>>> dict = {} >>> dict['martin'] = 'Ilse' >>> dict['iliana'] = 'El del DF' >>> dict {'iliana': 'El del DF', 'martin': 'Ilse'} >>> del 'martin' File "", line 1 SyntaxError: can't delete literal >>> del dict['martin'] >>> dict['otra llave'] = 'otra cosa' >>> dict {'otra llave': 'otra cosa', 'iliana': 'El del DF'} >>> del dict['otra llave'] >>> dict {'iliana': 'El del DF'} >>> len(dict) 1