"te" meaning in Spanish

See te in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /te/, [t̪e] Forms: tes [plural], t [alternative]
Rhymes: -e Head templates: {{es-noun|f}} te f (plural tes)
  1. The name of the Latin script letter T/t. Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-te-es-noun-pYdnggPA Categories (other): Latin letter names, Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 27 32 35 6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Pronoun

IPA: /te/, [t̪e] Forms: t [alternative]
Rhymes: -e Etymology: From Latin tē (accusative of tū), from Proto-Indo-European *twé, *te, accusative of *túh₂ (“you”). Etymology templates: {{inh|es|la|te|tē}} Latin tē, {{inh|es|ine-pro|*twé}} Proto-Indo-European *twé Head templates: {{head|es|pronouns}} te
  1. dative of tú and vos: to you, for you Tags: dative, form-of Form of: tú and vos (extra: to you, for you)
    Sense id: en-te-es-pron-Gsqdq2Nv Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Spanish pronouns Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 27 32 35 6 Disambiguation of Spanish pronouns: 7 30 30 33
  2. accusative of tú and vos: you Tags: accusative, form-of Form of: tú and vos (extra: you)
    Sense id: en-te-es-pron-fVCqaTmB Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Spanish pronouns Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 27 32 35 6 Disambiguation of Spanish pronouns: 7 30 30 33
  3. (reflexive pronoun) yourself Tags: pronoun, reflexive
    Sense id: en-te-es-pron-0A2CW7pr Categories (other): Spanish reflexive pronouns, Spanish pronouns Disambiguation of Spanish pronouns: 7 30 30 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2 Related terms: yo, , me, conmigo, nosotros, nos, , nosotras, , ti, contigo, vos, usted, le, se3, lo, la, vosotros, os, vosotras, ustedes, les, los, las, él, ella, ello5, ellos, ellas, , se, consigo, Like other masculine words, masculine pronouns can be used when the gender of the subject is unknown, when the subject is plural and of mixed gender, Treated as if it were third person for purposes of conjugation and reflexivity, If le, les precedes lo, or las in a clause, it is replaced with se (alt: e.g. se lo dije instead of *le lo dije), Used primarily in Spain, Only used in certain circumstances and rarely as a subject pronoun

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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