| sírveme |
| 1. v. Compound of the informal second-person plural (vosotros) imperative form of servir, sirve and the pronoun me | |
| sirve |
| 1. v. third-person singular present indicative of servir | |
| servir |
| 1. v. to serve (to be a servant or worker; to render service) | |
| Es una empresa que sirve a los discapacitados. - It's a business that serves the disabled. | |
| 2. v. to serve (to be a servant for; to work for) | |
| 3. v. to be of use, to be good for | |
| Hace diez años, la traducción automática no servía. - Ten years ago, automated translation was no good. | |
| Este cuchillo sirve para cortar el pan. - This knife is good for cutting bread. | |
| 4. v. to serve (to usefully take the place of something else) | |
| sirve como recordatorio - serves as a reminder | |
| 5. v. to serve (to be in military service) | |
| 6. v. to serve (to set down (food or drink) on the table to be eaten) | |
| El camarero nos sirvió la comida de otra mesa. - The waiter served us another table's food. | |
| 7. v. to serve (to lead off with the first delivery over the net in tennis, volleyball, ping pong, badminton, etc.) | |
| 8. v. to help oneself to (to take something freely) | |
| me |
| 1. pron. personal accusative of yo: me | |
| 2. pron. personal;dative pronoun dative of yo: to me, for me | |
| 3. pron. personal;reflexive pronoun of yo: myself | |
| 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 | |
| un |
| 1. art. a | |
| 2. num. (before the noun) apocopic form of uno one | |
| vaso |
| 1. n-m. drinking glass | |
| 2. n-m. glassful | |
| 3. n-m. vessel (container) | |
| 4. n-m. vessel (tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant) | |
| un |
| 1. art. a | |
| 2. num. (before the noun) apocopic form of uno one | |
| poco |
| 1. det. little, not much | |
| Bebí poca agua. - I drank little water. | |
| Nos casamos hace poco tiempo. - We got married a little time ago. | |
| 2. det. few, not many | |
| Muy pocas personas hacen eso. - Very few people do that. | |
| 3. det. un-, not | |
| poco saludable - unhealthy | |
| 4. adv. little (not much) | |
| Comí poco. - I ate little / I didn’t eat much. | |
| 5. n-m. little (a small amount) | |
| Hablo un poco (de) inglés. - I speak a little English. | |
| 6. n-m. a short time, a little while | |
| hace poco - a little while ago | |
| dentro de poco - in a little bit | |
| un poco |
| 1. adv. (modifying an adjective) a bit, a little, kind of, slightly, somewhat, kinda | |
| Es un poco tarde para almorzar. - It's kind of late for lunch. | |
| 2. adv. (modifying a verb) some, a bit, a little | |
| Estoy tratando de dormir un poco aquí. - I'm trying to sleep a bit here. | |
| 3. adv. a little bit, a little, a bit, some (when followed by de) | |
| Sólo necesitan un poco de orientación. - They just need a little bit of guidance. | |
| 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 | |
| whisky |
| 1. n-m. whisky (alcoholic liquor) | |
