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otro
     1. det. other, another
           Deme otro ejemplo. - Give me another example.
     2. interj. "Not again!" or "What, again?" (also Otra vez! or Otra vez?)
     3. pron. someone else; another person
     4. pron. something else; another one
evento
     1. n-m. event
que
     1. conj. that
           Él dice que está triste. - He says that he is sad.
     2. conj. than
           Llego más tarde que tú. - I am arriving later than you.
     3. conj. (indicating a reason); because, for
           ¡Ve más lento, que es resbaloso! - Slow down, (for) it is slippery!
     4. conj. (indicating desire or permission); may (used with the subjunctive)
           Que te vaya bien. - May it go well for you.
           Que Dios me perdone. - May God forgive me.
     5. pron. who; that
           la estrella que está en la película - the star who is in the movie
     6. pron. that; whom
           la mujer con la que yo hablé - the woman with whom I spoke
     7. pron. that; which
           la casa que yo quiero - the house that I want
     8. prep. than
     9. prep. like, as
     10. part. to
tenga
     1. v. formal second-person singular imperative of tener
     tener
          1. v. to have, possess
                Ella tiene seis hermanos. - She has six brothers.
                Tengo una pluma. - I have a pen.
          2. v. to have, possess, to be (a condition or quality)
                Usted tiene suerte. - You have luck.
                ¡Ten cuidado! - Have care!
                ¿Quién tiene razón? - Who has reason?
          3. v. to hold, grasp
                Ten esto. - Hold this.
          4. v. to contain, to hold (e.g. to "hold the power to", "hold the key", "hold a clue", "hold the truth", "have a hold on", "hold in store", "hold all the cards", "hold in high regard", etc.)
                Este tarro tiene las cenizas. - This jar contains the ashes.
                El estadio es enorme. Puede tener una capacidad de hasta cien mil espectadores. - The stadium is huge. It can hold up to one hundred thousand spectators.
                Solía pensar que ese libro tenía todas las respuestas. - I used to think that book held all the answers.
          5. v. to have, feel (internally)
                Él le tiene mucho cariño a ella. - He has much admiration for her.
                Tengo frío. - I feel cold.
                Tenemos hambre. - We have hunger.
          6. v. to make to feel
                Eso nos tiene tristes. - That makes us sad.
          7. v. to have (a measure or age)
                Tiene tres metros de ancho. - It has three metres of width.
                Tengo veinte años. - I have twenty years.
          8. v. (used with que) to have to
                Tengo que salir ahora. - I have to leave now.
          9. v. to get (e.g. to get a minute, to get an idea, to get a chance, to get a concussion/bruise/headache, to get in an accident, to get a place, to get a view of, to get a meeting, to get a vision, etc.)
                Ese cadete necesita tenerlo bajo control. - That cadet needs to get it under control.
          10. v. to keep, to bear (in certain phrases; e.g. to bear in mind, bear a resemblance, keep a journal/diary, keep around something or someone)
                Ten en cuenta que es más difícil de volver a subir al cañón que descenderlo. - Keep in mind that it's more difficult to go back up the canyon than to go down it.
                Pronto voy a comprobar sus billetes, así que ténganlos a manos. - I will soon be checking your tickets, so keep them handy.
                Ella tuvo diez hijos, todos partos naturales. - She bore ten children, all natural births.
          11. v. to make (in a few select phrases)
                Ahora todo tiene sentido. - Now everything makes sense.
          12. v. to be taken (usually has deber for an auxiliary verb when used)
          13. v. attention, Expressions that may need to be explained:
          14. v. tener en cuenta
          15. v. tener prisa
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
mismo
     1. adj. same; identical; one and the same; indicates that the two compared noun clauses both represent the one thing
     2. adj. similar; alike; practically identical; indicates that the two compared noun clauses have one or more matching qualities
     3. adj. (with a personal pronoun) self; myself; yourself; himself; herself; itself; ourselves; themselves; emphasises the identity or singularity of the modified noun phrase
           yo mismo - I myself
           No te hagas eso a ti mismo. - Don't do that to yourself.
     4. adj. (with a possessive pronoun) own; emphasizes the owner or the exclusivity of ownership in a noun phrase with a possessive pronoun
           gente de su misma clase - people of his own class
     5. adv. right, exactly, immediately
           ahora mismo - right now
           aquí mismo - right here
           ahí mismo - right there
comportamiento
     1. n-m. behavior
también
     1. adv. also, too, as well
           Y tu mamá también - And your mother, as well.
     2. adv. so
           también lo hace el / la… - so does the…
estaría
     1. v. third-person singular conditional of estar
     estar
          1. v. to be (have a temporary or permanent location in space)
                ¿Dónde estás? - Where are you?
                Estoy en casa. - I am at home.
          2. v. to be (denotes a copula, in a transient fashion)
                El tiempo estaba frío/caliente. - The weather was cold/hot back then.
                ¿Estás feliz? - Are you happy right now?
          3. v. to be (auxiliary verb for the progressive/continuous aspect, preceding the gerund of the verb)
                Ella está cantando. - She is singing.
          4. v. to be in a state (in a passive voice sense)
                Los vasos están rotos. - The vases are broken. (In passive voice with estar, unlike haber, its past participle agrees with number and gender of the subject)
                Llegaron y vieron que el hotel estaba abandonado. - They arrived and saw the hotel was abandoned.
          5. v. to be, stay (denotes a copula, in a transient fashion)
                Estense callados y quietos. - Stay quiet and not moving.
          6. v. to be to be done, to be (still) undone:
                Esto todavía está por hacer. - This is still to be done.
                Lo peor está por llegar. - The worst part is yet to come.
          7. v. to be in a long-term state (in specific idioms)
                estar muerto/a - to be dead
                estar casado/a - to be married (can also be ser casado)
                estar chico/a - to be short (colloquially)
bien
     1. adv. well (adverbial form of bueno)
           Toca bien el piano. - He plays the piano well.
     2. adv. well, fine, okay (state of being satisfied with the status quo)
           hasta aquí todo bien - so far so good
     3. adv. properly
     4. adv. willingly
     5. adv. very
     6. adv. as well
           Bien podrías acabar con ello temprano. - You might as well get it over with early.
     7. adj. (postpositive, colloquial) well-to-do; affluent; wealthy; upper-class
           Amanda y Carlos vienen de una familia bien. - Amanda and Carlos come from a well-to-do family.
     8. adj. (postpositive, colloquial) exclusive; upscale; high-class
           Las colonias bienes están en las afueras de la ciudad. - The upscale neighborhoods are in the city suburbs.
     9. n-m. good (as opposed to evil)
           Es por el bien de toda la comunidad. - It's for the good of the whole community.
     10. n-m. goodness
     11. n-m. good, better (substantive)
           para bien o para mal - for better or for worse
           He vuelto para bien esta vez. - I'm back for good this time.
     12. n-m. welfare, benefit
     13. n-m. (plural) goods, property, possessions, assets, wealth, estate
     14. n-m. (dated) darling
           Despierta, mi bien. - Wake up, my darling.
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