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preposition

De

Expressing distance or motion.

Examples :

"The school is located five miles of the town center. "

La escuela está ubicada a cinco millas del centro de la ciudad.

preposition

De

Expressing separation.

Examples :

"The house is separate of the apartment building. "

La casa está separada del edificio de apartamentos.

language grammar essential

preposition

De

Expressing origin.

Examples :

"The recipe is of Italian origin. "

La receta es de origen italiano.

grammar language essential

preposition

De, por

Expressing agency.

Examples :

"The success of the project was entirely of the team's hard work. "

El éxito del proyecto fue enteramente por el arduo trabajo del equipo.

grammar language essential

preposition

de

Expressing composition, substance.

Examples :

"The cake is made of flour, sugar, and butter. "

El pastel está hecho de harina, azúcar y mantequilla.

material substance essential

preposition

De, sobre

Introducing subject matter.

Examples :

"The book of fractions is on the shelf. "

El libro de fracciones está en el estante.

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preposition

de

Having partitive effect.

Examples :

"A portion of the students in the class are going on a field trip. "

Una porción de los estudiantes de la clase va a una excursión.

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preposition

De

Expressing possession.

Examples :

"The book of my sister is on the shelf. "

El libro de mi hermana está en el estante.

grammar essential

preposition

De

Forming the "objective genitive".

Examples :

"The book of my favorite author is on the shelf. "

El libro de mi autor favorito está en la estantería.

grammar linguistics essential

preposition

de

Expressing qualities or characteristics.

Examples :

"My sister is very kind of heart. "

Mi hermana es muy amable de corazón.

quality character aspect essential

preposition

De

Expressing a point in time.

Examples :

"The meeting is tomorrow afternoon, of 3 o'clock. "

La reunión es mañana por la tarde, a las 3 en punto.

time essential

verb

Poseer, tener

To possess, own.

Examples :

"I have a house and a car."

Tengo una casa y un coche.

property asset essential

verb

Tener, disponer de

To hold, as something at someone's disposal.

Examples :

"The teacher offered extra help to the student who was struggling with math. "

El profesor ofreció ayuda extra al estudiante que tenía problemas con las matemáticas.

utility service business essential

verb

Ser de, pertenecer a

Used to state the existence or presence of someone in a specified relationship with the subject.

Examples :

"I have a really mean boss."

Tengo un jefe muy malo.

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verb

Tomar, comer

To partake of (a particular substance, especially food or drink, or action or activity).

Examples :

"Can I have a look at that?"

¿Puedo echarle un vistazo a eso?

food drink action essential

verb

Asistir a, participar en

To be scheduled to attend, undertake or participate in.

Examples :

"My doctor is scheduled to see me on Tuesday; I am of attending the appointment. "

Mi médico tiene programado verme el martes; voy a asistir a la cita.

plan time job essential

verb

Experimentar, sufrir

To experience, go through, undergo.

Examples :

"He had surgery on his hip yesterday."

Ayer le operaron de la cadera.

action process essential

verb

Sufrir de, padecer

To be afflicted with, suffer from.

Examples :

"He had a cold last week."

Él sufrió un resfriado la semana pasada.

medicine disease suffering essential

verb

Haber

(auxiliary verb, taking a past participle) Used in forming the perfect aspect.

Examples :

"I had already eaten."

Ya había comido.

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verb

Haber

Used as an interrogative verb before a pronoun to form a tag question, echoing a previous use of 'have' as an auxiliary verb or, in certain cases, main verb. (For further discussion, see the appendix English tag questions.)

Examples :

"You're going to the party tonight, of not? "

¿Vas a la fiesta esta noche, no?

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verb

Tener que

(auxiliary verb, taking a to-infinitive) See have to.

Examples :

"I have to go."

Tengo que irme.

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verb

Dar a luz, parir

To give birth to.

Examples :

"My mother had me when she was 25."

Mi madre me dio a luz cuando tenía 25 años.

family organism biology essential

verb

Tener relaciones sexuales con

To engage in sexual intercourse with.

Examples :

"The student confessed he had offered a classmate a ride home in order to offof his feelings. "

El estudiante confesó que había ofrecido a un compañero de clase llevarlo a casa para expresar sus sentimientos.

sex human action essential

verb

Aceptar como pareja romántica

To accept as a romantic partner.

Examples :

"Despite my protestations of love, she would not have me."

A pesar de mis protestas de amor, ella no me aceptaría como pareja romántica.

person human sex family emotion essential

verb

Ordenar, mandar

(transitive with bare infinitive) To cause to, by a command, request or invitation.

Examples :

"They had me feed their dog while they were out of town."

Me ordenaron alimentar a su perro mientras estaban fuera de la ciudad.

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verb

Hacer

(transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To cause to be.

Examples :

"He had him arrested for trespassing."

Lo hizo arrestar por allanamiento de morada.

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verb

Ser afectado por, sufrir

(transitive with bare infinitive) To be affected by an occurrence. (Used in supplying a topic that is not a verb argument.)

