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mientras
     1. adv. meanwhile
     2. conj. (with the indicative) while, whilst, as (at the same time as)
           Quédate aquí con los chicos mientras hablo con la gerente. - Stay here with the kids while I talk with the manager.
     3. conj. (with the subjunctive) as long as, so long as (expressing a condition)
           Mientras llueva, me quedaré en casa. - As long as it rains, I'll stay at home.
     4. conj. (with the indicative) while, whereas (indicating difference)
     5. conj. (with comparatives) however much; however many; (constructing parallel comparatives) “the..., the...”
           Mientras más lo hago, más me gusta. - The more I do it, the more I like it.
tanto
     1. det. so much, as much, that much
     2. det. (in the plural) so many, as many, that many
     3. adv. so much, long, hard, often, etc.
           Te amo tanto. - I love you so much.
           De tanto hacerlo, se me irrita. - It gets irritated because I do it so much/so often.
     4. adv. (un tanto) somewhat, to a certain extent
           La Teoría de la Relatividad era aún considerada un tanto controvertida. - The Theory of Relativity was still considered somewhat controversial.
     5. n-m. copy
     6. n-m. poker chip, counter
     7. n-m. point, goal (in a game)
     8. n-m. (Latin America) portion
     9. pron. so much, so many
mientras tanto
     1. adv. in the meantime, meanwhile
           Mientras tanto, los trabajadores instalaron barricadas. - Meanwhile, the workers installed barricades.
corte
     1. n-m. cut (the act of cutting)
     2. n-m. cut (the result of cutting)
     3. n-m. cut (an opening resulting from cutting; an incision or wound)
     4. n-m. haircut
     5. n-m. (colloquial) embarrassment
           Me da corte hacerlo. - I'm embarrassed to do it.
     6. n-m. style or type
           Hay varios cortes de mediocampista. Necesitamos un mediocampista de corte defensivo, un jugador con un corte parecido al del ghanés Thomas Partey. - There are many types of midfielder. We need
     7. n-m. cross section
     8. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of cortar
     9. n-f. court (the hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered)
     cortar
          1. v. to cut
          2. v. to cut off, cut out, cut through, cut down, cut up, to nip
          3. v. to chop, chop up, chop off
          4. v. to slice, to slit
          5. v. to mow
          6. v. to slash, to hack
          7. v. to carve, to engrave
          8. v. to hang up, to terminate a telephone call
          9. v. (Chile, informal) to stop an action
                ¡Córtala!, déjame tranquilo. (Stop it! leave me alone.)
          10. v. (Chile) to shut off
                Corta el agua, por favor. (Shut the water off please.)
          11. v. to finish a relationship
                Deberías cortar con él. (You should break up with him.)
          12. v. to haircut
          13. v. to cut, to cut off, to slit (oneself or a part of the body)
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
pan
     1. n-m. bread
           Para mi desayuno, tomo pan y leche. - For my breakfast, I have bread and milk.
     2. n-m. bun (e.g. the kinds used for a hamburger or hot dog)
     3. n-m. (figurative) money, dough
     4. n-m. (figurative) work, job
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
cubos
     1. n. plural of cubo
     cubo
          1. n-m. (geometry) cube (a regular polyhedron having six identical square faces)
          2. n-m. (mathematics) cube (the third power of a number, value, term or expression)
                El cubo de 2 es 8. - The cube of 2 is 8.
          3. n-m. (Spain, Cuba) bucket, pail (a container made of rigid material, often with a handle, used to carry liquids or small items)
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.
fríalos
     fría
          1. n-f. (Latin America) (cold) beer
          2. adj. feminine singular of frío
     freír
          1. v. to fry
     los
          1. art. the
                ¿Qué hacen los muchachos? - What do the boys do?
          2. pron. accusative of ellos and ustedes (when referring to more than one man); them, you all (formal)
          3. pron. plural masculine or neuter pronoun
                los que no hablan - those who do not speak
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
aceite
     1. n-m. oil
     2. n-m. olive oil
     3. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of aceitar
     aceitar
          1. v. to oil
          2. v. (Latin America, transitive) to bribe
hirviendo
     1. v. gerund of hervir
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