No. 403 in Spanish
mediante
By means of; through.
In a sentence
Logró el objetivo mediante esfuerzo y dedicación.
He achieved the goal through effort and dedication.
The word "mediante" is used in this sentence to indicate the means by which the goal was achieved, which are effort and dedication.
Mediante esta herramienta, podemos analizar los datos fácilmente.
Through this tool, we can analyze the data easily.
Here, "mediante" introduces the means or instrument (the tool) used to perform the action of analyzing the data.
Resolví el problema mediante la colaboración del equipo.
I solved the problem through the collaboration of the team.
In this sentence, "mediante" denotes reliance on collaboration as the method to address the problem.
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