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: to discover or notice the presence of (something that is hidden or hard to see, hear, taste, etc.) See the full definition for detect in the English Language Learners Dictionary. detect. verb. de·​tect | / di-ˈtekt /

a suffix meaning “capable of, susceptible of, fit for, tending to, given to,” associated in meaning with the word able, occurring in loanwords from Latin (laudable); used in English as a highly productive suffix to form adjectives by addition to stems of any origin (teachable; photographable).

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Al is the contraction of a el, the preposition a (at/to) and the article el (the): Dale esto a-el cartero. A él is the preposition a and the personal pronoun él (him).

to be

Presente – Present Tense

• yo estoy – I am.
• tú estás – you are.
• vos estás – you (South American) are.
• él/ella/usted está – he/she/you (formal) are.
• nosotros/as estamos – we are.
• vosotros/as estáis – you (plural) are.
• ustedes están – you (plural) are.
• ellos/as están – they are.

SER is an irregular verb. You just need to memorize the form that goes with each pronoun….Free Spanish Grammar Lesson.

What about ir?

Ir conjugation: basic forms

Indicative

Here are a few example sentences using the future tense conjugations of ir.

1. Yo iré a la escuela mañana (I will go to school tomorrow).
2. Tú irás a la escuela mañana (You will go to school tomorrow).
3. Él irá a la escuela mañana (He will go to school tomorrow).

The Spanish verb IR (to go) is one of the most commonly used verbs in Spanish. It can be used for everything from announcing where you are going to what you are going to do. The verb Ir happens to be a highly irregular verb. Like ser, it doesn’t follow the normal patterns for verb conjugations.

The slides summarize the history of the two most irregular Spanish verbs, ser ‘to be’ and ir ‘to go’. It turns out that each of these verbs is a historical merger of three distinct verbs. Ir merged the Latin verbs ire ‘to go’, vadere ‘to go, walk’ (a cognate of English ‘to wade’), and esse ‘to be’.

Spanish irregular present tense verbs fall into various categories: verbs with irregular yo forms in the present indicative, stem-changing verbs, spelling-change verbs, and verbs that are irregular in all forms….Ir and Haber.

The verbs ir (to go), ver (to see), and ser (to be) are completely irregular in the imperfect tense. Note that the forms of the verbs ir (Table ) and ser (Table ) show the complete imperfect conjugation, not just an ending.

Irregular Verbs: Estar, Ir, Dar. You should already know how to conjugate the verb estar. Notice that ir and dar follow the same pattern as estar; they are irregular in the first person singular (yo). Since these verbs are irregular, their conjugations must be memorized.

Uses of Estar. Estar is used to indicate temporary states and locations. If that general rule doesn’t suffice, there are two acronyms that you can think of, PLACE and LoCo. PLACE stands for Position, Location, Action, Condition, and Emotion.

Basically, “estaba” is used for states/events in progress at some point in time in the past whereas “estuve” is used for states/events that were not in progress.

‘ Estar is an irregular verb in the present indicative tense. This means that it doesn’t follow conjugation rules, so you’ll need to memorize the different forms….Present Indicative.

Spanish Verb Estar

Estar is also irregular in the preterite: estuve, estuviste, estuvo, estuvimos, estuvisteis, estuvieron. Although ser and estar both mean ‘to be,’ they cannot be used interchangeably. Ser is used to talk about qualities that are relatively permanent, while estar is used for things that are more temporary.

detect Add to list Share. The verb detect means to discover or observe the existence of something. The verb detect comes from the Latin word detegere, which literally means “to uncover” — or more figuratively, to discover.

-able. suffix meaning capable of, able to. -ible.

-al 1. a suffix with the general sense “of the kind of, pertaining to, having the form or character of” that named by the stem, occurring in loanwords from Latin (autumnal; natural; pastoral), and productive in English on the Latin model, usually with bases of Latin origin (accidental; seasonal; tribal).

-al 1 ,suffix. -al is used to form adjectives from nouns, with the meaning “relating to, of the kind of, having the form or character of:” autumn + -al → autumnal (= relating to the season autumn);

1 Answer. You use “al” (a contraction of a + el) when you are taking about a masculine noun and “a la” when you are talking about a feminine noun.

Well, yes, que can mean how, especially with exclamatory remarks, like, “¡Que bella es!”, meaning “How beautiful it/she is!” You will even hear “¿Cómo?” (which means how) when you are asked to repeat what you said, just like “What?” in English. So, you see, it can mean both based on how it is used in the sentence.

Al is a contraction of the two Spanish words a and el, and can mean many things, such as “at the” or “to the.” Del is a contraction of the words de and el. It can mean “from the” and “of the,” among other things. In English, contractions are optional.

Usage. “En” can be used to mean “in”, “on”, or “at” in Spanish, and it is used to indicate location and time. It is also used to indicate how people get to other places.

Answer and Explanation: The word café is a masculine noun. Be sure to use masculine articles and adjectives with it.

1 : a usually small and informal establishment serving various refreshments (such as coffee) broadly : restaurant. 2 : barroom. 3 : cabaret, nightclub.

Le Café Français In France, un café, which may also be called un petit café, un café simple, un café noir, un petit noir, un café express, or un express, is an espresso: a tiny cup of strong black coffee. That’s what the French drink, so that’s what the simple word café refers to.

brown

A Spanish term that means “rose-colored.” It is used to describe the reddish tint of some Cuban-seed wrapper.

The color displayed at right is café noir, also known as black coffee. It is a representation of the color of brewed black coffee. The first recorded use of cafe noir as a color name in English was in 1928….

brown → marrón, castaño, moreno, café

Morena is an Italian, Portuguese and Spanish feminine given name derived from the term moreno, meaning “brown, brown-haired.” It is a popular name in Argentina, where it was the second most popular name given to baby girls born in Córdoba, Argentina in 2009.

chocolate. More Spanish words for chocolate. el chocolate noun. cocoa, hash.

How To Name And Pronounce Colors In Spanish

• The color — el color.
• Red — rojo.
• Orange — naranja.
• Yellow — amarillo.
• Green — verde.
• Blue — azul.
• Purple —lila.
• Pink — rosa.

Like other Spanish adjectives, must change in gender and number to agree with the nouns that they modify. However, there are a few exceptions: Violeta is invariable. Azul, verde, and gris have only singular and plural forms; they are the same for masculine and feminine.

Math is the red folder. English is the blue folder.

The Body Parts in Spanish

• Arm — el brazo.
• Back — la espalda.
• Backbone — la columna vertebral.
• Brain — el cerebro, el seso.
• Breast, chest — el pecho.
• Buttocks — las nalgas.
• Calf — la pantorrilla.
• Ear — el oído, la oreja.

These are the parts of our face:

1. face = cara.
2. head = cabeza.
3. hair = pelo.
4. eyes = ojos.
5. nose = nariz.
6. ears = orejas.
7. mouth = boca.
8. tooth = diente.

The main body parts in French are as follows:

• The Head – La tête.
• The Chest – La poitrine.
• The Leg – La jambe.
• The Arm – La bras.
• The Back – Le dos.
• The Hand – La main.
• The Foot – Le pied.
• The Face – Le visage.

These different body systems include the skeletal, nervous, muscular, respiratory, endocrine, immune, cardiovascular/circulatory, urinary, integumentary, reproductive, and digestive systems.