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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
dice
1. v. third-person singular present indicative of decir
decir
1. v. to say, to tell
Es un mentiroso. Nunca dice la verdad. - He's a liar. He never tells the truth.
¿Qué te dijeron? - What did they tell you?
2. v. to suggest
3. v. to show; to demonstrate
4. v. to call; to name
5. v. to be said, to say (qual, when a specific subject is not identified)
¿Cómo se dice __ en inglés? - How do you say __ in English?
6. v. to declare
7. n-m. saying
8. n-m. idle talk
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
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
bordes
1. adj. plural of borde
2. n. plural of borde
3. v. informal second-person singular present subjunctive of bordar
bordar
1. v. to embroider (to stitch a decorative design on fabric with needle and thread of various colours)
2. v. (colloquial transitive) to do something very well
borde
1. n-m. edge, border, brink, verge, rim, margin
2. n-m. brim, rim, lip (top edge of a vessel or container)
3. n-m. side (of the road, highway, freeway, etc.)
4. n-m. ledge (of a window)
5. n-m. edging, fringe (shaping or dressing the edge of something)
6. adj. bastard (born out of wedlock)
7. adj. (colloquial Spain) rude, impertinent
8. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of bordar
costeros
1. adj. masculine plural of costero
costero
1. adj. coastal
cortados
1. adj. masculine plural of cortado
2. n. plural of cortado
3. Participle. masculine plural of cortado
cortad
1. v. informal second-person plural affirmative imperative of cortar
cortar
1. v. to cut
2. v. to cut off, cut out, cut through, cut down, cut up, to nip
3. v. to chop, chop up, chop off
4. v. to slice, to slit
5. v. to mow
6. v. to slash, to hack
7. v. to carve, to engrave
8. v. to hang up, to terminate a telephone call
9. v. (Chile, informal) to stop an action
¡Córtala!, déjame tranquilo. (Stop it! leave me alone.)
10. v. (Chile) to shut off
Corta el agua, por favor. (Shut the water off please.)
11. v. to finish a relationship
Deberías cortar con él. (You should break up with him.)
12. v. to haircut
13. v. to cut, to cut off, to slit (oneself or a part of the body)
os
1. pron. you, to you, for you; dative and accusative of vosotros
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.
pique
1. n-m. (card games) spade
2. n-m. downward movement
irse a pique - sink (of a ship)
3. n-m. jump, leap
4. n-m. hit, fix (of drugs)
5. n-m. rivalry, loggerheads
6. n-m. grudge match
7. n-m. sprint
8. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of picar
picar
1. v. to itch (to feel itchy; to feel a need to be scratched)
una tela que pica - an itchy fabric
2. v. to sting
3. v. to chop
4. v. to bite
5. v. (culinary) to mince, to dice
6. v. to stab; to wound
7. v. (colloquial) to snack; to nibble; to have a bite
me apetece picar algo - I fancy a bite to eat
8. v. to rot; to decay; to eat away; to rust
9. v. to pique
10. v. to crush (ice)
11. v. to sting or be pungent to the lips or tongue, be spicy or, of a candy, very sour
Este chile pica mucho. - This chili is very hot.
12. v. (slang) to sexually penetrate, fuck
13. v. to get angry, get annoyed, take offence
14. v. to turn sour
15. v. to get addicted, fascinated, enraptured
16. v. to bounce
a pique
1. adv. (idiom) almost; practically

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