| 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) | |
| opuesta |
| 1. adj. feminine singular of opuesto | |
| 2. Participle. feminine singular of opuesto | |
| opuesto |
| 1. adj. opposed to a thing, against | |
| 2. adj. the opposite to another thing | |
| 3. adj. something contrary to another | |
| 4. Participle. past participle of oponer | |
| pared |
| 1. n-f. wall, especially of a house or room | |
| había |
| 1. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of haber. | |
| haber |
| 1. v. (auxiliary) to have | |
| He trabajado muy duro durante este mes. - I have worked very hard during this month. | |
| Mi hermanito me pidió más chocolate, pero ya le había dado demasiado. - My little brother asked me for more chocolate, but I had already given him too much. | |
| 2. v. (obsolete) to hold, to possess | |
| 3. v. (impersonal, in third person singular only) to exist; “there is”, “there are” (hay); “there was”, “there were” (había) | |
| No hay muchas personas aquí. - There aren't many people here. | |
| En el cofre había un libro antiguo. - In the chest there was an antique book. | |
| 4. v. (dated, or formal) to have to (+ de + infinitive) | |
| 5. v. (Used only in the third-person existential form) to be necessary (+ que + infinitive) | |
| Hay que proteger el mundo. - It is necessary to protect the world. | |
| 6. v. used to denote a past obligation | |
| Haberla llamado. - You ought to have phoned her. | |
| 7. n-m. asset | |
| 8. n-m. history | |
| 9. n-m. credit side | |
| una |
| 1. n-f. feminine of uno | |
| a la una, a las dos y a las tres - after three...one, two, three | |
| 2. art. feminine singular of un | |
| 3. det. feminine singular of uno | |
| 4. pron. one (an indefinite plural pronoun using a singular feminine item, used for females) | |
| 5. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of unir | |
| unir |
| 1. v. to unite, join | |
| ¡Únete al sindicato! (Join up with the union!) | |
| 2. v. to merge, conflate | |
| un |
| 1. art. a | |
| 2. num. (before the noun) apocopic form of uno one | |
| puerta |
| 1. n-f. door (portal of entry into a building) | |
| 2. n-f. gate (doorlike structure outside a house) | |
| 3. n-f. gate (passageway in an airport) | |
| 4. n-f. doorway, doorstep, gateway | |
| 5. n-f. (sports) goal (area into which players attempt to put an object) | |
| abierta |
| 1. adj. feminine singular of abierto | |
| 2. Participle. feminine singular of abierto | |
| abierto |
| 1. adj. open, unlocked (not closed, accessible) | |
| La puerta está abierta. - The door is open. | |
| 2. adj. open (actively conducting business) | |
| A ver si el banco está abierto todavía. - Let's see if the bank is still open. | |
| 3. adj. open, open-minded (receptive) | |
| Un buen profesor estará abierto a las sugerencias de sus alumnos. - A good professor will be open to their students' suggestions. | |
| 4. adj. open, overt, outspoken, candid (not subtle in character) | |
| 5. adj. open-ended (i.e. unrestricted) | |
| Estas negociaciones son un proceso abierto cuyo resultado no puede garantizarse de antemano - These negotiations are an open-ended process, the outcome of which cannot be guaranteed beforehand. | |
| 6. adj. (phonetics) open (uttered with a wide opening of articulators) | |
| 7. n-m. (sports) open (event in which anyone can compete) | |
| 8. Participle. past participle of abrir | |
