ni |
1. conj. (coordinating) neither... nor | |
No tengo ni dinero ni tiempo. - I have neither money nor time. | |
2. conj. (with three or more referents) none of... | |
Ni Juan, ni Pedro, ni Felipe te darán la razón. - None of John, Peter, or Phillip will give you the reason. | |
3. conj. nor, or | |
No descansa de día ni de noche. - He doesn't rest during the day nor during the night. | |
4. adv. not even | |
No descansaba ni por un minuto - I didn't rest even for a minute. | |
Ni yo sé qué significa esta palabra. - Not even I know what this word means. | |
5. n-f. nu; the Greek letter Ν, ν | |
con |
1. prep. with | |
2. prep. on | |
Yo cuento con ustedes. - I count on you. | |
pinzas |
1. n. plural of pinza | |
pinza |
1. n-f. tweezer, tweezers | |
2. n-f. pliers (nose pliers, usually) | |
3. n-f. pincers | |
4. n-f. tongs | |
5. n-f. claw (pincer of a crustacean) | |
6. n-f. clothes peg | |
7. n-f. clamp (general purpose kind of tool) | |
8. n-f. caliper (measuring tool) | |
9. n-f. gripper | |
10. n-f. forceps | |
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 | |
halla |
1. v. third-person singular present indicative of hallar | |
hallar |
1. v. to find something, deliberately or not | |
Al final sí lograron hallar dónde comprar el libro. - In the end they did manage to find where to buy the book. | |
2. v. to strike (a balance between options) | |
El presidente prometió que hallaría un balance entre ambos bandos. - The president promised to strike a balance between both groups. | |
3. v. to find oneself in a certain way (+adjective) | |
Nos hallamos contentos con los resultados. - We found ourselves (were in the end) happy with the results. | |
4. v. to enjoy oneself somewhere, enjoy one's time | |
No me hallo en ese grupo - I wouldn't enjoy myself in that group. | |
Sí que te hallaste con el vecino, ¿eh? - You really enjoyed your time with the neighbour, didn't you? | |
nada |
1. pron. nothing, zero, zilch, not...anything | |
No hay nada en la mesa. - There is nothing on the table. | |
Nada ocurrió ayer. - Nothing happened yesterday. | |
No veo nada. - I don’t see anything. | |
Me niego a creer nada de lo que dice. - I refuse to believe anything he says. | |
Nada es eterno. - Nothing is eternal. | |
2. n-f. nothingness, nothing | |
Sin ti, soy una nada. - Without you, I am nothing at all. | |
Ya no me siento una nada. - I don't feel like I am nothing at all anymore. | |
3. n-f. nowhere, the void | |
Salió de la nada. - It came out of nowhere. | |
4. v. informal second-person singular affirmative imperative of nadar | |
nadar |
1. v. to swim | |
2. v. to be swimming in (used with "en") | |
¡Nadamos en dinero! - We're swimming in money! | |
más |
1. adv. more; -er (used to make comparisons) | |
Teresa es más lista que su hermano. - Teresa is more clever than her brother. | |
Hay más de cien personas aquí. - There are more than a hundred people here. | |
2. adv. (with definite article) most; -est (used to make superlatives) | |
Teresa es la más inteligente de la clase. - Teresa is the most intelligent in her class. | |
la cosa más grande - the biggest thing | |
3. adv. furthermore | |
4. adv. in addition | |
5. adv. else | |
algo más - something/anything else | |
nadie más - nobody else | |
6. adv. used with qué to express emphasis | |
¡Qué paisaje más hermoso! - What a pretty landscape! | |
¡Qué niño más tonto! - What a silly boy! | |
7. det. more, any more | |
8. det. most | |
9. conj. (mathematics) plus | |
uno más uno es igual a dos - one plus one is equal to two | |
nada más |
1. pron. nothing else | |
2. prep. (formal) Just after, right after, upon | |
Nada más llegar, le besé. - Upon arriving, I kissed him. | |
triste |
1. adj. sad, saddened, blue, gloomy, unhappy, joyless, triste | |
2. adj. dismal, dreary, glum, miserable, melancholy | |
3. adj. sorrowful, mournful | |
4. adj. forlorn | |
5. adj. upsetting, saddening | |
6. adj. dull | |