"te" meaning in Spanish

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Noun

IPA: /te/, [t̪e] Forms: tes [plural]
Rhymes: -e Head templates: {{es-noun|f}} te f (plural tes)
  1. The name of the Latin-script letter T. Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Latin letter names
    Sense id: en-te-es-noun-tf3FMZty
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Pronoun

IPA: /te/, [t̪e]
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, {{m|la|tu|tū}} tū, {{inh|es|ine-pro|*twé}} Proto-Indo-European *twé, {{m|ine-pro|*te}} *te, {{m|ine-pro|*túh₂||you}} *túh₂ (“you”) Head templates: {{head|es|pronouns}} te
  1. dative of tú: to you, for you Tags: dative, form-of Form of: (extra: to you, for you)
    Sense id: en-te-es-pron-9q8atgS9 Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Spanish pronouns Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 8 43 47 2 Disambiguation of Spanish pronouns: 6 31 32 30
  2. accusative of tú: you Tags: accusative, form-of Form of: (extra: you)
    Sense id: en-te-es-pron-0HZcSOgd Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Spanish pronouns Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 8 43 47 2 Disambiguation of Spanish pronouns: 6 31 32 30
  3. (reflexive) yourself Tags: reflexive
    Sense id: en-te-es-pron-0A2CW7pr Categories (other): Spanish reflexive pronouns, Spanish pronouns Disambiguation of Spanish pronouns: 6 31 32 30
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2 Related terms: yo, me, mí1, nosotros, nos, nosotras, , ti1, vos, usted, le, se4, lo, la5, vosotros, os, vosotras, ustedes, les, los, las5, él, ella, la, ello7, ello, ellos, ellas, las, —, se, sí1, Not used with con, conmigo, contigo, and consigo are used instead, respectively, Like other masculine Spanish words, masculine Spanish 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 (english: e.g., Se lo dije instead of Le lo dije), Depending on the implicit gender of the object being referred to, Used primarily in Spain, Used only in rare circumstances

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  "path": [],
  "section": "Spanish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "te",
  "trace": ""
}

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