| empezó |
| 1. v. third-person singular preterite indicative of empezar | |
| empezar |
| 1. v. to start, begin, to get started | |
| 2. v. (indtr, a) to start to | |
| Hace poco que empezó a comer vegetales. - He recently started eating vegetables. | |
| 3. v. (indtr, por) to start by; to start with | |
| Sugiero que empecemos por reconocer que necesitamos más ayuda. - I suggest that we start by acknowledging that we need more help. | |
| En español, pocas palabras empiezan por la letra ñ. - In Spanish, few words begin with the letter ñ. | |
| 4. v. (indtr, con) to lead with, to open with | |
| 5. v. to be started | |
| 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. | |
| toser |
| 1. v. to cough | |
| 2. v. (figurative) to hold a candle (to someone); to compete (with someone); to touch (be as good as) | |
| nadie le puede toser - nobody is anywhere near as good as him | |
| 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. | |
| él |
| 1. pron. he, him, masculine personal third person subject and disjunctive pronoun (used as a subject and after prepositions) | |
| Él es mi hermano. - He is my brother. | |
| Lo hice para él. - I did it for him. | |
| 2. pron. it, masculine non-personal third-person subject and disjunctive pronoun (used as a subject and after prepositions to refer to masculine nouns) | |
| ―¿Es esto un libro? ―Sí, él es. - ―Is this a book? ―Yes, it is. | |
| ¡Mi coche! ¿Qué le pasó a él? - My car! What happened to it? | |
| se |
| 1. pron. (third person (also used for usted and ustedes) reflexive direct or indirect object) oneself, himself, herself, itself, yourself; each other; one another | |
| Juan se lava. - Juan washes himself. | |
| Juan se lava la cara. - Juan to himself washes the face. | |
| Juan y María se aman. - Juan and María love each other. | |
| 2. pron. (used to convey the meaning of the English passive voice in the third person and with) usted and ustedes | |
| ¿Cómo se llama? - How do you call yourself? | |
| Se dice que... - It says itself that... | |
| Aquí se habla español - One speaks Spanish here, Spanish speaks itself here. | |
| 3. pron. (used instead of indirect object pronouns) le and les (before the direct object pronouns lo, la, los, or las) | |
| El samaritano se las dio. - The Samaritan gave them to him. | |
| 4. v. misspelling of sé | |
| echó |
| 1. v. third-person singular preterit indicative of echar | |
| echar |
| 1. v. to throw, toss, cast, jettison (to release an object from one's grasp so that it moves through the air) | |
| 2. v. to pour (to cause to flow in a stream from a container) | |
| 3. v. to put in, add | |
| 4. v. to let out | |
| 5. v. to discharge | |
| 6. v. to dump | |
| 7. v. to emit, give off, send out | |
| 8. v. to kick out, expel, throw out, to send packing (to forcibly remove) | |
| 9. v. to expel (to remove from membership) | |
| 10. v. to fire, dismiss (to terminate employment) | |
| 11. v. to play (to participate in a sport) | |
| Echamos un partido. - We're playing a match. | |
| 12. v. to sprout (to cause to grow from a seed) | |
| 13. v. to take, have (a look at) | |
| 14. v. to mail, post (to send through the mail/post) | |
| 15. v. to give, bestow (a blessing); to put (a curse) on | |
| 16. v. to turn (a key); to slide (a bolt) | |
| 17. v. to start off, begin | |
| 18. v. to throw oneself | |
| 19. v. to lie down (to assume a reclining position) | |
| 20. v. to put on | |
| 21. v. to begin | |
| 22. v. to sit on eggs | |
| 23. v. to give in, to yield | |
| 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. | |
| reír |
| 1. v. to laugh | |
