acción |
1. n-f. action, act, deed (something done) | |
2. n-f. action (way of motion or functioning) | |
3. n-f. action (fast-paced activity) | |
4. n-f. (military) combat, action | |
5. n-f. (legal) general legal action; lawsuit | |
6. n-f. share (financial instrument) | |
7. interj. action (demanding the start of something) | |
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 | |
pedir |
1. v. to ask for something | |
Él le pidió agua al camarero. - He asked the waiter for water. | |
¿Puede pedirle el dinero? - Can you ask her for the money? | |
2. v. to request someone else to do something | |
Pido que ustedes estén ahí a la una. - I ask that you be there at one o'clock. | |
3. v. to order something | |
Voy a pedir una hamburguesa. - I am going to order a burger. | |
4. v. to call, call in (e.g. to call for help, to call for backup, to call in a favor) | |
5. v. to plead | |
dinero |
1. n-m. money | |
2. n-m. wealth | |
prestado |
1. adj. lent, loaned | |
2. Participle. past participle of prestar | |
masculine singular prestar |
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prestar |
1. v. to lend | |
Prestame tu bicicleta. - Lend me your bicycle. | |
2. v. to give, pay (e.g., attention) | |
¡Prestad atención, por favor! - Pay attention, please! | |
3. v. to have a natural inclination, a natural tendency | |
El alcohol se presta al abuso. - Alcohol tends to be abused. | |
4. v. to take | |
Los ministros prestan el juramento. - The ministers take the oath. | |
5. v. to borrow | |
¿Le prestaste la laptop? - Did you borrow the laptop from her? | |
generalmente |
1. adv. generally, normally | |
con |
1. prep. with | |
2. prep. on | |
Yo cuento con ustedes. - I count on you. | |
insistencia |
1. n-f. insistence | |