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de

of

preposition deh Very Common

Also means

from

Usage Note

de marks possession and origin where English uses 's or 'from': el libro de María ('María's book'), soy de México. It contracts with the article el into del (la casa del profesor).

Examples

"Soy de México."

Natural Translation

I am from Mexico.

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