el

/el/, [el]

on, the

Examples

El francés no es un idioma fácil.

French isn't an easy language.

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Él es el mejor de todos nosotros.

He is the best of us all.

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Él perdió el reloj de su padre.

He has lost his father's watch.

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El descubrimiento me sorprendió.

I was surprised at the discovery.

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El asesino aún no ha sido atrapado.

The murderer is still at large.

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El papel fue inventado en China.

Paper was first invented in China.

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Tom organizó una fiesta sorpresa para el cumpleaños de María.

Tom threw Mary a surprise birthday party.

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El francés es su lengua materna.

French is her mother tongue.

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Tengo un dolor en el pecho.

I have a pain in my chest.

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Nací el año en que murió mi abuelo.

I was born the year my grandfather died.

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Su madre vive sola en el campo.

Her mother lives in the country all by herself.

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Me di prisa en llegar a la estación tan sólo para ver que el tren ya había salido.

I hurried to the station only to find that the train had already left.

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El tío Bob nos invitó a cenar.

Uncle Bob invited us to have dinner.

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Tengo miedo de tener el número equivocado.

I'm afraid of having the wrong number.

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El año pasado se fue de Japón.

Last year she left Japan.

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Parece ser que el mundo no se acabó el 21 de diciembre después de todo.

It looks like the world didn't end on December 21st after all.

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El hierro se utiliza en la construcción de barcos.

Iron is used in building ships.

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El Sol también brilla por la noche.

The sun shines also at night.

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Tom es el padre ideal.

Tom is the perfect father.

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El ojo se me ha hinchado.

My eye has swollen up.

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