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salto
     1. n-m. jump, leap, jumping
           hacer un salto - to jump/make a jump
     2. n-m. skip
           Dimos un salto de veinte páginas - We skipped twenty pages
     3. n-m. gap; difference
           Hay en salto de cinco años entre los dos hermanos - There's a five-year age gap between the two brothers
     4. n-m. (sport) dive
     5. n-m. (sport) jump, vault
     6. n-m. waterfall
     7. v. first-person singular present indicative of saltar
     saltar
          1. v. to jump
          2. v. to skip; miss (a meal etc.)
                saltarse el desayuno - to skip breakfast
                Para ahorrar tiempo, saltó unas diapositivas. - To save time, he skipped a few slides.
          3. v. (cooking) to sautée
          4. v. to miss (accidentally)
                Sin querer, se saltó un par de líneas en el texto. - Unwittingly, he skipped a couple of lines of the text.
          5. v. to break, breach (rules etc.)
                saltarse las normas - to break the rules
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
un
     1. art. a
     2. num. (before the noun) apocopic form of uno one
cuerpo
     1. n-m. body (the physical structure of a human or animal)
     2. n-m. body, torso
     3. n-m. body, corpse
     4. n-m. body (unified collection of information)
     5. n-m. body (comparative viscosity of a liquid)
     6. n-m. corps, body, organization (group of people with a common purpose)
     7. n-m. (military, police) corps, force (e.g. army corps, police force)
     8. n-m. (geometry) body (three-dimensional object)
     9. n-m. (printing) body (shank of a type)
     10. n-m. (algebra) field
           (synonyms, campo)
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
choca
     1. adj. feminine singular of choco
     2. v. third-person singular present indicative of chocar
     chocar
          1. v. to crash
          2. v. to bump into, to collide with (+ con)
          3. v. to shock, scandalize
          4. v. to crash into, to hit, to slam into, to collide with (+ contra)
          5. v. to annoy, to bother, to upset
con
     1. prep. with
     2. prep. on
           Yo cuento con ustedes. - I count on you.
una
     1. n-f. feminine of uno
           a la una, a las dos y a las tres - after three...one, two, three
     2. art. feminine singular of un
     3. det. feminine singular of uno
     4. pron. one (an indefinite plural pronoun using a singular feminine item, used for females)
     5. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of unir
     unir
          1. v. to unite, join
                ¡Únete al sindicato! (Join up with the union!)
          2. v. to merge, conflate
     un
          1. art. a
          2. num. (before the noun) apocopic form of uno one
superficie
     1. n-f. surface
     2. n-f. area (extension of land)
más
     1. adv. more; -er (used to make comparisons)
           Teresa es más lista que su hermano. - Teresa is more clever than her brother.
           Hay más de cien personas aquí. - There are more than a hundred people here.
     2. adv. (with definite article) most; -est (used to make superlatives)
           Teresa es la más inteligente de la clase. - Teresa is the most intelligent in her class.
           la cosa más grande - the biggest thing
     3. adv. furthermore
     4. adv. in addition
     5. adv. else
           algo más - something/anything else
           nadie más - nobody else
     6. adv. used with qué to express emphasis
           ¡Qué paisaje más hermoso! - What a pretty landscape!
           ¡Qué niño más tonto! - What a silly boy!
     7. det. more, any more
     8. det. most
     9. conj. (mathematics) plus
           uno más uno es igual a dos - one plus one is equal to two
dura
     1. adj. feminine singular of duro
     2. v. informal second-person singular affirmative imperative of durar
     durar
          1. v. to last
                Un partido de fútbol dura 90 minutos. - A football match lasts 90 minutes.
          2. v. to take time
     duro
          1. adj. hard
          2. adj. firm, solid
          3. adj. hard, difficult
          4. adj. tough, resilient, strong
          5. adj. harsh, cruel, severe
          6. adj. unbearable, heavy
          7. adj. rude, offensive
          8. adj. mean, stingy, ungenerous
          9. adj. rough, uncouth
          10. adj. stiff, rigid
          11. adj. (of a penis or person with a penis) hard, erect
          12. adj. (cooking) hard-boiled
          13. adj. (slang) hardcore
          14. adj. (pornography) hardcore
          15. adj. (Mexico) drunk, tipsy
          16. n-m. hardball (i.e. a no-nonsense attitude)
          17. n-m. (Spain, colloquial, historical) coin worth 5 pesetas
          18. v. first-person singular present indicative of durar
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