"de" meaning in Spanish

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Noun

IPA: /de/ (note: after a pause, 'l', 'm', 'n' and 'ñ'), [d̪e] (note: after a pause, 'l', 'm', 'n' and 'ñ'), /de/ (note: elsewhere), [ð̞e̞] (note: elsewhere) Forms: des [plural]
Rhymes: -e Head templates: {{es-noun|f}} de f (plural des)
  1. The name of the Latin-script letter D/d. Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Latin letter names
    Sense id: en-de-es-noun-iFB~zNYW
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Preposition

IPA: /de/ (note: after a pause, 'l', 'm', 'n' and 'ñ'), [d̪e] (note: after a pause, 'l', 'm', 'n' and 'ñ'), /de/ (note: elsewhere), [ð̞e̞] (note: elsewhere)
Rhymes: -e Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Old Spanish de Spanish de Inherited from Old Spanish de, from Latin dē, from Proto-Italic *dē. Cognate with Ladino de. Etymology templates: {{etymon|es|inh|osp>de>from|id=from|text=++|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Old Spanish de Spanish de Inherited from Old Spanish de, from Latin dē, from Proto-Italic *dē., {{cog|lad|de}} Ladino de Head templates: {{head|es|prepositions}} de
  1. of; 's; used after the thing owned and before the owner
    Sense id: en-de-es-prep-hjxgGz3X
  2. from (with the source or provenance of or at)
    Sense id: en-de-es-prep-IyP1PPB9
  3. of (expressing composition, substance)
    Sense id: en-de-es-prep-f7HtLY8M
  4. about (concerning; with regard to) Synonyms: sobre, acerca de
    Sense id: en-de-es-prep-EJJAkXPA
  5. of; from (indicating cause)
    Sense id: en-de-es-prep-JHZPg5BS
  6. of (indicates a quality or characteristic)
    Sense id: en-de-es-prep-wX~Rw0Nc
  7. from (with the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at) Synonyms: desde
    Sense id: en-de-es-prep-lqZrJW8z
  8. of (indicates the subject or cause of the adjective)
    Sense id: en-de-es-prep-bbRBFpC8
  9. from (with the separation, exclusion or differentiation of)
    Sense id: en-de-es-prep-XaihRl8b
  10. than (in certain phrases)
    Sense id: en-de-es-prep-RrCGBxJ4
  11. used to construct compound nouns (with attributive nouns)
    Sense id: en-de-es-prep-gozKMfvd Categories (other): Spanish entries with etymology texts, Spanish prepositions Disambiguation of Spanish entries with etymology texts: 0 4 3 4 1 9 10 5 9 2 4 15 11 15 9 Disambiguation of Spanish prepositions: 1 5 4 6 5 8 9 5 9 3 4 13 10 11 7
  12. (followed by the infinitive) indicates a conditional desire
    Sense id: en-de-es-prep-f8TH1FzH Categories (other): Spanish entries with etymology texts Disambiguation of Spanish entries with etymology texts: 0 4 3 4 1 9 10 5 9 2 4 15 11 15 9
  13. indicates a time of day or period of someone's life
    Sense id: en-de-es-prep-UdzYe4HU Categories (other): Spanish entries with etymology texts, Spanish entries with etymology trees, Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Spanish prepositions Disambiguation of Spanish entries with etymology texts: 0 4 3 4 1 9 10 5 9 2 4 15 11 15 9 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with etymology trees: 0 4 2 4 1 9 9 5 8 1 3 14 13 18 8 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 0 3 2 3 1 8 11 3 8 1 3 16 13 20 9 Disambiguation of Spanish prepositions: 1 5 4 6 5 8 9 5 9 3 4 13 10 11 7
  14. (after a noun and before a verb) indicates the purpose of an object Synonyms: para
    Sense id: en-de-es-prep-FVAg1QeN
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: desde

