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Tío, ¿me puedes ayudar un momento?

Pronunciation

pronunciation

Translation

Can you help me a moment, mate.

Notes

En esta frase, tío no se refiere al miembro familiar hermano de tu madre o de tu padre, sino a un término coloquial sinónimo de amigo o compañero.



Analysis


tío
     1. n-m. uncle (the brother, brother-in-law, or male cousin or cousin-in-law of either parent)
     2. n-m. (colloquial Spain) unknown or any male person, dude, guy
     3. n-m. (colloquial Spain) friend, mate, pal, man, bro
     4. n-m. mister (title conferred on an adult male)
me
     1. pron. personal accusative of yo: me
     2. pron. personal;dative pronoun dative of yo: to me, for me
     3. pron. personal;reflexive pronoun of yo: myself
puedes
     1. v. informal second-person singular present indicative of poder
     poder
          1. v. to be able, can
          2. v. (El Salvador, colloquial, reflexive) to be familiar with something, or with somebody's personality
          3. n-m. power, reign
          4. n-m. authorization
          5. n-m. proxy (written certificate of authority to act for another)
ayudar
     1. v. to help
un
     1. art. a
     2. num. (before the noun) apocopic form of uno one
momento
     1. n-m. (time) moment, instant
     2. n-m. timing
     3. n-m. (physics) momentum




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