la |
1. art. the | |
2. pron. accusative of ella, ello (when the antecedent's implied gender is feminine), and usted (when referring to a woman); her, it, you (formal) | |
3. pron. (impersonal neuter pronoun (accusative) in certain colloquial phrases): it, this | |
La sabe toda. - He/she knows everything (it all) | |
¡Dónde la viste! - Where have you seen this! | |
No te la creo. - I don't believe you. | |
4. n-m. (music) la (sixth note of the scale) | |
5. n-m. (music) A (the musical note or key) | |
vida |
1. n-f. life | |
¡Me salvó la vida! - He saved my life! | |
Tal vez esto te sorprenderá, pero en realidad no me gusta escucharte hablando de tu vida espantosa. - Maybe this will surprise you, but in reality I don't enjoy listening to you talk about your | |
2. n-f. lifestyle | |
3. n-f. livelihood; living | |
4. n-f. liveliness | |
5. n-f. lifespan; lifetime | |
6. n-f. a term of endearment; darling, sweetheart | |
Ven acá, mi vida. - Come here, sweetheart. | |
7. n-f. (la vida) the game (prostitution) | |
8. n-f. (computing) life (in a computer game) | |
la vida |
1. n-f. the game (prostitution) | |
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 | |
repente |
1. n-m. attack, upsurge | |
2. n-m. fit, sudden movement | |
de repente |
1. adv. suddenly, abruptly, (instantly) in a heartbeat | |
adquirió |
1. v. third-person singular preterite indicative of adquirir | |
adquirir |
1. v. to acquire | |
2. v. to buy | |
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. | |
sus |
1. interj. c'mon; attaboy | |
2. det. plural of su; one's, his, her, its, their (with plural possessee) | |
3. det. (formal) your (with plural possessee) | |
su |
1. det. (before the noun) apocopic form of suyo his, her, its, one's, their, your (formal) | |
Vino con su amigo. (He came with his friend.) | |
Habló a sus hijas. (She spoke to her daughters.) | |
2. det. (used to express an approximate number): about, approximately | |
Pesa sus dos kilogramos. - It weighs its two kilograms. | |
3. det. (before the noun, formal) apocopic form of suyo t=your | |
ojos |
1. n. plural of ojo | |
ojo |
1. n-m. eye | |
Dora tiene (los) ojos azules. - Dora has blue eyes. | |
2. n-m. keyhole | |
3. n-m. caution | |
hay que andar con ojo - you need to be cautious | |
4. interj. look! watch out! | |
un |
1. art. a | |
2. num. (before the noun) apocopic form of uno one | |
color |
1. n. color, colour, hue | |
2. n. (usually feminine archaic or dialectal) complexion | |
3. n-m. rouge (cosmetics) | |
4. n-m. pretext, motive, reason | |
5. n-m. character; special quality | |
6. n-m. side, party, faction | |
7. n-m. race, ethnicity | |
8. n-m. (poker) flush | |
Rojo |
1. Proper noun. surname, descriptive | |
2. adj. red (colour) | |
3. n-m. red (colour) | |
4. n-m. (Costa Rica) a 1000 colón bill | |
5. n-m. (Spain, Peru, pejorative) Red; a left-winger, especially communist | |
(synonyms, progre, q1=often pejorative, zurdo, q2=often pejorative) | |
encendido |
1. adj. on, activated | |
2. adj. burning | |
3. adj. passionate | |
4. adj. turned on, switched on | |
5. n-m. ignition (of a car) | |
6. Participle. past participle of encender | |
encender |
1. v. to light, ignite | |
Julio encendió la fogata. - Julio ignited the campfire. | |
2. v. to turn on, switch on, power up | |
María encendió la máquina. - María turned on the machine. | |