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. | |
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. | |
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) | |
hora |
1. n-f. hour (a time period of sixty minutes) | |
Hay veinticuatro horas por el día. (There are twenty-four hours in a day.) | |
2. n-f. time (the moment, as indicated by a clock or similar device) | |
¿Qué hora es? (What time is it?) | |
Ya es hora de ir. (It's time to go.) | |
3. n-f. high time (usually with "ya") | |
Ya es hora de ser abiertos y honestos entre nosotros. - It's high time we be open and honest with each other. | |
4. n-f. (education) hour, period (of class) | |
Tengo un examen a primera hora mañana. - I have a test during first period tomorrow. | |
Tenemos juntos la tercera hora. - We have third period together. | |
5. n-f. (Spain, colloquial) appointment (e.g. with the doctor) | |
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 | |
nuestra |
1. det. feminine singular of nuestro | |
2. pron. feminine singular of nuestro | |
nuestro Ours |
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muerte |
1. n-f. death (the cessation of life) | |
2. n-f. (often, capitalized) death (the personification of death as a hooded figure) | |
3. n-f. death, demise (the collapse or end of something) | |
Mi esposa dice que será mi muerte. - My wife says it will be the death of me. | |