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de

dé

ver dar

de [day]

preposition

1. Of, the sign of a genitive or possessive case, as La ley de Dios, the law of God.

2. It serves to point out the matter of which a thing is made.

3. It is the sign of the ablative case.

4. It serves sometimes instead of the preposition con. (n)

5. It is used in place of por. (n)

6. It is of the same import as desde. (n)

7. It sometimes governs the infinitive mood. (n)

8. It is placed before adverbs of time. (n)

9. Sometimes marks an inference. (n)

10. In familiar style it is used to give energy to an expression. (n)

11. It is used after many verbs to denote some, a little, a portion, etc. Comió del pescado, he ate some fish. (n)

12. It is prefixed to many verbs, nouns, etc., altering their sense, as from poner, to put or to place, is formed deponer, to depose, etc. 13. (n)

Bueno de comer -> good to eat
De balde -> for nothing, free
El coche de mi amigo -> the car of my friend, my friend's car
Es de ellos -> it's theirs
El peor alumno de la clase -> the worst pupil in the class
Dolores no es de aquí -> Dolores is not from here
De esto se deduce que ->
Tiene tres hijos de su primera mujer -> he has 3 children by his first wife
Hablaba de política, he was talking about politics. Una tacita de café -> a cup of coffee
Un libro de Cela -> a book by Cela
Máquina de coser -> sewing machine
Pintado de negro -> painted in black
De puerta en puerta -> from door to door
Dar un salto -> in one bound
Estar loco de contento -> to be crazy with joy
Paralizado de las dos piernas -> paralysed in both legs
De niño -> as a child
Una persona amada de todos -> a person loved by all
El bueno de Juan ->

(Obs.) To.., from this one deduces that.

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