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What is the difference between del and de?

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What's the difference and when do you use them?

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updated Jun 9, 2010
posted by Saphire
Good question, and welcome to the forum. Hope to see you around. :-) - --Mariana--, Jun 9, 2010

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del= de + el

Ese perro es de mi amigo Ese perro es de el vecino= Ese perro es del vecino

updated Jun 9, 2010
posted by Anuk
Ooh.. thank you! - Saphire, Jun 9, 2010
Your welcome ;) - Anuk, Jun 9, 2010
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Del is simply the contraction of de and the definite article el (not él), so we use del in place of de el.

Sufro de el frio can be writtern as Sufro del frío

updated Jun 9, 2010
edited by Vaanz
posted by Vaanz
I wish Spanish Dict would let us select more than one answers.... Thank you anyway!! - Saphire, Jun 9, 2010