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parte

part; portion

noun PAHR-teh Common

Origin: From Latin pars, partis.

Also means

area; place

Usage Note

Parte is feminine despite ending in -e, a gender that must be memorized. It appears in essential fixed phrases: en todas partes ('everywhere'), de parte de ('on behalf of'), and por una parte... por otra ('on the one hand... on the other'). In legal and formal Spanish it also means 'party' to a contract or dispute.

Examples

"Esa es la mejor parte del libro."

Natural Translation

That is the best part of the book.

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