| ahora |
| 1. adv. now (at the present time) | |
| 2. adv. just now, just a moment ago (in the past) | |
| 3. adv. very soon, in a moment (in the future) | |
| 4. adv. (usually preceded by de) of nowadays, of today, latter-day | |
| La juventud de ahora entiende esto y más. - Today's youth understands this and more. | |
| 5. adv. (Latin America) today | |
| Ahora me levanté temprano y con ánimo. - Today I woke up early and full of energy. | |
| Te veré ahora en la noche. - I'll see you later today in the evening. | |
| 6. adv. however, on the other hand | |
| Te quiero mucho. Ahora eso no quiere decir que haré lo que digas. - I love you. However, that doesn't mean I'll do what(ever) you say. | |
| 7. adv. (correlative, literary) sometimes...other times | |
| Ahora dice una cosa, ahora dice lo contrario. - She sometimes says one thing, and then other times she says the opposite. | |
| 8. conj. (correlative, literary) now...now, whether...or... | |
| Ahora en la sala, ahora en el comedor, había un desastre por doquier. - Whether you looked at the kitchen, or the dining room, there was a disaster everywhere. | |
| en |
| 1. prep. in, at, on | |
| Estoy en casa. - I'm at home. | |
| Estoy sentado en la computadora. - I'm sitting at the computer. | |
| en esta página - on this page | |
| en la caja en la mesa - in the box on the table | |
| 2. prep. in (a time) | |
| en la antigüedad - in antiquity | |
| en 1999 - in 1999 | |
| 3. prep. in (a language) | |
| No conozco esta palabra en francés. - I don't know this word in French. | |
| en todos los idiomas - in all languages | |
| 4. prep. used after some verbs and translated by various prepositions in English | |
| Pienso en ti. - I'm thinking of you. | |
| 5. prep. in (in various expressions) | |
| en el sentido - in the sense | |
| en nuestro afán - in our eagerness | |
| la |
| 1. art. the | |
| 2. pron. accusative of ella, ello (when the antecedent's implied gender is feminine), and usted (when referring to a woman); her, it, you (formal) | |
| 3. pron. (impersonal neuter pronoun (accusative) in certain colloquial phrases): it, this | |
| La sabe toda. - He/she knows everything (it all) | |
| ¡Dónde la viste! - Where have you seen this! | |
| No te la creo. - I don't believe you. | |
| 4. n-m. (music) la (sixth note of the scale) | |
| 5. n-m. (music) A (the musical note or key) | |
| esplendorosa |
| 1. adj. feminine singular of esplendoroso | |
| esplendoroso |
| 1. adj. magnificent, splendorous | |
| corte |
| 1. n-m. cut (the act of cutting) | |
| 2. n-m. cut (the result of cutting) | |
| 3. n-m. cut (an opening resulting from cutting; an incision or wound) | |
| 4. n-m. haircut | |
| 5. n-m. (colloquial) embarrassment | |
| Me da corte hacerlo. - I'm embarrassed to do it. | |
| 6. n-m. style or type | |
| Hay varios cortes de mediocampista. Necesitamos un mediocampista de corte defensivo, un jugador con un corte parecido al del ghanés Thomas Partey. - There are many types of midfielder. We need | |
| 7. n-m. cross section | |
| 8. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of cortar | |
| 9. n-f. court (the hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered) | |
| cortar |
| 1. v. to cut | |
| 2. v. to cut off, cut out, cut through, cut down, cut up, to nip | |
| 3. v. to chop, chop up, chop off | |
| 4. v. to slice, to slit | |
| 5. v. to mow | |
| 6. v. to slash, to hack | |
| 7. v. to carve, to engrave | |
| 8. v. to hang up, to terminate a telephone call | |
| 9. v. (Chile, informal) to stop an action | |
| ¡Córtala!, déjame tranquilo. (Stop it! leave me alone.) | |
| 10. v. (Chile) to shut off | |
| Corta el agua, por favor. (Shut the water off please.) | |
| 11. v. to finish a relationship | |
| Deberías cortar con él. (You should break up with him.) | |
| 12. v. to haircut | |
| 13. v. to cut, to cut off, to slit (oneself or a part of the body) | |
| hay |
| there is, there are | |
