| pero |
| 1. conj. but | |
| Mi casa es pequeña pero cómoda. (My house is small but comfortable.) | |
| 2. conj. well well; so; well (used for emphasis) | |
| 3. n-m. but (restriction) | |
| nadie |
| 1. pron. no one, nobody; anyone, anybody | |
| No hay nadie en el cuarto. - There is no one in the room. | |
| No conozco a nadie de España. - I do not know anyone from Spain. | |
| Nadie sabe que su hermano es gay. - Nobody knows that his/her brother is gay. | |
| 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 | |
| impedirá |
| 1. v. third-person singular future indicative of impedir | |
| impedir |
| 1. v. to impede, hinder | |
| pensar |
| 1. v. to think | |
| Pienso, luego existo. - source=René Descartes | |
| 2. v. to hold an opinion | |
| ¿Piensas que la historia es buena? - Do you think that history is good? | |
| 3. v. to reflect upon a situation | |
| 4. v. to intend, to plan | |
| Nunca pensé lastimarte. - I never meant to hurt you | |
| No pienso en afeitarme hasta que llegue el verano. - I won't shave until Summer | |
| 5. v. to think about | |
| ¿Por qué no pensé en eso antes? - Why didn't I think of that before? | |
| que |
| 1. conj. that | |
| Él dice que está triste. - He says that he is sad. | |
| 2. conj. than | |
| Llego más tarde que tú. - I am arriving later than you. | |
| 3. conj. (indicating a reason); because, for | |
| ¡Ve más lento, que es resbaloso! - Slow down, (for) it is slippery! | |
| 4. conj. (indicating desire or permission); may (used with the subjunctive) | |
| Que te vaya bien. - May it go well for you. | |
| Que Dios me perdone. - May God forgive me. | |
| 5. pron. who; that | |
| la estrella que está en la película - the star who is in the movie | |
| 6. pron. that; whom | |
| la mujer con la que yo hablé - the woman with whom I spoke | |
| 7. pron. that; which | |
| la casa que yo quiero - the house that I want | |
| 8. prep. than | |
| 9. prep. like, as | |
| 10. part. to | |
| hubiera |
| 1. v. third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of haber | |
| 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 | |
| sido |
| 1. Participle. past participle of ser | |
| ser |
| 1. v. to be (essentially or identified as) | |
| Yo soy de los Estados Unidos. - I am from the United States. | |
| Errar es humano. - To err is human. | |
| 2. v. to be (in the passive voice sense) | |
| La guitarra fue tocada. - The guitar was played. | |
| 3. v. to exist; to occur | |
| La fiesta será mañana. - The party will be tomorrow. | |
| 4. n-m. a being, organism | |
| 5. n-m. nature, essence | |
| 6. n-m. value, worth | |
| 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 | |
| natural |
| 1. adj. natural (of or relating to nature) | |
| 2. adj. natural, plain (without artificial additives) | |
| En realidad prefiero yogur natural. - I actually prefer plain yogurt. | |
| 3. adj. natural (as expected; reasonable) | |
| 4. adj. (of a day) being a calendar day | |
| 5. adj. (music) natural (neither sharp nor flat) | |
| 6. adj. (of a child) illegitimate (born to unmarried parents) | |
| 7. adj. (of a drink) room-temperature (neither heated nor chilled) | |
| pasar |
| 1. v. to pass, to hand, to slip | |
| 2. v. to happen | |
| ¿qué pasa? - what's up? | |
| estas cosas pasan - these things happen | |
| Ya me ha pasado. - It has already happened to me. | |
| 3. v. to pass, to get past, to go past, to go by, to go over, to get through | |
| ¿Cómo pasaste la seguridad? - How did you get past security? | |
| ¡No pasarán! - They shall not pass! | |
| 4. v. to spend time | |
| pasarlo bien - to have a good time | |
| pásalo en grande - have a great time | |
| 5. v. to enter a room | |
| 6. v. to go too far, exaggerate | |
| 7. v. to exceed, surpass, go over | |
| 8. v. to ripen too much, become rotten, become off (food) | |
| 9. v. to pass (filter) | |
| 10. v. to strain, to sieve, to sift | |
| 11. v. to break the law, rule, order | |
| 12. v. to trespass (enter on someone's property without permission) | |
| 13. v. to puree (crush or grind food into a puree) | |
| 14. v. to omit, leave out | |
| ¡pasa de ellos! - pay no attention to them! | |
| 15. v. to send, transmit | |
