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[before consonant sounds ðə, before vowel sounds ðɪ, stressed ðiː]
definite artículo
1. el (singular) (masculine); la (feminine); los (plural) (masculine); las (feminine)
- the book -> el libro
- the table -> la mesa
- the books -> los libros
- the tables -> las mesas
- to/from the airport -> al/del aeropuerto
- the good/beautiful -> lo bueno/bello (as concepts)
- I'll see him in the summer -> lo veré en verano
- she's got the measles/the flu -> tiene (el) sarampión/(la) gripe
- the best -> el/la mejor
- the longest -> el/la más largo(a)
2. (specifying)
- the reason I asked is… -> el motivo de mi pregunta es…
- I was absent at the time -> yo no estaba en ese momento
- the Europe of today -> la Europa actual
- the minute I saw her -> en cuanto la vi
- how's the knee? (familiar) -> ¿qué tal esa rodilla?
3. (denoting class, group)
- the poor/blind -> los pobres/ciegos
- the Wilsons -> los Wilson
4. (with titles)
- Edward the Eighth -> Eduardo octavo
- Catherine the Great -> Catalina la Grande
5. (proportions, rates)
- to be paid by the hour -> cobrar por horas
- 15 kilometers to the liter -> 15 kilómetros por or el litro
6. (in exclamations)
- the arrogance/stupidity of it! -> ¡qué arrogancia/estupidez!
- £200 for a shirt — the man's mad! -> ¡200 libras por una camisa! ¡ese tipo está loco!
7. [stressed
- not THE Professor Branestawm? -> ¿no será el famosísimo Profesor Branestawm?
- it's THE diet for the new century -> es el régimen del siglo veintiuno
8. (in comparisons)
- the sooner the better -> cuanto antes, mejor
- the less we argue, the more work we'll get done -> cuanto menos discutamos, más trabajaremos
- I was all the more puzzled by his calmness -> lo que más me extrañaba era su tranquilidad
- she felt all the better for having told him -> se sentía mucho mejor por habérselo dicho
9. (with dates)
- the sixties -> los sesenta
- the eighteen hundreds -> el siglo diecinueve
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the [da]
1. El, la; lo: the se usa delante de un substantivo tomado en sentido determinado (véase la Sinopsis de la Gramática inglesa).
- All the region -> toda la región
- The poor -> los pobres
2. Por.
- Three dollars the yard -> tres dólares la yarda, por yarda
3. Cuanto.
- The more you have the more you want -> cuanto más tienes más quieres
art. Delante de un comparativo no se traduce en español.
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- tetrachord
- tetragon
- tetragonal
- tetrahedral
- tetrahedron
- tetrameter
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- text
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- textile
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- thallium
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- than
- thank
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- thankless
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- thanks
- thanksgiving
- thankworthy
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- thatch
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- thatcher
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- the
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- their
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- theocracy
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- therapeutic
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- there
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- thereafter
- thereat
- thereby
- therefore
- therefrom
- therein
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