Syntax

Meaning

Examples (Click to run)

Sample matches

word1
word1/word2
word1 word2
* word
* word *

One exact word
Either word (no space)
Multiple exact words
Words + undefined "slots"
    "        "       "

misterioso
hombre/mujer
por favor
libros *
* rumbo *

misterioso
hombre, mujer
por favor
libros de / libros antiguos
el rumbo que, con rumbo a

*xx
*xxx*
x?xx

Wildcard: * = any # letters
Wildcard: ? = one letter

*idad
*limp*
f?z*

cidad, autoridad
limpio, alimpiar
faz, fiziessemos

[pos]
[pos*]

Part of speech (exact)
Part of speech (wildcard)
[More info on POS codes]

[vf-1s]
[vf*]

[nn*] suave

diré, estaré
diremos, hallará
voz suave, mano suave

[word]

Lemmas
(all forms of a word)

[hacer]
[hombre]

hacemos, hará, hicieron
hombre, hombres, homen

[=word]

Synonyms
[More information]

[=precioso]
[[=precioso]]
[nn*] [[=precioso]]

rico, divino, hermoso
rico, ricas, divinos, divina
piedras preciosas, amor divino
[user:list]

Customized lists
[More information]

[mark_davies@byu.edu:ropa]
[[mark_davies@byu.edu:ropa]]

vestido, traje
vestido, vestidos, traje

word*.[pos]
word*.[pos*]
[pos*] word
[pos] * word

Wildcard with exact POS
Wildcard w/ wildcard POS
Wildcard POS + word
Exact POS + any word + word

*emos.[v*]
des*.[j*ms]
[nn*] [bonito]
[vr*] * [pelota]

queremos, estaremos
desportivo, desconecido
mujer bonita, ojos bonitos
tocar la pelota, golpear la pelota

Any other
combination
Example: form of poner
+ el or la or los or las + word in
[ropa] list created by [davies]
[poner] el/la/los/las [mark_davies@byu.edu:ropa]

puso el sombrero, ponga las botas

NOTES:

1. Notice the period separating the word and the part of speech in the example above (e.g. *emos.[v*]).  This finds all words ending in -emos, which are any type of verb (v*). Make sure there is no space before or after the period, or this will be searched as two separate words.

2. Note also the double brackets in cases like [[=precioso]] or [[davies:ropa]]. The inner brackets find synonyms, words in customized lists, etc. The outer (second set of) brackets find all forms of any of these words (lemma).