al

A1Rank #35

contraction of a + el, literally “at the, to the”

Part of speech
contraction
Frequency rank
#35 of 5,000

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"al" in example sentences

"al" appears in 6,146 of 223,093 short Tatoeba Spanish sentences that have an English translation. Here are 3 of them.

Si el dolor sigue, tiene que ir al médico.

If the pain continues you have to go to the doctor.

Tatoeba #455968

Al contrario, nunca he dicho tal cosa.

On the contrary, I've never said such a thing.

Tatoeba #456546

Mi punto de vista es contrario al suyo.

My point of view is contrary to yours.

Tatoeba #941488

Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR.

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