estaba |
1. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of estar | |
estar |
1. v. to be (have a temporary or permanent location in space) | |
¿Dónde estás? - Where are you? | |
Estoy en casa. - I am at home. | |
2. v. to be (denotes a copula, in a transient fashion) | |
El tiempo estaba frío/caliente. - The weather was cold/hot back then. | |
¿Estás feliz? - Are you happy right now? | |
3. v. to be (auxiliary verb for the progressive/continuous aspect, preceding the gerund of the verb) | |
Ella está cantando. - She is singing. | |
4. v. to be in a state (in a passive voice sense) | |
Los vasos están rotos. - The vases are broken. (In passive voice with estar, unlike haber, its past participle agrees with number and gender of the subject) | |
Llegaron y vieron que el hotel estaba abandonado. - They arrived and saw the hotel was abandoned. | |
5. v. to be, stay (denotes a copula, in a transient fashion) | |
Estense callados y quietos. - Stay quiet and not moving. | |
6. v. to be to be done, to be (still) undone: | |
Esto todavía está por hacer. - This is still to be done. | |
Lo peor está por llegar. - The worst part is yet to come. | |
7. v. to be in a long-term state (in specific idioms) | |
estar muerto/a - to be dead | |
estar casado/a - to be married (can also be ser casado) | |
estar chico/a - to be short (colloquially) | |
durmiendo |
1. v. gerund of dormir | |
con |
1. prep. with | |
2. prep. on | |
Yo cuento con ustedes. - I count on you. | |
un |
1. art. a | |
2. num. (before the noun) apocopic form of uno one | |
sueño |
1. n-m. sleep, slumber | |
2. n-m. sleepiness | |
Tengo mucho sueño. - I have much sleepiness | |
3. n-m. dream | |
Realicé mi sueño. - I have fulfilled my dream. | |
Dónde Están Mis Sueños - Where Are My Dreams | |
4. v. first-person singular present indicative of soñar | |
soñar |
1. v. (indtr, con, intr=1, qual1=of qual2=about) to dream | |
Soñé contigo anoche. - I dreamt about you last night. | |
Sueño con trabajar en esta empresa. - I dream of working in this company. | |
profundo |
1. adj. profound | |
2. adj. deep | |