongst, from
           Los estudiantes pueden elegir entre una amplia gama de clases. - Students may choose from a wide range of classes.
     3. prep. divided by
           Diez entre cinco son dos. - Ten divided by five is two.
     4. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of entrar
     entrar
          1. v. to enter
          2. v. to come in, to get in, to go in, to get inside, to come on in
          3. v. to break in
          4. v. to join, to enter, to start
          5. v. to access, to log in
          6. v. to fit
          7. v. to step in
          8. v. to input, to enter (data, information)
          9. v. to enter in, to enter into, to get into, to come into, to walk into, to step into, to slip into (entrar + en)
          10. v. to break into (entrar + en)
          11. v. to fit in, to fall in, to fall within (entrar + en)
          12. v. (colloquial transitive) to make a move (on someone)
          13. v. (soccer, sports) tackle (to attempt to take away a ball)
codo
     1. n-m. elbow
     2. n-m. cubit (an informal unit of length based on the distance of a forearm and hand)
     3. n-m. (historical) codo, Spanish cubit (a traditional unit of length equivalent to about 41.6 cm)
     4. adj. (colloquial Central America Mexico Panama) selfish, avaricious, stingy
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.
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
hombro
     1. n-m. (anatomy) shoulder
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