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Sentence

Vamos a jugar al escondite.

Pronunciation

pronunciation

Translation

Let's play hide and seek.

Notes

Vamos a + Infinitivo se puede traducir de dos maneras:
a) Como invitación a hacer algo.
b) Como expresión de futuro próximo.




Analysis


vamos
     1. interj. come on! (expression of encouragement)
     2. v. first-person plural imperative of ir; Let us go, let's go
     ir
          1. v. to go (away from speaker and listener)
          2. v. to come (towards or with the listener)
          3. v. (auxiliary) to be going to (near future), to go (+ a + infinitive)
          4. v. to go away, to leave, to depart, to go (when the destination is not essential; when something or someone is going somewhere else)
          5. v. to leak out (with liquids and gasses), to boil away, to go flat (gas in drinks)
          6. v. to overflow
          7. v. to go out (lights)
          8. v. to finish, to wear out, to disappear (e.g. money, paint, pains, mechanical parts)
          9. v. to die
          10. v. to break wind, to fart
          11. v. to wet/soil oneself (i.e., urinate or defecate in one's pants)
          12. v. to come, to cum, to ejaculate, to orgasm
a
     1. prep. to
     2. prep. by
     3. prep. at
     4. prep. ng-lite, Used before words referring to people, pets, or personified objects or places that function as direct objects: personal a.
jugar
     1. v. to play
     2. v. to risk, take a chance
     3. v. (Louisiana) to play (an instrument)
al
     a
          1. prep. to
          2. prep. by
          3. prep. at
          4. prep. ng-lite, Used before words referring to people, pets, or personified objects or places that function as direct objects: personal a.
     el
          1. art. (masculine singular definite article); the
          2. art. feminine singular definite article used before nouns which start with a stressed 'a':
escondite
     1. n-m. hiding place
     2. n-m. (games) hide and seek
     3. n-m. hideout, lair
     escondí
          1. v. first-person singular preterit indicative of esconder
     esconder
          1. v. to hide
     te
          1. pron. dative of tú: to you, for you
          2. pron. accusative of tú: you
          3. pron. : yourself




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