| pero |
| 1. conj. but | |
| Mi casa es pequeña pero cómoda. (My house is small but comfortable.) | |
| 2. conj. well well; so; well (used for emphasis) | |
| 3. n-m. but (restriction) | |
| él |
| 1. pron. he, him, masculine personal third person subject and disjunctive pronoun (used as a subject and after prepositions) | |
| Él es mi hermano. - He is my brother. | |
| Lo hice para él. - I did it for him. | |
| 2. pron. it, masculine non-personal third-person subject and disjunctive pronoun (used as a subject and after prepositions to refer to masculine nouns) | |
| ―¿Es esto un libro? ―Sí, él es. - ―Is this a book? ―Yes, it is. | |
| ¡Mi coche! ¿Qué le pasó a él? - My car! What happened to it? | |
| no |
| 1. adv. no | |
| 2. adv. not | |
| 3. interj. eh? (used as a tag question, to emphasise what goes before or to request that the listener express an opinion about what has been said) | |
| 4. n-m. no | |
| 5. n-m. abbreviation of número; no. | |
| dejó |
| 1. v. third-person singular preterit indicative of dejar | |
| dejar |
| 1. v. to leave (to place) | |
| Dejé la cerveza arriba. - I left the beer upstairs. | |
| 2. v. to leave, to keep (to allow to continue) | |
| Me gusta dejar la luz encendida. - I like to keep/leave the light on. | |
| Supongo que podríamos dejar el restaurante abierto un poco más. - I suppose we could keep the restaurant open a little bit longer. | |
| 3. v. to leave (to cause, result in) | |
| Su respuesta nos dejó convencidos. - His answer left us convinced. | |
| 4. v. to let, allow | |
| Deja que se explique. - Let her explain herself. | |
| Después de asear el área afectada, déjela secar. - After you clean the affected area, allow it to dry. | |
| 5. v. to let go, put down (to release from one's grasp) | |
| 6. v. to drop off | |
| Ayer dejé un paquete muy importante. - Yesterday I dropped off a very important package. | |
| 7. v. to leave, to abandon, to dump | |
| Su madre la dejó cuando tenía tres años. - Her mother left her when she was three. | |
| La invitó a una cita muy agradable, y de repente de la nada, él la dejó. - He took her on a really nice date, and then suddenly out of nowhere, he dumped her. | |
| 8. v. to give up, to lay off, to kick (colloquial) | |
| Van a dejar la bebida. - They're going to lay off drinking. | |
| Estoy pensando en dejar el chocolate para la Cuaresma. - I am thinking of giving up chocolate for Lent. | |
| Espero dejar ese hábito terrible para siempre. - I hope to kick that terrible habit for good. | |
| 9. v. to set, to put, to make (in certain phrases) | |
| Quería dejar las cosas claras. - I wanted to set the record straight. | |
| Usted tiene que dejar atrás el pasado. - You've got to put the past behind you. | |
| El político emergente estaba decidido a dejar su huella. - The emerging politician was determined to make his mark. | |
| 10. v. (Spain, transitive, colloquial) to cut out (stop) | |
| 11. v. to leave off | |
| 12. v. (indtr, intr=1) to cease, stop (doing something) | |
| Hace dos años dejaron de fumar. - Two years ago they stopped smoking. | |
| Mi pareja no deja de sorprenderme. - My partner never ceases to amaze me. | |
| 13. v. (indtr, a, .reflexive) to be left, to be left to | |
| 14. v. to let (oneself), to let oneself go (gloss, cease to care about one's appearance) | |
| 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 | |
| retorcerse |
| 1. to squirm | |
| Y |
| 1. Letter. the 26th letter of the Spanish alphabet | |
| 2. conj. and | |
| 3. conj. (in names of number) and | |
| setenta y seis - seventy-six | |
| 4. conj. (in arithmetic) plus, and | |
| uno y uno son dos - one plus one is two | |
| 5. conj. (informal) well | |
| ¡Y por supuesto! - Well, of course! | |
| 6. conj. (informal) what about, how about, where is/are the | |
| Pero, ¿y el concierto? ¿Ya no vamos? - But what about the concert? Are we not going anymore? | |
| ¿Y la niña? ¿Está a salvo? - How about the girl? Is she safe? | |
| ¿Y los archivos? Debo echarles un vistazo. - Where are the files? I should take a look at them. | |
| gritar |
| 1. v. to shout, to scream, to cry out, to call out | |
| 2. v. to jeer at | |
| hasta |
| 1. adv. even | |
| Hasta yo me enteré del asunto. - Even I heard about the matter. | |
| 2. prep. until | |
| 3. prep. up to, to the point of, as much as | |
| 4. prep. even | |
| 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 | |
| hasta que |
| 1. conj. until, till | |
| Quiero ver cuanto antes aquella película nueva, pero no hasta que termine de leer el libro en el que se basa. - I want to see that new movie as soon as possible, but not until I finish reading | |
| le |
| 1. pron. to him, for him; dative of él | |
| Mi mamá va a escribirle una carta. - My mom is going to write him a letter. | |
| 2. pron. to her, for her; dative of ella | |
| Le dio un beso a Ana. - He gave Ana a kiss. | |
| 3. pron. to it, for it; dative of ello | |
| ¡Ponle esfuerzo! - Put some effort into it! | |
| 4. pron. to you, for you (formal); dative of usted | |
| ¿A usted le gustan los caballos? - Do you like horses? | |
| 5. pron. gender-neutral;neologism to them, for them (singular); dative of elle | |
| Le diré que te llame. - I will tell them to call you. | |
| faltó |
| 1. v. third-person singular preterit indicative of faltar | |
| faltar |
| 1. v. (indtr, a, intr=1) to be lacking, lack, not have | |
| Te falta imaginación. - Imagination lacks to you. | |
| 2. v. to remain | |
| ¿Cuánto tiempo falta? - How much time left? | |
| Falta un mes para mi cumpleaños. - My birthday is a month away. | |
| 3. v. to be absent, missing | |
| aún falta una persona - one person is still missing | |
| 4. v. (indtr, a) to miss (a date or an appointment) | |
| faltar al trabajo - to miss work | |
| 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) | |
| respiración |
| 1. n-f. respiration | |
| 2. n-f. breath | |