| 16. v. to stand, tolerate, bear | |
| 17. v. to go through, to pass through, to swing by (+ por) | |
| 18. v. (with a + infinitive) to begin a process or action; (gloss, with ser) to become, to come to be | |
| 19. v. (Latin America) to pass an exam | |
| 20. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to stop by, to swing by | |
| 21. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to spend (time) | |
| primero |
| 1. n-m. former (in contrast to the latter), first, first one | |
| 2. n-m. one of the five bids in the card game of Primero, consisting of a combination of four cards in the hand | |
| 3. adj. (ordinal) first, first up | |
| 4. adj. top (head) | |
| Mi sobrino se graduó como el primero de su clase. - My nephew graduated at the top of his class. | |
| 5. adj. chief, fundamental | |
| 6. adj. prime, initial, front | |
| Sería un lugar primero para el establecimiento humano. - It would be a prime place for human settlement. | |
| Mira la primera plana. - Check out the front page. | |
| 7. adv. first, first of all, firstly | |
| el |
| 1. art. (masculine singular definite article); the | |
| 2. art. feminine singular definite article used before nouns which start with a stressed 'a': | |
| el alma, las almas - the soul, the souls | |
| el hacha, las hachas - the axe, the axes | |
| puente |
| 1. n-m. bridge (construction spanning a waterway, ravine, or valley from an elevated height) | |
| 2. n-m. long weekend; a day which falls between two work-free days (holidays or weekend days), on which leave is preferred | |
| 3. n-m. arch of a foot (curved part of the bottom of a foot) | |
| 4. n-m. (nautical) bridge, bridge deck (elevated platform above the upper deck of a mechanically propelled ship from which it is navigated and from which all activities on deck can be seen and controlled by t | |
| 5. n-m. (dentistry) bridge, denture (artificial replacement of one or more teeth) | |
| a |
| 1. prep. to | |
| 2. prep. by | |
| 3. prep. at | |
| 4. prep. ng-lite, Used before words referring to people, pets, or personified objects or places that function as direct objects: personal a. | |
| Lo busca a usted. - He is looking for you. | |
| pie |
| 1. n-m. foot (a part of the body) | |
| 2. n-m. English or American foot (a unit of length equal to 30.48 cm) | |
| 3. n-m. (historical, measure) pie, a Spanish foot (a former unit of length equivalent to about 27.9 cm) | |
| 4. n-m. (poetry) foot (a part of a poetic line) | |
| 5. n-m. (design, typography) footer (the bottom of a page or design) | |
| 6. v. first-person singular preterite indicative of piar | |
| 7. n-m. (Central America, South America) pie | |
| piar |
| 1. v. to chirp | |
| a pie |
| 1. adv. on foot, walking | |
| Y |
| 1. Letter. the 26th letter of the Spanish alphabet | |
| 2. conj. and | |
| 3. conj. (in names of number) and | |
| setenta y seis - seventy-six | |
| 4. conj. (in arithmetic) plus, and | |
| uno y uno son dos - one plus one is two | |
| 5. conj. (informal) well | |
| ¡Y por supuesto! - Well, of course! | |
| 6. conj. (informal) what about, how about, where is/are the | |
| Pero, ¿y el concierto? ¿Ya no vamos? - But what about the concert? Are we not going anymore? | |
| ¿Y la niña? ¿Está a salvo? - How about the girl? Is she safe? | |
| ¿Y los archivos? Debo echarles un vistazo. - Where are the files? I should take a look at them. | |
| luego |
| 1. adv. then (afterward) | |
| Me jubilé, luego volví a trabajar. - I retired, then I went back to work. | |
| Gira la cabeza hacia la derecha, luego hacia la izquierda. - Turn your head right, then left. | |
| 2. adv. later, later on (at some point in the future) | |
| Te veo luego. - I'll see you later. | |
| 3. adv. (Latin America) soon (within a short time) | |
| 4. conj. therefore (consequently) | |
| Pienso, luego existo. - I think, therefore I am. | |
| el |
| 1. art. (masculine singular definite article); the | |
| 2. art. feminine singular definite article used before nouns which start with a stressed 'a': | |
| el alma, las almas - the soul, the souls | |
| el hacha, las hachas - the axe, the axes | |
| tren |
| 1. n-m. (transport, railway) train | |
| 2. n-m. (rare) extravagance | |
