| 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 | |
| Padre |
| 1. pron. Father (a title for a Latin Catholic priest and also God the Father) | |
| 2. n-m. (family) father | |
| 3. n-m. (Christianity) father | |
| 4. adj. (Mexico, slang) cool, acceptable, easy | |
| 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. | |
| 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) | |
| madre |
| 1. n-f. mother | |
| 2. n-f. (figuratively) mother (source or origin) | |
| 3. n-f. (Christianity) mother (nun) | |
| 4. n-f. (hydrology) riverbed | |
| 5. n-f. dregs (of a drink) | |
| 6. n-f. (Mexico, colloquial, vulgar, slang) thing | |
| buena |
| 1. n-f. (obsolete) inheritance | |
| 2. adj. feminine singular of bueno | |
| bueno |
| 1. adj. good | |
| Que tengas una buena noche. - Have a good night. | |
| Que tengas un buen viaje. - Have a good trip. | |
| 2. adj. fine | |
| 3. interj. okay; fine | |
| 4. interj. (used at the start of a phrase) well; a short pause in a sentence | |
| Bueno, pues, mira. - Well, then, look. | |
| 5. interj. (interrogatively, Mexico) Expression used when answering the phone, often with the pronunciation IPAchar, /bweˈno/, rather than IPAchar, /ˈbweno/. | |
| ¿Bueno? - Hello? | |
