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nunca
1. adv. never
Nunca he probado la langosta. (I've never tasted lobster.)
2. adv. ever
Estamos mejor que nunca. (We're better than ever.)
le
1. pron. to him, for him; dative of él
Mi mamá va a escribirle una carta. - My mom is going to write him a letter.
2. pron. to her, for her; dative of ella
Le dio un beso a Ana. - He gave Ana a kiss.
3. pron. to it, for it; dative of ello
¡Ponle esfuerzo! - Put some effort into it!
4. pron. to you, for you (formal); dative of usted
¿A usted le gustan los caballos? - Do you like horses?
5. pron. gender-neutral;neologism to them, for them (singular); dative of elle
Le diré que te llame. - I will tell them to call you.
doy
1. v. first-person singular present indicative of dar
dar
1. v. to give, to give out
2. v. to hand over
3. v. to hit
Me han dado en la cabeza. - They hit me on my head.
4. v. to emit
5. v. to produce
6. v. to perform
7. v. to consider
Doy eso por menos que yo. - I consider that beneath me.
Yo lo doy por muerto. - I consider him dead.
8. v. (indtr, con) to encounter; to find with effort
Dimos con María. - We encountered Maria.
Dimos con el edificio después de tres horas. - We finally found the building after three hours.
9. v. to hit upon
10. v. (indtr, a, .colloquial, intr=1) to press, activate
darle al botón - to press the button
11. v. to ruin; mess up
Me dio la noche - It ruined the night for me
12. v. to occur
13. v. to grow naturally
El maíz se da en esta tierra. - Corn grows on this land.
14. v. to hit
El coche se dio con/contra un árbol. - The car hit a tree.
15. v. to assume
darse por vencido - to assume to be defeated
darse por muerto - to assume to be dead
16. v. to pretend to be, to present oneself as though one were
Se las da de enfermero pero nunca ha estudiado. - He pretends to be a nurse, but he's never studied.
17. v. to surrender
¿Te das? — Me doy. - Do you surrender? — I surrender.
18. v. to fuck (used with third person direct objects only)
Vos solo te la das. - You just fuck her.
Me quiero dar a José. - I want to fuck José.
19. v. to find someone sexually attractive (mostly to have a sexual encounter with)
Le re doy.
20. v. to announce, predict
Dan lluvia. - They announced rain.
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
comer
1. v. to eat
¿Cómo como? ¿Cómo cómo como? ¡Como como como! (classroom example of written accent) - How do I eat? What do you mean, how do I eat? I eat like I eat!
2. v. (colloquial) to eat away, corrode
3. v. to capture a piece
4. v. (double entendre, Mexico) to have sexual intercourse (because of similarity to coger)
5. n-m. eating, food
quitárselo uno de su comer - to deprive oneself of something for the benefit of others
el comer fuera es muy común - eating out is very common
...necesario para el alma como el comer para el cuerpo - ...necessary for the soul like food for the body
carne
1. n-f. flesh, the soft part of a body which covers the bones
2. n-f. an animal’s meat, or by extension the edible “fleshy” or soft part of a fruit or vegetable
cruda
1. n-f. (Mexico) hangover (illness caused by a previous bout of heavy drinking)
2. adj. feminine singular of crudo
crudo
1. adj. raw (uncooked)
2. adj. undercooked, rare, underdone
3. adj. crude (being in a natural state)
4. adj. harsh, brutal, blunt
5. n-m. crude oil
6. n-m. dish made of raw meat or fish
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.
mi
1. det. (before the noun) apocopic form of mío, my
2. n-f. mu; the Greek letter Μ, μ
perro
1. n-m. dog (animal)
2. n-m. (Chile) clothes peg, clothespin
3. n-m. (pejorative) asshole (despicable person)
4. adj. doggy, doggish
5. adj. awful
6. adj. wicked, mean

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