| Hay dos tiendas que venden películas. - There are two stores that sell films. | |
| 1. there is, there are | |
| haber |
| 1. v. (auxiliary) to have | |
| He trabajado muy duro durante este mes. - I have worked very hard during this month. | |
| Mi hermanito me pidió más chocolate, pero ya le había dado demasiado. - My little brother asked me for more chocolate, but I had already given him too much. | |
| 2. v. (obsolete) to hold, to possess | |
| 3. v. (impersonal, in third person singular only) to exist; “there is”, “there are” (hay); “there was”, “there were” (había) | |
| No hay muchas personas aquí. - There aren't many people here. | |
| En el cofre había un libro antiguo. - In the chest there was an antique book. | |
| 4. v. (dated, or formal) to have to (+ de + infinitive) | |
| 5. v. (Used only in the third-person existential form) to be necessary (+ que + infinitive) | |
| Hay que proteger el mundo. - It is necessary to protect the world. | |
| 6. v. used to denote a past obligation | |
| Haberla llamado. - You ought to have phoned her. | |
| 7. n-m. asset | |
| 8. n-m. history | |
| 9. n-m. credit side | |
| más |
| 1. adv. more; -er (used to make comparisons) | |
| Teresa es más lista que su hermano. - Teresa is more clever than her brother. | |
| Hay más de cien personas aquí. - There are more than a hundred people here. | |
| 2. adv. (with definite article) most; -est (used to make superlatives) | |
| Teresa es la más inteligente de la clase. - Teresa is the most intelligent in her class. | |
| la cosa más grande - the biggest thing | |
| 3. adv. furthermore | |
| 4. adv. in addition | |
| 5. adv. else | |
| algo más - something/anything else | |
| nadie más - nobody else | |
| 6. adv. used with qué to express emphasis | |
| ¡Qué paisaje más hermoso! - What a pretty landscape! | |
| ¡Qué niño más tonto! - What a silly boy! | |
| 7. det. more, any more | |
| 8. det. most | |
| 9. conj. (mathematics) plus | |
| uno más uno es igual a dos - one plus one is equal to two | |
| de |
| 1. prep. of; 's; (used after the thing owned and before the owner) | |
| Constitución española de 1812 - Spanish constitution of 1812 | |
| la cola del perro - the dog’s tail | |
| 2. prep. from (with the source or provenance of or at) | |
| Soy de España. - I’m from Spain. | |
| agua de manantial - springwater | |
| 3. prep. of (expressing composition, substance) | |
| una mesa de madera - a wooden table | |
| 4. prep. about (concerning; with regard to) | |
| Están hablando del pasado. - They're talking about the past. | |
| tratarse de - to be about; to concern | |
| 5. prep. of, from (indicating cause) | |
| Murió de hambre. - He died of hunger. | |
| 6. prep. of (indicates a quality or characteristic) | |
| un hombre de fe - a man of faith | |
| 7. prep. from (with the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at) | |
| el vuelo de Miami a Chicago - the flight from Miami to Chicago | |
| 8. prep. of (indicates the subject or cause of the adjective) | |
| harto de - sick of; tired of | |
| 9. prep. from (with the separation, exclusion or differentiation of) | |
| Nos protege del frío. - It protects us from the cold. | |
| 10. prep. than (in certain phrases) | |
| más de - more than | |
| menos de - less than, fewer than | |
| 11. prep. (used to construct compound nouns (with attributive nouns)) | |
| campamento de verano - summer camp | |
| 12. prep. (followed by the infinitive) (indicates a conditional desire) | |
| De haberlo sabido, no lo habría dicho. - If I had known, I wouldn't have said it. | |
| 13. prep. indicates a time of day or period of someone's life | |
| de día - during the daytime | |
| de niño - as a child; during childhood | |
| 14. prep. (after a noun and before a verb) (indicates the purpose of an object) | |
| goma de mascar - chewing gum | |
| caña de pescar - fishing rod | |
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