| 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 | |
| vano |
| 1. adj. vain (overly proud of oneself) | |
| 2. adj. vain (having no real substance) | |
| 3. adj. vain (pointless, futile) | |
| en vano |
| 1. adv. in vain | |
| le |
| 1. pron. to him, for him; dative of él | |
| Mi mamá va a escribirle una carta. - My mom is going to write him a letter. | |
| 2. pron. to her, for her; dative of ella | |
| Le dio un beso a Ana. - He gave Ana a kiss. | |
| 3. pron. to it, for it; dative of ello | |
| ¡Ponle esfuerzo! - Put some effort into it! | |
| 4. pron. to you, for you (formal); dative of usted | |
| ¿A usted le gustan los caballos? - Do you like horses? | |
| 5. pron. gender-neutral;neologism to them, for them (singular); dative of elle | |
| Le diré que te llame. - I will tell them to call you. | |
| 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 | |
| pedido |
| 1. n-m. order | |
| 2. n-m. bulk purchase | |
| 3. Participle. past participle of pedir | |
| masculine singular pedir |
|
| 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 | |
| fuego |
| 1. n-m. fire | |
| 2. interj. (military) fire! (cry to order soldiers to start shooting) | |
| 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 | |
| vano |
| 1. adj. vain (overly proud of oneself) | |
| 2. adj. vain (having no real substance) | |
| 3. adj. vain (pointless, futile) | |
| en vano |
| 1. adv. in vain | |
| le |
| 1. pron. to him, for him; dative of él | |
| Mi mamá va a escribirle una carta. - My mom is going to write him a letter. | |
| 2. pron. to her, for her; dative of ella | |
| Le dio un beso a Ana. - He gave Ana a kiss. | |
| 3. pron. to it, for it; dative of ello | |
| ¡Ponle esfuerzo! - Put some effort into it! | |
| 4. pron. to you, for you (formal); dative of usted | |
| ¿A usted le gustan los caballos? - Do you like horses? | |
| 5. pron. gender-neutral;neologism to them, for them (singular); dative of elle | |
| Le diré que te llame. - I will tell them to call you. | |
| hablaba |
| 1. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of hablar | |
| hablar |
| 1. v. to talk; to speak; to communicate using words | |
| Hablamos del proyecto. - We talk about the project. | |
| ¿Ya hablaste con él? - Did you already speak with him? | |
| 2. v. to speak (a language) | |
| Hablo inglés. - I speak English. | |
| Hablo bien el inglés. - I speak English well. | |
| No hablo inglés. - I don't speak English. | |
| No hablo bien el inglés. - I don't speak English well. | |
| 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) | |
| le |
| 1. pron. to him, for him; dative of él | |
| Mi mamá va a escribirle una carta. - My mom is going to write him a letter. | |
| 2. pron. to her, for her; dative of ella | |
| Le dio un beso a Ana. - He gave Ana a kiss. | |
| 3. pron. to it, for it; dative of ello | |
| ¡Ponle esfuerzo! - Put some effort into it! | |
| 4. pron. to you, for you (formal); dative of usted | |
| ¿A usted le gustan los caballos? - Do you like horses? | |
| 5. pron. gender-neutral;neologism to them, for them (singular); dative of elle | |
| Le diré que te llame. - I will tell them to call you. | |
| daba |
| 1. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of dar | |
| dar |
| 1. v. to give, to give out | |
| 2. v. to hand over | |
| 3. v. to hit | |
| Me han dado en la cabeza. - They hit me on my head. | |
| 4. v. to emit | |
| 5. v. to produce | |
| 6. v. to perform | |
| 7. v. to consider | |
| Doy eso por menos que yo. - I consider that beneath me. | |
| Yo lo doy por muerto. - I consider him dead. | |
| 8. v. (indtr, con) to encounter; to find with effort | |
| Dimos con María. - We encountered Maria. | |
| Dimos con el edificio después de tres horas. - We finally found the building after three hours. | |
| 9. v. to hit upon | |
| 10. v. (indtr, a, .colloquial, intr=1) to press, activate | |
| darle al botón - to press the button | |
| 11. v. to ruin; mess up | |
| Me dio la noche - It ruined the night for me | |
| 12. v. to occur | |
| 13. v. to grow naturally | |
| El maíz se da en esta tierra. - Corn grows on this land. | |
| 14. v. to hit | |
| El coche se dio con/contra un árbol. - The car hit a tree. | |
| 15. v. to assume | |
| darse por vencido - to assume to be defeated | |
| darse por muerto - to assume to be dead | |
| 16. v. to pretend to be, to present oneself as though one were | |
| Se las da de enfermero pero nunca ha estudiado. - He pretends to be a nurse, but he's never studied. | |
| 17. v. to surrender | |
| ¿Te das? — Me doy. - Do you surrender? — I surrender. | |
| 18. v. to fuck (used with third person direct objects only) | |
| Vos solo te la das. - You just fuck her. | |
| Me quiero dar a José. - I want to fuck José. | |
| 19. v. to find someone sexually attractive (mostly to have a sexual encounter with) | |
| Le re doy. | |
| 20. v. to announce, predict | |
| Dan lluvia. - They announced rain. | |
| golpecitos |
| 1. n. plural of golpecito | |
| golpecito |
| 1. n-m. diminutive of golpe | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| codo |
| 1. n-m. elbow | |
| 2. n-m. cubit (an informal unit of length based on the distance of a forearm and hand) | |
| 3. n-m. (historical) codo, Spanish cubit (a traditional unit of length equivalent to about 41.6 cm) | |
| 4. adj. (colloquial Central America Mexico Panama) selfish, avaricious, stingy | |
