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) | |
regla |
1. n-f. rule (regulation, norm) | |
2. n-f. ruler (measuring stick) | |
3. n-f. (colloquial) menstruation, period | |
Está en su regla. - She's on her period. | |
general |
1. adj. general, overall | |
2. n-m. (military ranks) general | |
3. n-f. (informal, plural) general elections | |
por regla general |
1. adv. as a rule; generally speaking | |
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 | |
actores |
1. n. plural of actor | |
actor |
1. n-m. actor (person who performs in a theatrical play or movie) | |
2. n-m. (legal) defendant | |
llevan |
1. v. second-person plural present indicative of llevar | |
llevar |
1. v. to take, to carry, to take away, to carry away, to carry around, to bring, to bear, to lug (implies to move something further from who speaks) | |
Le llevaré un regalo a Rosa para su cumpleaños. - I will take a present to Rosa for her birthday. | |
2. v. to take, to take out (implies moving someone further from the speaker) | |
Llevamos a las chicas al cine. - We're taking the girls to the movies. | |
3. v. (indtr, a, intr=1) to lead, to lead to, to drive, to drive to | |
A la luz de esos resultados, todo esto lleva a la conclusión de que hay que idear métodos alternativos. - In light of those findings, all this leads to the conclusion that alternative methods s | |
4. v. to have spent time, have been | |
Llevo seis años aquí. - I've been here 6 years. | |
Llevo dos años estudiando francés. - I've been studying French for two years. | |
Llevamos más de 30 años casados. - We've been married for more than 30 years. | |
5. v. to wear (ellipsis of the more formal llevar puesto) | |
Llevaba una blusa rosa. - She was wearing a pink blouse. | |
6. v. to have, include (have as a component, part, accessory or ingredient) | |
Si es quesadilla lleva queso, si no lleva queso, no es quesadilla. - If it is a quesadilla, it has cheese; if it does not have cheese it is not a quesadilla. | |
Esta palabra no lleva acento. - This word does not have an accent mark. | |
7. v. to give a lift, to give a ride | |
8. v. (colloquial) to hold up, to be doing, to cope | |
¿Cómo lo llevas? - How are you holding up? | |
9. v. to wear | |
10. v. (informal) to be in, to be fashionable | |
una |
1. n-f. feminine of uno | |
a la una, a las dos y a las tres - after three...one, two, three | |
2. art. feminine singular of un | |
3. det. feminine singular of uno | |
4. pron. one (an indefinite plural pronoun using a singular feminine item, used for females) | |
5. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of unir | |
unir |
1. v. to unite, join | |
¡Únete al sindicato! (Join up with the union!) | |
2. v. to merge, conflate | |
un |
1. art. a | |
2. num. (before the noun) apocopic form of uno one | |
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) | |
bien |
1. adv. well (adverbial form of bueno) | |
Toca bien el piano. - He plays the piano well. | |
2. adv. well, fine, okay (state of being satisfied with the status quo) | |
hasta aquí todo bien - so far so good | |
3. adv. properly | |
4. adv. willingly | |
5. adv. very | |
6. adv. as well | |
Bien podrías acabar con ello temprano. - You might as well get it over with early. | |
7. adj. (postpositive, colloquial) well-to-do; affluent; wealthy; upper-class | |
Amanda y Carlos vienen de una familia bien. - Amanda and Carlos come from a well-to-do family. | |
8. adj. (postpositive, colloquial) exclusive; upscale; high-class | |
Las colonias bienes están en las afueras de la ciudad. - The upscale neighborhoods are in the city suburbs. | |
9. n-m. good (as opposed to evil) | |
Es por el bien de toda la comunidad. - It's for the good of the whole community. | |
10. n-m. goodness | |
11. n-m. good, better (substantive) | |
para bien o para mal - for better or for worse | |
He vuelto para bien esta vez. - I'm back for good this time. | |
12. n-m. welfare, benefit | |
13. n-m. (plural) goods, property, possessions, assets, wealth, estate | |
14. n-m. (dated) darling | |
Despierta, mi bien. - Wake up, my darling. | |
corriente |
1. adj. flowing, running | |
agua corriente - running water | |
2. adj. current (existing or occurring at the moment) | |
el corriente (mes) - the current month | |
3. adj. common, usual | |
4. adj. ordinary, normal | |
una persona corriente - a regular person | |
5. n-f. current (the generally unidirectional movement of a gas or fluid) | |
corriente de aire - air current; draught | |
6. n-f. ellipsis of corriente eléctrica, t=electric current | |
7. n-f. current, trend, tendency | |