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Sentence

En ese hotel hay que pagar por adelantado.

Pronunciation

pronunciation

Translation

You have to pay in advance in that hotel.

Notes

Hay que + Infinitivo expresa obligación o necesidad de hacer algo. Se puede traducir por es necesario o tienes que.



Analysis


en
     1. prep. in, at, on
     2. prep. in (a time)
     3. prep. in (a language)
     4. prep. used after some verbs and translated by various prepositions in English
     5. prep. in (in various expressions)
ese
     1. det. (demonstrative) that
     2. interj. (Mexico, informal) hello
     3. pron. (demonstrative) Alternative spelling of ése
hotel
     1. n-m. hotel
hay
     1. there is, there are
     haber
          1. v. (auxiliary) to have
          2. v. (obsolete) to hold, to possess
          3. v. (impersonal, in third person singular only) to exist; “there is”, “there are” (hay); “there was”, “there were” (había)
          4. v. (dated, or formal) to have to (+ de + infinitive)
          5. v. (Used only in the third-person existential form) to be necessary (+ que + infinitive)
          6. v. used to denote a past obligation
          7. n-m. asset
          8. n-m. history
          9. n-m. credit side
que
     1. conj. that
     2. conj. than
     3. conj. (indicating a reason); because, for
     4. conj. (indicating desire or permission); may (used with the subjunctive)
     5. pron. who; that
     6. pron. that; whom
     7. pron. that; which
     8. prep. than
     9. prep. like, as
     10. part. to
pagar
     1. v. to pay
     2. v. to be worthwhile, to have a pay off
por
     1. prep. by (indicates the creator of a work)
     2. prep. for (indicates something given in an exchange)
     3. prep. through, out, via (indicating movement)
     4. prep. across (indicating movement)
     5. prep. about
     6. prep. due to, because of, for, for the sake of, out of (to express cause or motive)
     7. prep. (used with directions) over
     8. prep. (mathematics) times, by, multiplied by
     9. prep. according to, for, regarding (to express opinion or something concerning someone)
     10. prep. via, through, by (indicating the means of something)
     11. prep. for (indicating duration)
     12. prep. for, for the sake of, on behalf of (indicating doing something for someone's benefit)
     13. prep. per, for each
     14. prep. to (indicating something that has not yet passed)
     15. prep. about to (indicating something that will soon happen)
     16. prep. compared to; against; versus (indicating a comparison)
adelantado
     1. adj. ahead of one's time, advanced
     2. adj. gifted or advanced for one's age
     3. adj. early, ahead of time
     4. n-m. a governor of a province; a commander
     5. Participle. past participle of adelantar
     adelantar
          1. v. to bring forward, advance, to move forward (in space or time)
          2. v. to pay in advance
          3. v. to outstrip, to outrun
          4. v. to make progress
          5. v. to overtake, to pass (to pass a more slowly moving object)
          6. v. to move up, speed up (to make something happen faster or come sooner)
          7. v. to fast forward (e.g. a film or recording)
          8. v. to preempt
          9. v. to anticipate, to forestall (+ a)
          10. v. to get ahead of, to stay ahead of (+ a)
          11. v. to jump the gun, get ahead of oneself
          12. v. to be brought forward
por adelantado
     1. adv. in advance




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