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UK: /ðeər/ US: /ðer/

Translation

pron

› (con el verbo «to be»)

⇨ hay

There is plenty of food in the fridge

Hay mucha comida en la nevera

There were many people there

Había mucha gente allí

■ Se puede usar también con verbos modales, con to seem o con to appear: There seems to be a problem - Parece que hay un problema

(Definition of there pron from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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