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "des",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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  "senses": [
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          "d",
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      "ipa": "[d̪e]",
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/de/",
      "note": "elsewhere"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ð̞e̞]",
      "note": "elsewhere"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-e"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "dé"
    }
  ],
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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          "english": "Spanish constitution of 1812",
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          "english": "the dog’s tail",
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          "english": "springwater",
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          "type": "example"
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          "english": "a wooden table",
          "text": "una mesa de madera",
          "type": "example"
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          "english": "They’re talking about the past.",
          "text": "Están hablando del pasado.",
          "type": "example"
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          "english": "to be about; to concern",
          "text": "tratarse de",
          "type": "example"
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          "english": "He died of hunger.",
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          "english": "a man of faith",
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          "english": "the flight from Miami to Chicago",
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          "english": "sick of; tired of",
          "text": "harto de",
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      "id": "en-de-es-prep-bbRBFpC8",
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          "english": "It protects us from the cold.",
          "text": "Nos protege del frío.",
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          "english": "more than",
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          "english": "less than, fewer than",
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          "english": "If I had known, I wouldn't have said it.",
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      "word": "dél"
    },
    {
      "word": "del"
    },
    {
      "word": "dela"
    },
    {
      "word": "delas"
    },
    {
      "word": "della"
    },
    {
      "word": "dellas"
    },
    {
      "word": "dello"
    },
    {
      "word": "dellos"
    },
    {
      "word": "delos"
    },
    {
      "word": "dequeísmo"
    },
    {
      "word": "desa"
    },
    {
      "word": "desas"
    },
    {
      "word": "dese"
    },
    {
      "word": "deso"
    },
    {
      "word": "desos"
    },
    {
      "word": "désta"
    },
    {
      "word": "desta"
    },
    {
      "word": "destas"
    },
    {
      "word": "déstas"
    },
    {
      "word": "déste"
    },
    {
      "word": "deste"
    },
    {
      "word": "desto"
    },
    {
      "word": "désto"
    },
    {
      "word": "déstos"
    },
    {
      "word": "destos"
    },
    {
      "word": "do"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "inh",
        "3": "osp>de>from",
        "id": "from",
        "text": "++",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Italic *dē\nLatin dē\nOld Spanish de\nSpanish de\nInherited from Old Spanish de, from Latin dē, from Proto-Italic *dē.",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lad",
        "2": "de"
      },
      "expansion": "Ladino de",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Italic *dē\nLatin dē\nOld Spanish de\nSpanish de\nInherited from Old Spanish de, from Latin dē, from Proto-Italic *dē. Cognate with Ladino de.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "prepositions"
      },
      "expansion": "de",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "de"
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "prep",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "desde"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Spanish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Spanish constitution of 1812",
          "text": "Constitución española de 1812",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "the dog’s tail",
          "text": "la cola del perro",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "of; 's; used after the thing owned and before the owner"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "of",
          "of"
        ],
        [
          "'s",
          "'s"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Spanish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I’m from Spain.",
          "text": "Soy de España.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "springwater",
          "text": "agua de manantial",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "from (with the source or provenance of or at)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "from",
          "from"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Spanish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "a wooden table",
          "text": "una mesa de madera",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "of (expressing composition, substance)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "of",
          "of"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Spanish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "They’re talking about the past.",
          "text": "Están hablando del pasado.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to be about; to concern",
          "text": "tratarse de",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "about (concerning; with regard to)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "about",
          "about"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "sobre"
        },
        {
          "word": "acerca de"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Spanish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He died of hunger.",
          "text": "Murió de hambre.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "of; from (indicating cause)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "of",
          "of"
        ],
        [
          "from",
          "from"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Spanish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "a man of faith",
          "text": "un hombre de fe",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "of (indicates a quality or characteristic)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "of",
          "of"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Spanish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "the flight from Miami to Chicago",
          "text": "el vuelo de Miami a Chicago",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "from (with the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "from",
          "from"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "desde"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Spanish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "sick of; tired of",
          "text": "harto de",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "of (indicates the subject or cause of the adjective)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "of",
          "of"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Spanish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "It protects us from the cold.",
          "text": "Nos protege del frío.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "from (with the separation, exclusion or differentiation of)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "from",
          "from"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Spanish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "more than",
          "text": "más de",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "less than, fewer than",
          "text": "menos de",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "than (in certain phrases)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "than",
          "than"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Spanish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "summer camp",
          "text": "campamento de verano",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used to construct compound nouns (with attributive nouns)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "attributive noun",
          "attributive noun#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Spanish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "If I had known, I wouldn't have said it.",
          "text": "De haberlo sabido, no lo habría dicho.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "indicates a conditional desire"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(followed by the infinitive) indicates a conditional desire"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "followed by the infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Spanish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "during the daytime",
          "text": "de día",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "as a child; during childhood",
          "text": "de niño",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "indicates a time of day or period of someone's life"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Spanish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "chewing gum",
          "text": "goma de mascar",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "fishing rod",
          "text": "caña de pescar",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "indicates the purpose of an object"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(after a noun and before a verb) indicates the purpose of an object"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "after a noun and before a verb"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "para"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/de/",
      "note": "after a pause, 'l', 'm', 'n' and 'ñ'"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d̪e]",
      "note": "after a pause, 'l', 'm', 'n' and 'ñ'"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/de/",
      "note": "elsewhere"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ð̞e̞]",
      "note": "elsewhere"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-e"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "dé"
    }
  ],
  "word": "de"
}

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