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 | |
los |
1. art. the | |
¿Qué hacen los muchachos? - What do the boys do? | |
2. pron. accusative of ellos and ustedes (when referring to more than one man); them, you all (formal) | |
3. pron. plural masculine or neuter pronoun | |
los que no hablan - those who do not speak | |
carruajes |
1. n. plural of carruaje | |
carruaje |
1. n-m. carriage | |
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 | |
doble |
1. adj. double | |
2. adj. twofold | |
3. n-m. (quantity) double, twice as much | |
4. n. (folklore) a doppleganger, a double | |
5. v. formal second-person singular affirmative imperative of doblar | |
doblar |
1. v. to fold | |
2. v. to double | |
3. v. to bend, to turn | |
4. v. to dub | |
5. v. to lap (to overtake a straggler in a race by completing one more whole lap than the straggler) | |
6. v. to toll | |
7. v. to bend, to become curved | |
escuadra |
1. n-f. squadron | |
2. n-f. squad | |
3. n-f. set square | |
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 | |
hierro |
1. n-m. iron (chemical element) | |
2. n-m. branding iron (piece of metal bent into a distinctive shape and used to brand livestock) | |
3. n-m. (metonymically) brand (mark or scar made by burning with a branding iron) | |
4. n-m. (by extension) brand (symbolic identity, represented by a name or logo) | |
5. n-m. iron or steel weapon | |
6. n-m. any of various objects made of iron | |
7. n-m. importance | |
8. v. first-person singular present indicative of herrar | |
herrar |
1. v. to horseshoe, to shoe a horse | |
2. v. to brand | |
de hierro |
1. adj. strong; rigid | |
que |
1. conj. that | |
Él dice que está triste. - He says that he is sad. | |
2. conj. than | |
Llego más tarde que tú. - I am arriving later than you. | |
3. conj. (indicating a reason); because, for | |
¡Ve más lento, que es resbaloso! - Slow down, (for) it is slippery! | |
4. conj. (indicating desire or permission); may (used with the subjunctive) | |
Que te vaya bien. - May it go well for you. | |
Que Dios me perdone. - May God forgive me. | |
5. pron. who; that | |
la estrella que está en la película - the star who is in the movie | |
6. pron. that; whom | |
la mujer con la que yo hablé - the woman with whom I spoke | |
7. pron. that; which | |
la casa que yo quiero - the house that I want | |
8. prep. than | |
9. prep. like, as | |
10. part. to | |
fija |
1. adj. feminine singular of fijo | |
2. v. informal second-person singular affirmative imperative of fijar | |
fijar |
1. v. to fix, fasten, set, establish, determine | |
2. v. to notice (followed by en) | |
fijo |
1. adj. fixed | |
2. adj. firm | |
3. adj. concrete, tangible | |
4. adv. (colloquial) certainly, of course, doubtless | |
5. v. first-person singular present indicative of fijar | |
al |
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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. | |
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 | |
eje |
1. n-m. (astronomy, geometry, mathematics) axis | |
2. n-m. axle | |
3. n-m. (mechanics) shaft, spindle | |
4. n-m. core, heart, center (main idea) | |
5. n-m. hub (center of activity) | |
6. n-m. focus, focal point (point of concentration or attention) | |
El eje principal es el comercio de derechos de emisión. - The main focus is on emissions trading. | |
ciñéndolo |
1. v. Compound of the second-person participle form of ceñir, ciñendo and the pronoun lo | |
con |
1. prep. with | |
2. prep. on | |
Yo cuento con ustedes. - I count on you. | |
otra |
1. det. feminine singular of otro | |
2. interj. feminine singular of otro | |
3. pron. feminine singular of otro | |
otro |
1. det. other, another | |
Deme otro ejemplo. - Give me another example. | |
2. interj. "Not again!" or "What, again?" (also Otra vez! or Otra vez?) | |
3. pron. someone else; another person | |
4. pron. something else; another one | |
plancha |
1. n-f. iron (metal tool used for transferring heat) | |
2. n-f. ironing (the act of pressing clothes with an iron) | |
3. n-f. ironing (laundry that has been ironed) | |
