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volvió
     1. v. third-person singular preterite indicative of volver
     volver
          1. v. to return, to revert, to get back
                Vuelvan a trabajar. / Vuelva al trabajo. - Get back to work.
          2. v. to come back, go back
                Si realmente estás pensando en volver a aquel lugar sucio, debes haberte enloquecido totalmente. - If you're really thinking about going back to that filthy place, you must have gone totally cr
          3. v. to do again
                Volvió a olvidarse de la foto. - He forgot the photo again.
          4. v. to turn
          5. v. to become, to get
                Me estoy volviendo loco. - I am going crazy.
          6. v. to make, to drive
                Esto me está volviendo loco. - This is driving me mad.
                Me vuelves loco. - You drive me crazy.
          7. v. to turn
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.
tragar
     1. v. to swallow (to cause to pass from the mouth into the stomach)
           Dijo algo tan ridículo que casi olvidé tragarme la comida. - He said something so funny that I almost forgot to swallow my food.
     2. v. to swallow, consume, absorb (take (something) in so that it disappears)
           La oscuridad se tragó el bosque. - The murk consumed the forest.
     3. v. to gulp, swallow, devour (eat quickly and eagerly)
     4. v. to buy into, fall for (easily believe something without questioning)
     5. v. to stand, tolerate
     6. v. (proscribed, colloquial) to eat
saliva
     1. n-f. saliva, spittle
     2. v. third-person singular present indicative of salivar
     salivar
          1. v. to salivate (to secrete saliva)
tragar saliva
     1. v. to suck it up
Y
     1. Letter. the 26th letter of the Spanish alphabet
     2. conj. and
     3. conj. (in names of number) and
           setenta y seis - seventy-six
     4. conj. (in arithmetic) plus, and
           uno y uno son dos - one plus one is two
     5. conj. (informal) well
           ¡Y por supuesto! - Well, of course!
     6. conj. (informal) what about, how about, where is/are the
           Pero, ¿y el concierto? ¿Ya no vamos? - But what about the concert? Are we not going anymore?
           ¿Y la niña? ¿Está a salvo? - How about the girl? Is she safe?
           ¿Y los archivos? Debo echarles un vistazo. - Where are the files? I should take a look at them.
ésta
     1. pron. feminine singular of éste
     éste
          1. pron. this one
era
     1. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of ser
     2. n-f. era, age
           la Nueva Era - New Age
     3. n-f. (geology) era
     4. n-f. threshing floor
     5. n-f. tipple
     ser
          1. v. to be (essentially or identified as)
                Yo soy de los Estados Unidos. - I am from the United States.
                Errar es humano. - To err is human.
          2. v. to be (in the passive voice sense)
                La guitarra fue tocada. - The guitar was played.
          3. v. to exist; to occur
                La fiesta será mañana. - The party will be tomorrow.
          4. n-m. a being, organism
          5. n-m. nature, essence
          6. n-m. value, worth
menos
     1. adv. less
     2. adv. (often with definite article) least
     3. det. less, fewer
     4. det. least, fewest
     5. prep. minus
           Dos menos uno son uno. - Two minus one is one.
     6. prep. except
     7. n-m. minus sign
amarga
     1. adj. feminine singular of amargo
     2. v. third-person singular present indicative of amargar
     amargar
          1. v. to make bitter; embitter
          2. v. to go bitter, get bitter
Y
     1. Letter. the 26th letter of the Spanish alphabet
     2. conj. and
     3. conj. (in names of number) and
           setenta y seis - seventy-six
     4. conj. (in arithmetic) plus, and
           uno y uno son dos - one plus one is two
     5. conj. (informal) well
           ¡Y por supuesto! - Well, of course!
     6. conj. (informal) what about, how about, where is/are the
           Pero, ¿y el concierto? ¿Ya no vamos? - But what about the concert? Are we not going anymore?
           ¿Y la niña? ¿Está a salvo? - How about the girl? Is she safe?
           ¿Y los archivos? Debo echarles un vistazo. - Where are the files? I should take a look at them.
en
     1. prep. in, at, on
           Estoy en casa. - I'm at home.
           Estoy sentado en la computadora. - I'm sitting at the computer.
           en esta página - on this page
           en la caja en la mesa - in the box on the table
     2. prep. in (a time)
           en la antigüedad - in antiquity
           en 1999 - in 1999
     3. prep. in (a language)
           No conozco esta palabra en francés. - I don't know this word in French.
           en todos los idiomas - in all languages
     4. prep. used after some verbs and translated by various prepositions in English
           Pienso en ti. - I'm thinking of you.
     5. prep. in (in various expressions)
           en el sentido - in the sense
           en nuestro afán - in our eagerness
mayor
     1. adj. comparative of grande: bigger
     2. adj. comparative of viejo: older; elder
           mi novio es mayor que yo - my boyfriend is older than me
           tengo una hermana mayor - I've got an elder sister
     3. adj. (of a person) comparative of viejo: old; at an advanced age
     4. adj. of age; adult; grown-up
           Cuando (yo) sea mayor voy a ser médico - When I'm grown-up, I want to be a doctor.
     5. adj. major; main
           una preocupación mayor - a major concern
           la plaza mayor - the main square
     6. adj. head; boss
     7. adj. (music) major
     8. adj. as a superlative, el/la/lo mayor superlative of grande: the biggest
     9. adj. as a superlative superlative of viejo: the oldest
     10. adj. enhanced
     11. n-m. (military) major (military rank)
     12. n-m. boss; head
     13. n-m. (literary, in plural) ancestors
     14. n-m. old person
     15. n-f. (nautical) mainsail
cantidad
     1. n-f. amount
     2. n-f. quantity
     3. n-f. figure
     4. n-f. (colloquial Spain) plenty
     5. adv. (colloquial) like hell; a hell of a lot; shedloads
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