uso del diccionario bilingüe
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Uso del diccionario bilingüe
Nivel de Idioma inglés
What your dictionary can help you with
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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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