| y |
| 1. conj. and | |
| 2. conj. (in names of number) and | |
| setenta y seis - seventy-six | |
| 3. conj. (in arithmetic) plus, and | |
| uno y uno son dos - one plus one is two | |
| 4. conj. (informal) well | |
| ¡Y por supuesto! - Well, of course! | |
| 5. 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. | |
| 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 | |
| tío |
| 1. n-m. uncle (the brother, brother-in-law, or male cousin or cousin-in-law of either parent) | |
| Mi tío es el hermano o primo de mi madre o de mi padre. - My uncle is my mother’s or father’s brother or male cousin. | |
| 2. n-m. (colloquial Spain) unknown or any male person, dude, guy | |
| Y ese tío me gritó. - And that guy yelled at me. | |
| 3. n-m. (colloquial Spain) friend, mate, pal, man, bro | |
| Tío, ¿me puedes ayudar por un momento? - Can you help me for a moment, mate? | |
| 4. n-m. mister (title conferred on an adult male) | |
| no |
| 1. adv. no | |
| 2. adv. not | |
| 3. interj. eh? (used as a tag question, to emphasise what goes before or to request that the listener express an opinion about what has been said) | |
| 4. n-m. no | |
| 5. n-m. abbreviation of número; no. | |
| está |
| 1. v. informal second-person singular positive imperative of estar | |
| estar |
| 1. v. to be (have a temporary or permanent location in space) | |
| ¿Dónde estás? - Where are you? | |
| Estoy en casa. - I am at home. | |
| 2. v. to be (denotes a copula, in a transient fashion) | |
| El tiempo estaba frío/caliente. - The weather was cold/hot back then. | |
| ¿Estás feliz? - Are you happy right now? | |
| 3. v. to be (auxiliary verb for the progressive/continuous aspect, preceding the gerund of the verb) | |
| Ella está cantando. - She is singing. | |
| 4. v. to be in a state (in a passive voice sense) | |
| Los vasos están rotos. - The vases are broken. (In passive voice with estar, unlike haber, its past participle agrees with number and gender of the subject) | |
| Llegaron y vieron que el hotel estaba abandonado. - They arrived and saw the hotel was abandoned. | |
| 5. v. to be, stay (denotes a copula, in a transient fashion) | |
| Estense callados y quietos. - Stay quiet and not moving. | |
| 6. v. to be to be done, to be (still) undone: | |
| Esto todavía está por hacer. - This is still to be done. | |
| Lo peor está por llegar. - The worst part is yet to come. | |
| 7. v. to be in a long-term state (in specific idioms) | |
| estar muerto/a - to be dead | |
| estar casado/a - to be married (can also be ser casado) | |
| estar chico/a - to be short (colloquially) | |
| aquí |
| 1. adv. here | |
