ABSTRACT

No encontré a nadie. (I didn’t meet anyone.)

Dorotea quiere mucho a sus perros. (Dorotea really loves her dogs.) (Compare with Odio los perros – I hate dogs.)

To express the idea of motion, in whichever direction

Fueron al teatro. (They went to the theatre.) Subió al Aconagua el año pasado. (He climbed Mount Aconagua last year.)

To show the idea of direction towards something or someone

‘Salida a la calle’ (‘Exit to the street’)

To introduce an indirect object Alberto lanzó una piedra a la ventana. (Alberto threw a stone at the window.)

To express manner Lo pinté a mano. (I painted it by hand.)

In time phrases: ‘at’ La ópera comienza a las siete. (The opera starts at 7.)

¡Exacto!