/al/
Translation
to the
Word origin
A contraction of the preposition a plus the article el, from Latin ad ('to') plus ille ('that, the').
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- ad ille
Examples
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I am going to the market this afternoon to buy bread.
, .
On arriving home, I turned on the TV.
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Call the doctor if the pain is strong.
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The next day she felt much better.
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We got on the bus without paying for the ticket.
Where this fits
Used in
Stories
(32)Lo mismo de siempre
2 min read · Core 1000
Pedro conoce a alguien
2 min read · Core 5000
Cocinar juntos
3 min read · Core 1000
Cuando llegué, ya había pasado
3 min read · Core 5000
Cuanto más espero, peor
3 min read · Core 5000
¿El coche o el carro?
3 min read · Core 5000
El correo a la jefa
3 min read · Core 5000
El mejor café de la calle
3 min read · Core 5000
El perro del barrio
3 min read · Core 5000
Es importante que descanses
3 min read · Core 5000
Espero que vengáis
3 min read · Core 5000
La habitación libre
3 min read · Core 5000
La nota de Rafa
3 min read · Core 5000
Laura busca piso
3 min read · Core 5000
Lleva toda la mañana
3 min read · Core 5000
Lo que de verdad importa
3 min read · Core 5000
Lo que dijo el médico
3 min read · Core 5000
María lleva una hora esperando
3 min read · Core 5000
Menudo desastre
3 min read · Core 5000
No creo que sea grave
3 min read · Core 5000
No estoy embarazada
3 min read · Core 5000
No fue él, sino ella
3 min read · Core 5000
Pasen y siéntense
3 min read · Core 5000
Por lo tanto, decidimos
3 min read · Core 5000
Por todas partes
3 min read · Core 5000
Preparando la visita
3 min read · Core 5000
Se me cayó todo
3 min read · Core 5000
Se vende la camioneta
3 min read · Core 5000
Tú y tu hermano
3 min read · Core 5000
Una organización imposible
3 min read · Core 5000
El primer día de Laura
4 min read · Core 1000
Palabras de cocina
5 min read · Core 1000
Grammar articles
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Spanish False Friends (Part 2): molestar, recordar, soportar, pretender
The Future and Conditional of Probability in Spanish (¿Qué hora será?, Serían las tres)
Spanish Time and Frequency Phrases: de vez en cuando, a menudo, de repente, poco a poco
Spanish Imperfect: hablaba, comía, vivía and Only Three Irregulars
Spanish Impersonal Verbs: hay, hace, se habla and the No-Subject Constructions
The Spanish Infinitive as a Noun and After Prepositions (antes de salir, al llegar)
Spanish Intermediate Grammar (B1-B2): The Things That Stop You at the Plateau
Spanish Perception Verbs + Infinitive or Gerund: la vi salir, lo oí cantando
Spanish Possessive Pronouns: el mío, el tuyo, el suyo and the Long Possessives
Spanish Compound Prepositions and Tricky Choices: delante de, a pesar de, soñar con
Spanish Prepositions: de, a, en, con, por, para and the Two Contractions
Spanish Present Perfect: he hablado, ha vivido, hemos visto
Preterite vs Imperfect: How to Choose Between the Two Spanish Past Tenses
Spanish Preterite: hablé, comí, viví and the Big Irregular Group
Spanish Quantifiers: mucho, poco, demasiado, todo, cada (mucha gente vs trabaja mucho)
Spanish Reciprocal Verbs (se quieren, nos ayudamos - each other)
Advanced Spanish Relative Pronouns: el que, el cual, lo cual and cuyo
Reported Speech in Spanish: tense backshift (dice que, dijo que)
Spanish Set Phrases with tener, dar, hacer, echar (tener ganas, echar de menos, hacer falta)
The Spanish Subjunctive in Relative (Adjective) Clauses, with Practice
Spanish Subjunctive After Wishes
Verbs of Becoming in Spanish: ponerse, hacerse, volverse, convertirse en, llegar a ser
Spanish Word Order: SVO, Pro-Drop and the Five Rules That Cover 90% of Sentences
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