4. n-f. slab (large, flat piece of solid material) | |
5. n-f. grill (cooking device) | |
6. n-f. push-up; plank (exercise) | |
7. n-f. embarrassing mistake | |
8. n-f. bellyflop | |
9. n-f. (soccer) foul (with the foot) (always used with the definite article la) | |
10. n-f. (nautical) plank | |
Después de insultar a los hombres de Barbanegra, se vio obligado a caminar por la plancha. - After insulting Blackbeard's men, he was forced to walk the plank. | |
11. v. informal second-person singular affirmative imperative of planchar | |
planchar |
1. v. to iron | |
2. v. (Mexico) to talk or chat romantically someone with his/her girlfriend/boyfriend, usually inside home, in porch or in a public place, without apparent sexual proposals. attn, to do what? | |
3. v. to stand someone up | |
4. v. (computing) to overwrite | |
5. v. to be a wallflower (not dance) | |
O |
1. Letter. the 16th letter of the Spanish alphabet | |
2. n. abbreviation of oeste; west | |
3. conj. or | |
¿Quieres un café o algo más? - Do you want a coffee or something else? | |
4. conj. either … or | |
(ant-lite, ni, alt1=ni … ni) | |
barrena |
1. n-f. drill, a tool for creating holes in a workpiece | |
2. n-f. tailspin | |
barrenar |
1. v. to bore holes | |
2. v. (nautical) to scuttle | |
3. v. (colloquial) to foil; frustrate; scuttle | |
4. v. (legal) to infringe | |
unida |
1. adj. feminine singular of unido | |
2. Participle. feminine singular of unido | |
unido |
1. adj. united | |
2. adj. joined, linked | |
3. Participle. past participle of unir | |
por |
1. prep. by (indicates the creator of a work) | |
La novela Cien años de soledad fue escrita por Gabriel García Márquez. - The novel One Hundred Years of Solitude was written by Gabriel García Márquez. | |
2. prep. for (indicates something given in an exchange) | |
Lo compré por cincuenta euros. - I bought this for fifty euros. | |
3. prep. through, out, via (indicating movement) | |
La mujer ve la puesta de sol por la ventana. - The woman watches the sunset through the window. | |
Supongo que nuestra huésped se fue por la puerta trasera porque no la he visto. - I guess our guest went out the back door because I haven't seen her. | |
4. prep. across (indicating movement) | |
El hombre camina por la calle. - The man walks across the street. | |
5. prep. about | |
6. prep. due to, because of, for, for the sake of, out of (to express cause or motive) | |
Él no pudo venir por eso. - He couldn't come due to that. | |
Por amor a su esposo, ella aguanta a sus suegros. - Out of love for her husband, she puts up with his in-laws. | |
7. prep. (used with directions) over | |
por allí - over there | |
8. prep. (mathematics) times, by, multiplied by | |
ocho por siete - eights times seven; eights by seven | |
9. prep. according to, for, regarding (to express opinion or something concerning someone) | |
Por mí, está bien. - For all I care, it's fine. | |
¡Bien por ti! - Good for you! | |
10. prep. via, through, by (indicating the means of something) | |
Por favor, devuelva este documento completado por correo electrónico. - Please, return this document completed via email. | |
11. prep. for (indicating duration) | |
Mi profesor se salió por la tangente por una hora entera. - My professor went off on a tangent for a whole hour. | |
12. prep. for, for the sake of, on behalf of (indicating doing something for someone's benefit) | |
No lo hago por ti. - I'm not doing it for your sake. | |
Ella irá a trabajar por mí mañana. - She will be filling in for me at work tomorrow. | |
13. prep. per, for each | |
Cuesta diez dólares por artículo. - It costs ten dollars per item. | |
14. prep. to (indicating something that has not yet passed) | |
Eso está por ver. - That remains to be seen. | |
La hora aún está por confirmar. - The time is yet to be confirmed. | |
15. prep. about to (indicating something that will soon happen) | |
Su hermana está por llegar del aeropuerto en cualquier momento. - Her sister is about to arrive from the airport any minute now. | |
16. prep. compared to; against; versus (indicating a comparison) | |
tornillos |
1. n. plural of tornillo | |