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sólo
     1. adv. superseded spelling of solo
     solo
          1. adj. sole, only, unique, single
          2. adj. lonely, lonesome
          3. adj. alone, by oneself
          4. adj. automatic; self-, by itself
                La máquina se lava sola. - The machine washes itself.; The machine is self-washing.
          5. adv. only, solely, just
                Solo quiero salir. - I just want to leave.
                No solo... sino también... - Not only... but also...
con
     1. prep. with
     2. prep. on
           Yo cuento con ustedes. - I count on you.
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.
la
     1. art. the
     2. pron. accusative of ella, ello (when the antecedent's implied gender is feminine), and usted (when referring to a woman); her, it, you (formal)
     3. pron. (impersonal neuter pronoun (accusative) in certain colloquial phrases): it, this
           La sabe toda. - He/she knows everything (it all)
           ¡Dónde la viste! - Where have you seen this!
           No te la creo. - I don't believe you.
     4. n-m. (music) la (sixth note of the scale)
     5. n-m. (music) A (the musical note or key)
Vuelta
     1. Proper noun. (cycling, by ellipsis) the Vuelta a España
     2. n-f. turn
     3. n-f. return
     4. n-f. walk
     5. n-f. tour, trip
     6. n-f. change (money given back when a customer hands over more than the exact price of an item)
           (synonyms, cambio)
     7. n-f. (sports) lap (one circuit around a race track, or one traversal down and then back the length of a pool)
     8. n-f. (sports) second leg, return leg (the second of the two matches or “legs” which are played between two teams in a two-legged tie)
     9. Participle. feminine singular of vuelto
     feminine singular volver
dar la vuelta
     1. v. to turn around
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.
esta
     1. det. feminine singular of este
     2. pron. (demonstrative) Alternative spelling of ésta, , this one
     este
          1. det. this
          2. pron. Alternative spelling of éste
          3. interj. uh, well (space filler in a conversation)
          4. n-m. east
colina
     1. n-f. (geography) hill
     2. n-f. (organic compound) choline
ya
     1. adv. now
           Púlsalo ya. - Press it now.
           Preparados, listos, ya. - Ready, set, go.
     2. adv. already, yet
           Ya lo hice. - I already did it.
     3. adv. in the near future; soon
     4. adv. immediately
     5. adv. anymore; no longer
     6. adv. (emphatic) (emphatic (similar to the use of English "so" or "oh" as an interjection))
           ¡Ya lo sé! - I do know!
     7. adv. (in negatives) only
           no ya... - not only...
     8. adv. (before pero) yes
           ya, pero... - yes, but...
     9. adv. (before que) since, now
           ya que... - now that...
     10. adv. OK
     11. conj. first (something) then (something else); first (something), now (something else)
           ¡Ya lluvia ya nieve! - First rain, now snow!
     12. conj. whether (something) or (something else)
           ya sol ya lluvia - whether sun or rain
     13. interj. come on!, let's go!
     14. interj. (colloquial) (used to acknowledge or dismiss the previous statement)
           —Sabes que quedamos con Antonio esta tarde. —Ya. - "You know we're hanging out with Antonio tonight." "I know.".
           —No podrás venir, que trabajas ese día. —Ya, pero cerramos temprano los viernes. - "You can't come, you're working that day." "Right, but we close early on Fridays.".
estamos
     1. v. first-person plural present indicative 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)
allí
     1. adv. there (away from the speaker and the listener)
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