por |
1. prep. by (indicates the creator of a work) | |
La novela Cien años de soledad fue escrita por Gabriel García Márquez. - The novel One Hundred Years of Solitude was written by Gabriel García Márquez. | |
2. prep. for (indicates something given in an exchange) | |
Lo compré por cincuenta euros. - I bought this for fifty euros. | |
3. prep. through, out, via (indicating movement) | |
La mujer ve la puesta de sol por la ventana. - The woman watches the sunset through the window. | |
Supongo que nuestra huésped se fue por la puerta trasera porque no la he visto. - I guess our guest went out the back door because I haven't seen her. | |
4. prep. across (indicating movement) | |
El hombre camina por la calle. - The man walks across the street. | |
5. prep. about | |
6. prep. due to, because of, for, for the sake of, out of (to express cause or motive) | |
Él no pudo venir por eso. - He couldn't come due to that. | |
Por amor a su esposo, ella aguanta a sus suegros. - Out of love for her husband, she puts up with his in-laws. | |
7. prep. (used with directions) over | |
por allí - over there | |
8. prep. (mathematics) times, by, multiplied by | |
ocho por siete - eights times seven; eights by seven | |
9. prep. according to, for, regarding (to express opinion or something concerning someone) | |
Por mí, está bien. - For all I care, it's fine. | |
¡Bien por ti! - Good for you! | |
10. prep. via, through, by (indicating the means of something) | |
Por favor, devuelva este documento completado por correo electrónico. - Please, return this document completed via email. | |
11. prep. for (indicating duration) | |
Mi profesor se salió por la tangente por una hora entera. - My professor went off on a tangent for a whole hour. | |
12. prep. for, for the sake of, on behalf of (indicating doing something for someone's benefit) | |
No lo hago por ti. - I'm not doing it for your sake. | |
Ella irá a trabajar por mí mañana. - She will be filling in for me at work tomorrow. | |
13. prep. per, for each | |
Cuesta diez dólares por artículo. - It costs ten dollars per item. | |
14. prep. to (indicating something that has not yet passed) | |
Eso está por ver. - That remains to be seen. | |
La hora aún está por confirmar. - The time is yet to be confirmed. | |
15. prep. about to (indicating something that will soon happen) | |
Su hermana está por llegar del aeropuerto en cualquier momento. - Her sister is about to arrive from the airport any minute now. | |
16. prep. compared to; against; versus (indicating a comparison) | |
frente |
1. n-f. (anatomy) forehead, brow | |
2. n-m. front | |
3. n-m. (architecture) front | |
4. n-m. (military) front | |
5. n-m. (weather) front | |
6. n-m. (politics) front | |
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. | |
frente a |
1. prep. as opposed to; contrary to | |
2. prep. opposite; facing | |
3. prep. faced with | |
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) | |
a la |
1. prep. a la; in the style or manner of | |
casa |
1. n-f. house | |
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of casar | |
casar |
1. v. to marry, wed someone to (unite two others in wedlock) | |
2. v. to marry off | |
3. v. to match (up), fit (together) | |
Este tercero les ayudará a casar las necesidades con los recursos. - This third party will help them match needs with resources. | |
4. v. (reciprocal) to get married, marry (each other, one another) | |
Se casaron justo después de la graduación. - They got married right after graduation. | |
5. v. to wed, marry, get married (+preo, con) | |
Voy a casarme con la mujer de mis sueños esta noche. - I am going to marry the woman of my dreams tonight. | |
pasaban |
1. v. second-person plural imperfect indicative of pasar | |
pasar |
1. v. to pass, to hand, to slip | |
2. v. to happen | |
¿qué pasa? - what's up? | |
estas cosas pasan - these things happen | |
Ya me ha pasado. - It has already happened to me. | |
3. v. to pass, to get past, to go past, to go by, to go over, to get through | |
¿Cómo pasaste la seguridad? - How did you get past security? | |
¡No pasarán! - They shall not pass! | |
4. v. to spend time | |
pasarlo bien - to have a good time | |
pásalo en grande - have a great time | |
5. v. to enter a room | |
6. v. to go too far, exaggerate | |
7. v. to exceed, surpass, go over | |
8. v. to ripen too much, become rotten, become off (food) | |
9. v. to pass (filter) | |
10. v. to strain, to sieve, to sift | |
11. v. to break the law, rule, order | |
12. v. to trespass (enter on someone's property without permission) | |
13. v. to puree (crush or grind food into a puree) | |
14. v. to omit, leave out | |
¡pasa de ellos! - pay no attention to them! | |
15. v. to send, transmit | |
16. v. to stand, tolerate, bear | |
17. v. to go through, to pass through, to swing by (+ por) | |
18. v. (with a + infinitive) to begin a process or action; (gloss, with ser) to become, to come to be | |
19. v. (Latin America) to pass an exam | |
20. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to stop by, to swing by | |
21. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to spend (time) | |
dos |
1. num. two | |
2. n. plural of do | |
do |
1. n-m. do (musical note) | |
2. n-m. C (musical note or key) | |
3. adv. (obsolete) where | |
4. pron. (obsolete) where | |
guardianes |
1. n. plural of guardián | |
guardián |
1. n-m. guardian, warden (someone who guards, watches over, or protects) | |
2. n-m. guardian (a superior in a Franciscan monastery) | |
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 | |
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. | |
caballo |
1. n-m. horse | |
2. n-m. (chess) knight | |
3. n-m. (slang) heroin | |
a caballo |
1. adv. on horseback; on the back of a horse | |
2. adv. halfway (between); in the middle | |
Se sitúa a caballo entre la gama media y la alta - It lies between the mid range and the top range | |