Lexis Rex Home



Spanish Sentence Analyser

Use this page to analyse and learn Spanish text. You can copy text into the box below or get a random sentence from our database. Press the Analyse button to get translations of the text and words.




ni
     1. conj. (coordinating) neither... nor
           No tengo ni dinero ni tiempo. - I have neither money nor time.
     2. conj.          (with three or more referents) none of...
                   Ni Juan, ni Pedro, ni Felipe te darán la razón. - None of John, Peter, or Phillip will give you the reason.
     3. conj. nor, or
           No descansa de día ni de noche. - He doesn't rest during the day nor during the night.
     4. adv. not even
           No descansaba ni por un minuto - I didn't rest even for a minute.
           Ni yo sé qué significa esta palabra. - Not even I know what this word means.
     5. n-f. nu; the Greek letter Ν, ν
nuestros
     1. det. masculine plural of nuestro
     2. pron. plural of nuestro: ours
     nuestro
          1. pron. ours
          2. det. our, ours, to us
          3. det. (royal) our, ours, to us (as the royal we)
soldados
     1. n. plural of soldado
     2. Participle. masculine plural of soldado
     soldad
          1. v. informal second-person plural affirmative imperative of soldar
     soldar
          1. v. to weld
          2. v. to solder, to braze
     os
          1. pron. you, to you, for you; dative and accusative of vosotros
ni
     1. conj. (coordinating) neither... nor
           No tengo ni dinero ni tiempo. - I have neither money nor time.
     2. conj.          (with three or more referents) none of...
                   Ni Juan, ni Pedro, ni Felipe te darán la razón. - None of John, Peter, or Phillip will give you the reason.
     3. conj. nor, or
           No descansa de día ni de noche. - He doesn't rest during the day nor during the night.
     4. adv. not even
           No descansaba ni por un minuto - I didn't rest even for a minute.
           Ni yo sé qué significa esta palabra. - Not even I know what this word means.
     5. n-f. nu; the Greek letter Ν, ν
nuestro
     1. pron. ours
     2. det. our, ours, to us
     3. det. (royal) our, ours, to us (as the royal we)
territorio
     1. n-m. territory
deben
     1. v. second-person plural present indicative of deber
     deber
          1. v. to owe
                Debo mucho dinero. (I owe a lot of money.)
          2. v. (auxiliary) must, to need to, to have to (rarely used in the conditional with this meaning)
                Debo estudiar. (I must study.)
                Eso debe haber sido muy difícil. - That must have been really hard.
          3. v. (auxiliary) should, to ought to, to be supposed to, to be to
                Debería haber un plan en marcha. - There should be a plan in place.
                La gente no debería mensajear y conducir. - People aren't supposed to text and drive.
                Deberías disculparte. - You ought to apologize.
                Usted debe despertarse antes del amanecer. - You are to be up before sunrise.
                Los niños deberían dormir un poco. - The children should get some sleep.
          4. v. (auxiliary) should have (in the preterite; having haber follow "deber" is optional and not required)
                Debiste esperarme. - You should have waited for me.
                Debiste haberme esperado. - You should have waited for me.
          5. v. (auxiliary) shall (future tense usually)
          6. v. to be due to, to be attributable to, to be the result of, to be caused by
          7. v. (with de and infinitive) probably or most likely do or happen something (add a degree of insecurity to the verb)
                Debes de viajar por avión, China está muy lejos. (You should probably travel by plane, China is very far away.)
          8. n-m. obligation, duty
          9. n-m. debt
          10. n-m. should, ought (modal noun)
          11. n-m. (usually in the plural) homework
contribuir
     1. v. to contribute
al
     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.
     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
esfuerzo
     1. n-m. effort, endeavor
     2. v. first-person singular present indicative of esforzar
     esforzar
          1. v. to encourage
          2. v. to strain, struggle
          3. v. to strive
          4. v. to attempt
bélico
     1. adj. military, war, warlike (relating to war)
Dictionary entries from Wiktionary