| instrumento |
| 1. n-m. instrument (device) | |
| 2. n-m. (musical) instrument | |
| 3. n-m. tool, means | |
| 4. n-m. (law) instrument | |
| 5. n-m. (vulgar) tool (a term for the penis) | |
| 6. v. first-person singular present indicative of instrumentar | |
| instrumentar |
| 1. v. to orchestrate | |
| 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 | |
| percusión |
| 1. n-f. percussion | |
| instrumento de percusión |
| 1. n-m. percussion instrument | |
| parecido |
| 1. adj. similar | |
| 2. n-m. resemblance | |
| Guardas cierto parecido con tu madre. - You bear some resemblance to your mother. | |
| 3. Participle. past participle of parecer | |
| parecer |
| 1. v. (impersonal) to seem, to see fit | |
| Me parece que... - It seems to me that... | |
| como mejor le parezca - as you see fit; as one sees fit | |
| 2. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to believe | |
| 3. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to think | |
| ¿Qué te parece si vamos al bar? - What do you think about going to a bar? | |
| 4. v. to strike (seem, appear, make an impression) | |
| Te voy a mandar una cosa que escribí el otro día, para ver que te parece. - I am going to send you something that I wrote the other day, in order to see how it strikes you. | |
| ¿Te parece que cambiemos el día para el martes? - How about we change the day to Tuesday? | |
| 5. v. to be like, to take after, to resemble | |
| 6. v. to perceive | |
| 7. n-m. opinion | |
| 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. | |
| 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 | |
| platillos |
| 1. n. plural of platillo | |
| platillo |
| 1. n-m. saucer | |
| 2. n-m. (music) cymbal | |
| 3. n-m. (Mexico) dish (type of prepared food) | |
| 4. n-m. stew | |
