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y
     1. conj. and
     2. conj. (in names of number) and
           setenta y seis - seventy-six
     3. conj. (in arithmetic) plus, and
           uno y uno son dos - one plus one is two
     4. conj. (informal) well
           ¡Y por supuesto! - Well, of course!
     5. 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.
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
primer
     1. adj. (before the noun) apocopic form of primero (first)
           el primer hijo - the first child
     2. adj. (informal, proscribed) apocopic form of primera (first)
día
     1. n-m. day (any period of 24 hours)
     2. n-m. day (a period from midnight to the following midnight)
     3. n-m. day (rotational period of a planet)
     4. n-m. day (the part of a day period which one spends at work, school, etc.)
     5. n-m. day, daytime (the part of the day between sunrise and sunset)
del
     1. contraction. of the, from the (+ a masculine noun in singular).
     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
     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
curso
     1. n-m. course, trajectory, route, direction
     2. n-m. class, course (learning program, as in a school)
           un curso intensivo - a crash course
     3. n-m. course (path, sequence, development, or evolution)
     4. n-m. (Mexico) diarrhea
     5. v. first-person singular present indicative of cursar
     cursar
          1. v. to attend (classes)
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.".
no
     1. adv. no
     2. adv. not
     3. interj. eh? (used as a tag question, to emphasise what goes before or to request that the listener express an opinion about what has been said)
     4. n-m. no
     5. n-m. abbreviation of número; no.
ya no
     1. adv. no longer, no more, not anymore, not any more, not any longer
           Me gustaba esa banda pero ya no. - I used to like that band but not any more.
           Los ciudadanos ya no se sienten amenazados por la posibilidad de ataques militares. - The citizens no longer feel threatened by the possibility of military attacks.
estaba
     1. v. third-person singular imperfect 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)
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)
ambulancia
     1. n-f. ambulance (an emergency vehicle designed for transporting seriously ill or injured people to a hospital)
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