PHRASES
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Alemania me metió 7 goles en un Mundial
→ “Germany scored 7 goals against me in a World Cup”
Alemania [Àilémaniya] — Germany — the country's name, literally 'land of the Germans'
me — me — indirect object pronoun, meaning 'to me' or 'for me'
metió [mèiti] — scored — past tense of 'meter', which literally means 'to put' but here is used idiomatically for scoring goals
7 — seven — the number of goals scored
gole [gōle] — goal — from English 'goal', adapted into Spanish slang for soccer
en — in — preposition indicating location or context
un Mundial [Múndiál] — World Cup — short for 'Campeonato Mundial de Fútbol' (World Football Championship)
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Alemania me metió 7 goles en un Mundial
→ “Germany scored 7 goals against me in a World Cup”
Alemania [Àilémaniya] — Germany — the country's name, literally 'land of the Germans'
me — me — indirect object pronoun, meaning 'to me' or 'for me'
metió [mèiti] — scored — past tense of 'meter', which literally means 'to put' but here is used idiomatically for scoring goals
7 — seven — the number of goals scored
gole [gōle] — goal — from English 'goal', adapted into Spanish slang for soccer
en — in — preposition indicating location or context
un Mundial [Múndiál] — World Cup — short for 'Campeonato Mundial de Fútbol' (World Football Championship)
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Alemania me metió una planta de amoníaco en un sitio Ramsar donde habitan 400 delfines y comunidades originarias
→ “Germany planted an ammonia plant in a Ramsar site where 400 dolphins and indigenous communities live”
Alemania [Àilémaniya] — Germany — the country's name, literally 'land of the Germans'
me — me — indirect object pronoun, meaning 'to me' or 'for me'
metió [mèiti] — scored — past tense of 'meter', which literally means 'to put' but here is used idiomatically for scoring goals
una planta [qiánguà] — plant — can mean either a living plant or an industrial facility; here it refers to an industrial ammonia plant
de — of/the — preposition showing possession or origin
amoníaco [āmoníāo] — ammonia — a chemical compound often used in industry
en — in — preposition indicating location or context
un sitio [zhì] — site/place — general term for a location
Ramsar [Rámsār] — Ramsar — an international treaty for the conservation and sustainable use of wetlands
donde [dōng] — where — relative pronoun introducing a clause about location
habitan [hábìan] — live/inhabit — third-person plural present tense of 'habitar' (to inhabit)
400 — four hundred — the number of dolphins
delfines [delfín] — dolphins — plural of 'delfín' (dolphin)
y — and — coordinating conjunction
comunidades [gōngtóng] — communities — plural of 'comunidad' (community)
originarias [yuánshēng] — indigenous — adjective describing native peoples
