Meanings (ES + gloss)
por
Along a path which runs past someone or something.
I watched the parade as it passed by.
Phrases
No hay frases
Word forms
Meanings (ES + gloss)
cerca de • por
Near or next to.
The mailbox is by the bus stop.
para
Not later than (the given time); not later than the end of (the given time interval).
Be back by ten o'clock!.
We'll find someone by the end of March.
ante • frente a • por • por parte de
Indicates the person or thing that does or causes something: Through the action or presence of.
The boat was swamped by the water.
The matter was decided by the chairman.
hecho por • por
Indicates the creator of a work: Existing through the authorship etc. of.
There are many well-known plays by William Shakespeare
acorde a • de acuerdo a • por • según
Indicates a means of classification or organisation.
I sorted the items by category.
Table 1 shows details of our employees broken down by sex and age.
por
In the formulae X by X and by Xs, indicates a steady progression, one X after another.
We crawled forward by inches.
We went through the book page by page.
por
Used to separate dimensions when describing the size of something.
It is easy to invert a 2-by-2 matrix.
The room was about 4 foot by 6 foot.
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