madero |
1. n-m. a piece of wood, a piece of timber | |
2. n-m. (Spain, derogatory) police officer, compare pig | |
3. n-m. (Spain, derogatory) a clumsy person | |
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 | |
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 | |
el que |
1. conj. that | |
Me extraña el que no hayan dicho nada de eso. - It’s strange to me that they have said nothing about that. | |
2. pron. (for a person) who, whom, that | |
Eres el hombre al que amo. - You are the man that/who I love. | |
Estamos buscando a la mujer para la que compraste un ramo de flores en nuestra tienda. - We're looking for the women for whom you bought a bouquet of flowers at our store. | |
3. pron. (for an object) (that) which, what | |
Esta es la casa de la que hablé, en la que vivía mi hermano hasta que se mudó a Aragón hace unos cuantos años. - This is the house that I talked about, the one that my brother lived in until he | |
No creo que haya ninguna razón convincente por la que debería hablar contigo. - I don't think there's any convincing reason for which I should talk with you. | |
se |
1. pron. (third person (also used for usted and ustedes) reflexive direct or indirect object) oneself, himself, herself, itself, yourself; each other; one another | |
Juan se lava. - Juan washes himself. | |
Juan se lava la cara. - Juan to himself washes the face. | |
Juan y María se aman. - Juan and María love each other. | |
2. pron. (used to convey the meaning of the English passive voice in the third person and with) usted and ustedes | |
¿Cómo se llama? - How do you call yourself? | |
Se dice que... - It says itself that... | |
Aquí se habla español - One speaks Spanish here, Spanish speaks itself here. | |
3. pron. (used instead of indirect object pronouns) le and les (before the direct object pronouns lo, la, los, or las) | |
El samaritano se las dio. - The Samaritan gave them to him. | |
4. v. misspelling of sé | |
encajan |
1. v. second-person plural present indicative of encajar | |
encajar |
1. v. to insert, put into | |
2. v. to fit, to dovetail | |
3. v. to push in | |
4. v. to make sense, add up, be reasonable | |
5. v. to give; to deliver (a hit, punch, kick etc.) | |
6. v. to fit in | |
7. v. to fit; squeeze (into) | |
8. v. to pull on; slip on (clothes) | |
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 | |
tablones |
1. n. plural of tablón | |
tablón |
1. n-m. plank | |
2. n-m. board | |
3. n-m. signboard | |
4. n-m. bulletin board | |
5. n-m. (colloquial) drunkenness | |
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 | |
forman |
1. v. second-person plural present indicative of formar | |
formar |
1. v. to form, to create | |
2. v. to train, to educate | |
3. v. to make up, to constitute | |
4. v. to line up (to get in a line) | |
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) | |
cubierta |
1. n-f. cover, covering, casing, lid, shroud | |
2. n-f. cover, jacket (of a book) | |
3. n-f. envelope (i.e. any natural covering), sheath (gloss, a structure covering an animal or plant organ) | |
4. n-f. sheath (for cables) | |
5. n-f. roof (exterior part) | |
6. n-f. (Argentina, Paraguay, Spain, Uruguay) tire | |
7. n-f. hood (e.g. hood for a pipe or a fish tank) | |
8. n-f. shell (e.g. for capsules) | |
9. n-f. cover (pretext, false background) | |
Se va a volar mi cubierta si nos ven juntos. - It'll blow my cover if we're ever seen together. | |
10. n-f. (nautical) deck | |
11. adj. feminine singular of cubierto | |
12. Participle. feminine singular of cubierto | |
cubierto |
1. adj. covered | |
estar cubierto de nieve - to be covered by snow, snowy | |
2. adj. (accounting) hedged (e.g. hedged item) | |
3. n-m. cutlery | |
4. n-m. silverware, flatware (used in the plural) | |
5. n-m. place setting | |
6. Participle. past participle of cubrir | |