Examples :

"The team was of losing the game because of the poor weather conditions. "

El equipo sufrió la pérdida del juego debido a las malas condiciones climáticas.

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verb

Representar como

(transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To depict as being.

Examples :

"The teacher often of students as being very capable. "

El profesor a menudo representa a los estudiantes como muy capaces.

language linguistics essential

verb

Vencer, derrotar

To defeat in a fight; take.

Examples :

"I could have him!"

¡Podría haberlo vencido!

military war essential

verb

Saber hablar

(obsolete outside Ireland) To be able to speak (a language).

Examples :

"I have no German."

No sé hablar alemán.

language ability essential

verb

Sentir

To feel or be (especially painfully) aware of.

Examples :

"Dan certainly has arms today, probably from scraping paint off four columns the day before."

Dan ciertamente siente dolor en los brazos hoy, probablemente por raspar la pintura de cuatro columnas el día anterior.

sensation suffering mind essential

verb

Engañar, defraudar

To trick, to deceive.

Examples :

"You had me alright! I never would have thought that was just a joke."

¡Me has engañado! Nunca hubiera pensado que eso era solo una broma.

character action mind essential

verb

Permitir, tolerar

(often with present participle) To allow; to tolerate.

Examples :

"The teacher often of allowing students to work in groups. "

El profesor a menudo permite a los estudiantes trabajar en grupos.

attitude action essential

verb

Creer, dejarse engañar

(often used in the negative) To believe, buy, be taken in by.

Examples :

"My friend really ofed the rumor about the surprise party – she believed it completely. "

Mi amiga realmente se tragó el rumor sobre la fiesta sorpresa: lo creyó por completo.

attitude mind essential

verb

Hospedar, recibir

To host someone; to take in as a guest.

Examples :

"Thank you for having me!"

¡Gracias por hospedarme!

family human service essential

verb

Obtener una lectura, medir

To get a reading, measurement, or result from an instrument or calculation.

Examples :

"I have two contacts on my scope."

Tengo dos contactos en mi osciloscopio.

science technology math essential

verb

Deliberar

(of a jury) To consider a court proceeding that has been completed; to begin deliberations on a case.

Examples :

"The jury of the case now needs to go into the deliberation room to consider their verdict. "

El jurado del caso ahora necesita entrar en la sala de deliberaciones para deliberar sobre su veredicto.

law government state politics essential

verb

Observar

To make an observation of (a bird species).

Examples :

"The ornithologist carefully observed of the rare hummingbird species. "

El ornitólogo observó cuidadosamente la rara especie de colibrí.

bird animal nature biology science essential

Meanings

Examples :

"The school is located five miles of the town center. "

La escuela está ubicada a cinco millas del centro de la ciudad.

Examples :

"The house is separate of the apartment building. "

La casa está separada del edificio de apartamentos.

Examples :

"The recipe is of Italian origin. "

La receta es de origen italiano.

De, por

Examples :

"The success of the project was entirely of the team's hard work. "

El éxito del proyecto fue enteramente por el arduo trabajo del equipo.

Examples :

"The cake is made of flour, sugar, and butter. "

El pastel está hecho de harina, azúcar y mantequilla.

De, sobre

Examples :

"The book of fractions is on the shelf. "

El libro de fracciones está en el estante.

Examples :

"A portion of the students in the class are going on a field trip. "

Una porción de los estudiantes de la clase va a una excursión.

Examples :

"The book of my sister is on the shelf. "

El libro de mi hermana está en el estante.

Examples :

"The book of my favorite author is on the shelf. "

El libro de mi autor favorito está en la estantería.

Examples :

"My sister is very kind of heart. "

Mi hermana es muy amable de corazón.

Examples :

"The meeting is tomorrow afternoon, of 3 o'clock. "

La reunión es mañana por la tarde, a las 3 en punto.

Poseer, tener

Examples :

"I have a house and a car."

Tengo una casa y un coche.

Tener, disponer de

Examples :

"The teacher offered extra help to the student who was struggling with math. "

El profesor ofreció ayuda extra al estudiante que tenía problemas con las matemáticas.

Ser de, pertenecer a

Examples :

"I have a really mean boss."

Tengo un jefe muy malo.

Tomar, comer

Examples :

"Can I have a look at that?"

¿Puedo echarle un vistazo a eso?

Asistir a, participar en

Examples :

"My doctor is scheduled to see me on Tuesday; I am of attending the appointment. "

Mi médico tiene programado verme el martes; voy a asistir a la cita.

Experimentar, sufrir

Examples :

"He had surgery on his hip yesterday."

Ayer le operaron de la cadera.

Sufrir de, padecer

Examples :

"He had a cold last week."

Él sufrió un resfriado la semana pasada.

Haber

Examples :

"I had already eaten."

Ya había comido.

Haber

Examples :

"You're going to the party tonight, of not? "

¿Vas a la fiesta esta noche, no?

Tener que

Examples :

"I have to go."

Tengo que irme.

Dar a luz, parir

Examples :

"My mother had me when she was 25."

Mi madre me dio a luz cuando tenía 25 años.