Uso del diccionario bilingüe

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His dad didn’t let me phone my friend Sarah.

Su padre no me dejó llamar a mi amiga Sarah.

su/sus?

register?

examples using let in the perfect tense?

warning that llamar is followed by a in this context?

mi/mí/mis?

examples showing let + another verb in infinitive?

finding let =allow quickly?

Navigating an English-Spanish entry (I)

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contextualizations in angled brackets single brackets = object

double brackets = subject

headword phonetic symbols

signposts to meaningin parentheses

noun translation

swung dash represents headword

idioms in bold italics within entry

subdivisions of senses

main senses

labels to indicate register

phrasal verbs at end

verbs withspelling

irregularitiesmarked

with asterisk

Navigating an English-Spanish entry (II)

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a kind offer

una amable oferta

narrow the meaning by using context

kind: nounor adjective?

Common Grammatical Categories

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adj adjective describes a noun or pronoun sad, triste

adv adverb tells you how sth is done comfortably, cómodamente

art article definite article = the

indefinite article = a

a, the, una, el, la, los

v aux auxiliary verb used with main verb to show tense (have, haber etc.)

she has arrived

ha llegado

conj conjunction links two phrases because, porque

n noun thing, person or idea life, vida

prep preposition used with noun to show position near, cerca da

pron pronoun stands instead of a noun he, el

vi intransitive verb verb without an object I have drunk

he bebido

vt transitive verb verb used with a direct object I have drunk the water

he bebido el agua

v pron reflexive verb verb requiring a reflexive pronoun to wash oneself, lavarse

Common Grammatical Categories

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Match these words with the correct part of speech

cangrejo

azulado

perfectamente

inscrito

cenizas

lavarse

o

sobre

v pron

prep

nm

pp

conj

adj

adv

fpl

Regional Usage

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Register

colloq* colloquial pej* pejorative fam** familiar pey** pejorative hum humorous vulg vulgar

A selection of regional usage abbreviations:

*used with English words**used with Spanish words

AmE = American English AmC = Central American Spanish

Austral = Australian English AmL = Latin American Spanish

BrE = British English AmS = South American Spanish

IrE = Irish English Andes = Andes Spanish

Scot = Scottish English Arg = Argentinian Spanish

pejorative (in Spanish: peyorativo) = a word that expresses contempt or

disapproval e.g.

Idioms

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Idiom = a saying whose meaning has evolved so that it is now different from the original literal meaning of the key words within it.

It was a difficult decision for Carol, and it was a long time before she could bring herself to grasp the nettle.

Thank you very much

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