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Las
Determiner
  fuerzas
Noun
  españolas
Adjective
  habían
Auxiliary
  sido
Auxiliary
  derrotadas
Verb
  el
Determiner
  día
Noun
  anterior
Adjective
  por
Adposition
  las
Determiner
  mismas
Determiner
  fuerzas
Noun
  cubanas
Adjective
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The Spanish forces had been defeated the day before by the same Cuban forces.
Words and sentences
New
españolas

New
derrotadas

New
el

masculine singular definite article; the

New
día

  1. day (any period of 24 hours)
  2. day (a period from midnight to the following midnight)
  3. day (rotational period of a planet)
  4. day (the part of a day period which one spends at work, school, etc.)
  5. day, daytime (the part of the day between sunrise and sunset)

New
anterior

  1. anterior (in time), previous, earlier, former, past
  2. anterior (in space)

New
fuerzas

New
cubanas

New
habían

third-person plural imperfect indicative of haber

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