Yap.Town

del estante

from the shelf

→ del
phrase Rare #33,594
from the shelf Del is the contraction of de and el. Depending on the verb, it can also mean “off the shelf.”
SP: Mi hermana sacó un libro del estante.
EN: My sister took a book off the shelf.

Toma el diccionario del estante.

Take the dictionary from the shelf.

Bajó la caja pesada del estante.

He took the heavy box down from the shelf.

Tome un libro del estante.

Take a book from the shelf.

Él es demasiado chico para sacar el libro del estante.

He is too young to take the book off the shelf.

Es demasiado bajo para alcanzar el libro del estante.

He is too short to reach the book on the shelf.

Lo encontré detrás del estante.

I found it behind the shelf.

— El recuerdo de Marnie (2014)

Él bajó libros del estante.

He took books down from the shelf.

Mi hermano es el más alto de la familia y siempre le piden cosas del estante.

My brother is the tallest in the family and they're always asking him for things from the shelf.