María lleva una hora esperando
María has been waiting for an hour
- Reading time
- 3 min
- Total words
- 679
- Unique words
- 312
- Avg frequency
- #198
Story
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María . , . "¿ ?", . . . .
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¿Cuánto tiempo lleva María esperando?
How long has María been waiting?
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Words in this story
| # | Word |
|---|---|
| 1 | deof, from |
| 2 | quethat, which, what |
| 3 | serto be (identity, essential qualities) |
| 4 | nono, not |
| 5 | ato, at |
| 6 | lathe (feminine singular) |
| 7 | elthe (masculine singular) |
| 8 | estarto be (state, location) |
| 9 | yand |
| 10 | enin, on, at |
| 12 | una, an (masculine) |
| 13 | haberto have (auxiliary); there is / there are |
| 14 | tenerto have, to possess |
| 15 | porfor, by, through |
| 16 | hacerto do, to make |
| 18 | irto go |
| 19 | unaa, an (feminine) |
| 20 | poderto be able to, can |
| 24 | decirto say, to tell |
| 25 | conwith |
| 26 | parafor, in order to |
| 28 | suhis, her, its, your (formal), their |
| 29 | quererto want, to love |
| 30 | todoall, everything, whole |
| 31 | perobut, however |
| 33 | bienwell, good, fine |
| 34 | esothat (general/neuter) |
| 35 | lasthe (feminine plural) |
| 36 | verto see, to watch, to look at |
| 39 | buenogood, fine, okay |
| 43 | aquíhere |
| 44 | alto the |
| 45 | másmore, most |
| 46 | esethat |
| 47 | lehim, her, you (indirect object) |
| 51 | yaalready, now, soon, anymore |
| 54 | asílike this, like that, so, thus |
| 56 | algosomething, anything, somewhat |
| 57 | estethis |
| 58 | veztime, occasion |
| 59 | cuandowhen |
| 60 | venirto come |
| 61 | pasarto pass, to happen, to spend (time) |
| 62 | hablarto speak, to talk |
| 63 | dejarto leave, to let, to allow |
| 65 | nadanothing, anything |
| 66 | sóloonly, just, alone |
| 68 | otroother, another |
| 69 | muchoa lot, much, many, very much |
| 72 | pensarto think, to plan |