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A preposition is a word that indicates the relationship between a noun and another word (e.g. He ran through the door.).

preposition

1. (used to indicate position)

a. en

I'll be waiting for you at the finish line.Te esperaré en la línea de meta.

2. (used to indicate direction)

a. hacia

The dog was running at him.El perro estaba corriendo hacia él.

This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.

no direct translation

The boy threw a ball at the wall.El niño tiró una pelota contra la pared.

The proud graduate waved at her parents.La graduada orgullosa saludó a sus padres.

3. (used to indicate time)

a. a (specific time)

The meeting starts at two in the afternoon.La reunión comienza a las dos de la tarde.

b. por (time of day)

We always eat late at night.Siempre comemos tarde por la noche.

4. (used to indicate manner)

a. a

It was love at first sight.Fue amor a primera vista.

5. (used to indicate activity)

This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.

no direct translation

He's good at making the new employees feel welcome.Tiene un don para hacer a los nuevos empleados sentirse bienvenidos.

I'm bad at sports.Se me dan mal los deportes.

6. (used to indicate cause)

a. por

The poem communicates gratefulness at the fact of being alive.El poema transmite agradecimiento por el hecho de estar vivo.

7. (the symbol @)

a. arroba

Is your email address at-gmail-dot-com or at-yahoo-dot-com?Tu dirección de correo electrónico, ¿es arroba-gmail-punto-com o arroba-yahoo-punto-com?

A preposition is a word that indicates the relationship between a noun and another word (e.g. He ran through the door.).

preposition

1. (with place)

a. en

at the top/bottom(en la parte de) arriba/abajo

at university/the stationen la universidad/la estación

at the sideal lado

at John's (house)en casa de John

at homeen casa

2. (with time)

at six o'clocka las seis

at Christmasen Navidad

at a good timeen un momento oportuno

at the beginning/endal principio/final

at (the age of) twentya los veinte años

3. (with price, speed)

a. a

at 60 km/ha 60 km/h

at 50p a kiloa 50 peniques el kilo

4. (with direction)

a. a

to throw a stone at somebodytirarle una piedra a alguien

to look at something/somebodymirar algo/a alguien

5. (with cause)

to be angry at somebodyestar enfadado(a), enojado(a) con alguien

to be surprised at somethingsorprenderse de algo

6. (with activity)

to be at work/playestar trabajando/jugando

she's been at it all weekendha pasado todo el fin de semana trabajando

while you're at it, could you buy some sugar?ya que vas, ¿podrías comprar azúcar?

I am good at languagestengo facilidad para los idiomas los idiomas se me dan bien

he's bad at sportno tiene habilidad para los deportes se le dan mal los deportes

do you know him at all?¿lo conoces de algo?

anything at allcualquier cosa

nothing at allnada en absoluto

not at allen absoluto

at [æt]

When at is an element in a phrasal verb, eg look at, look up the verb.

preposition

1 (position) (specifying rough location) en

there weren't many people at the party/lecture no había mucha gente en la fiesta/conferencia; at the hairdresser's/supermarket en la peluquería/el supermercado; at the office en la oficina; at school en la escuela; en el colegio; at sea en el mar; at table en la mesa; at John's en casa de Juan

he's still at the office He's at the office you can always get me at the office during the week Why weren't you at church this morning? I'll wait for you at the bottom of the stairs

where it's at

Glasgow's where it's at en Glasgow es donde está la movida (informal); en Glasgow es donde está el rollo (informal); (Esp)

where we're at

I'll just run through where we're at te voy a poner al tanto or al corriente de cuál es la situación

this is where it's at Doubtful about above two trans. If meaning is "this is the important thing/bit", then tran should be "aquí está lo importante". Existing trans do not sound natural with ES. MS.

(specifying position)

my room's at the back of the house mi dormitorio está en la parte de atrás de la casa

the dress fastens at the back el vestido se abrocha por detrás

at the bottom of the stairs al pie de las escaleras

to stand at the door estar de pie or parado en la puerta; (LAm)

at the edge en el borde

my room's at the front of the house mi dormitorio está en la parte delantera de la casa

the dress fastens at the front el vestido se abrocha por delante

at the top (gen) en lo alto; (of mountain) en la cumbre

to be at the window estar junto a la ventana

he came in at the window entró por la ventana

especially (Internet) (name of @ symbol) arroba (f)

"my email address is jones at collins dot uk" (jones@collins.uk) —mi dirección electrónica es jones arroba collins punto uk

2 (direction) (towards) hacia

the car was coming straight at us el coche venía directo hacia nosotros

he came at me with a knife

to look at sth mirar algo

3 (time, age) a

at four o'clock a las cuatro; at midday a mediodía; at 16 he was already a household name a los 16 años era ya un nombre muy conocido; at lunchtime a la hora de la comida; a la hora de almorzar

at an early age de pequeño/pequeña

she began playing the piano at a very early age

at Christmas por or en Navidades

at Easter en Semana Santa

at the moment en este momento

at that moment the bomb went off en aquel momento estalló la bomba

At that moment a shot rang out En ese instante sonó un disparo at that [moment] en aquel momento

at night de noche; por la noche

at a time like this en un momento como este

at my time of life con los años que tengo

4 (rate) a

at 50p a kilo a 50 peniques el kilo; at 50p each (a) 50 peniques cada uno; at a high price a un precio elevado; at 4% interest al 4% de interés; two at a time de dos en dos; to go at 100km an hour ir a 100km por hora

5 (activity)

he's good at games se le dan bien los deportes

the Church of England is the Tory party at prayer

at it

while you're at it (doing it) de paso; (by the way) a propósito; she's at it again otra vez con las mismas

boys at play muchachos que juegan; los muchachos cuando juegan

I could tell she'd been at the whisky se notaba que le había estado dando al whisky (informal)

at war en guerra

we're at war Britain at war

to be at work (working) estar trabajando; (in the office) estar en la oficina

6 (manner)

acting at its best una actuación de antología

at peace en paz

at a run corriendo; a la carrera

at full speed a toda velocidad

7 (cause)

to awaken at the least sound despertarse al menor ruido; at her cries al escuchar sus gritos; at my request a petición mía; at his suggestion a sugerencia suya

I was shocked/surprised at the news me escandalizó/sorprendió la noticia

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