hacer |
1. v. to do | |
¿Qué haces? - What are you doing? | |
No sé que hago. - I don't know what I'm doing. | |
Prefiero no hacerlo - I prefer not to do it. | |
2. v. to make (something) | |
Empecemos a hacer el pastel. - Let's start making the cake. | |
Le gustaba hacer poemas placenteros. - She liked to make pleasant poems. | |
3. v. to make (e.g. someone do something or feel a certain way.) | |
No sabe cómo hacerla feliz. - He doesn't know how to make her happy. | |
Lo hiciste llorar / Hiciste que llorara. - You made him cry. | |
4. v. to be | |
hace frío - it's cold | |
hace calor - it's hot | |
hace sol - it's sunny | |
hace viento - it's windy | |
5. v. to go (to release or excrete (urine, excrement)) | |
hacer pis, pipí, el número uno - to pee | |
hacer caca, pupú, el número dos - to poo | |
6. v. (ambitransitive, optionally with de) to play (a part in a play) | |
hacer la princesa - to play the princess | |
hacer de princesa - to play a princess | |
hacer de Óscar - to play (the character of) Oscar | |
7. v. to become; to get | |
¡Hazte vegetariano! - Become vegetarian! | |
Me haré rico. - I will get rich. | |
Ese niño se hizo todo un hombre. - That boy became a real man. | |
8. v. to pretend being, play | |
hacerse el tonto - to pretend being a fool, play the fool | |
hacerse la víctima - to play the victim | |
Háganse los sofisticados si quieren, igual nadie les cree. - You can pretend to be sophisticated if you want, no one believes you anyway. | |
9. v. to play the fool | |
No te hagás: vos sabés lo que hiciste. - Don't play the fool, you know what you did. | |
10. v. to prep, adorn, do (a body part) | |
hacerse las uñas - to do one's nails | |
11. v. to get used to (chiefly in idioms) | |
El cuerpo se hace a las fatigas. - The body gets used to tiredness. | |
El caballo se hace al fuego. - A horse gets used to fire (for the Luminarias). | |
12. v. to arrive (said of a certain time), be now | |
Se hace tarde. - It's getting late. | |
Se hicieron las doce. - It was now/suddenly 12 o'clock. | |
13. n-m. task, action | |
Nos quedan muchos haceres. - We have a lot of tasks left. | |
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 | |
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 | |
cosa |
1. n-f. thing (object, concept) | |
2. n-f. (informal) thing (living being or creature) | |
cosas hermosas - pretty little things | |
3. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of coser | |
coser |
1. v. to sew | |
quede |
1. v. formal second-person singular affirmative imperative of quedar | |
quedar |
1. v. to be (as a result of something) | |
quedar de acuerdo - to be in agreement (as a result of a discussion) | |
quedar embarazada - get pregnant | |
Quedo contento con el coche. - I am pleased with the car (after buying it). | |
Las ciudades quedaron destruidas por la guerra. - The cities were destroyed as a result of the war. | |
2. v. to be situated; to be located (used with only static objects, such as buildings) | |
Queda muy lejos. - It is too far. | |
Queda por allí. - It's over there. | |
Nuestra tienda queda en la Alameda Central. - Our store is located on Central Boulevard. | |
3. v. to be left; to remain | |
¿Queda un poco de pastel? - Is there a little pie left? | |
Me quedan muchas tareas por hacer. - There is a lot of homework left for me to do. | |
4. v. to fit, to suit; to look good (clothes) | |
Esos pantalones ya no te quedan. - Those pants don't fit you anymore. | |
No me queda bien este gorro - This hat doesn't look good on me. | |
5. v. to turn out, e.g. well or poorly | |
quedar bien; quedar mal - turn out well; turn out badly | |
¡Le quedó excelente su maqueta! - Her miniature mockup turned out well! | |
6. v. to agree on | |
quedar en - agree on | |
Quedamos en encontrarnos mañana. - We agreed to meet tomorrow. | |
7. v. to agree to meet up (for drinks) | |
Quedamos con Daniel. - We agreed to meet up with Daniel. | |
8. v. to die | |
Ya quedé. - (It is certain) I am dead (e.g. in a videogame). | |
Ya vas a quedar si sigues tomando tanto. - You're going to fall dead if you keep drinking (alcohol) like this. | |
9. v. to turn out, become, go (usually used for negative, physical descriptions) | |
quedarse calvo - go bald | |
quedarse ciego - go blind | |
quedarse corto - come out short | |
quedarse limpio - go broke | |
quedarse embarazada - get pregnant | |
quedarse triste - become sad | |
10. v. to stay; to remain, to stick | |
quedarse atrás - stay behind, lag behind | |
¡quédate aquí! - stay here! | |
¿Te quedaste en casa todo el fin de semana? - Did you stay at home the whole weekend? | |
Me quedaré con el mismo dentista que siempre he tenido. - I'll stick with the same dentist I've always had. | |
11. v. to keep, take (become the possessor of something) | |
quedarse (con) algo - keep something | |
Me quedo con este. - I'll take this one. | |
¿Puedo quedármelo? - Can I keep it? | |
12. v. to play for a fool | |
quedarse con Anna - play Anna for a fool | |
13. v. to kid, to pull someone's leg | |
adherida |
1. Participle. feminine singular of adherido | |
feminine singular adherir |
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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. | |
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 | |