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No. 10,935 in Spanish

dictara

"Dictara" is the third-person singular or formal second-person singular imperfect subjunctive form of "dictar," meaning "to dictate" or "to prescribe."

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  • El maestro dictará las instrucciones al inicio de la clase.

    The teacher will dictate the instructions at the beginning of the class.

    Here, 'dictará' is used in its direct meaning 'to dictate' and is addressing an expected future action of conveying information orally for the students to reproduce or comprehend.

  • Espero que mi entrenador me dictara los ejercicios adecuados para mejorar.

    I hope my coach assigns me the adequate exercises to improve.

    In this sentence, 'dictara' is used in the subjunctive imperfect tense, indicating a hypothetical scenario where the action of 'dictar' is desired or imagined.

  • La norma que dictará el gobierno cambiará muchas cosas.

    The regulation that the government will enact will change many things.

    Here, 'dictará' takes a figurative sense, meaning 'to declare or establish authoritatively,' implying future legal or official stipulation.

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