solar |
1. n-m. ground, land | |
2. n-m. house (of a family), noble lineage | |
3. n-m. (Cuba) tenement house | |
4. v. to pave | |
5. v. to sole a shoe | |
6. adj. solar | |
terreno |
1. adj. (relational) ground; land; earth | |
2. adj. (relational) earthly | |
3. n-m. land | |
4. n-m. ground | |
5. n-m. grounds (qual, plural) | |
6. n-m. pitch | |
sobre |
1. prep. over, above, on, upon, atop | |
La pluma de mi tía está sobre la mesa. - My aunt's pen is on the table. | |
2. prep. about | |
Dime algo sobre ti. - Tell me something about yourself. | |
3. n-m. envelope | |
4. n-m. small packet; sachet | |
5. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of sobrar | |
sobrar |
1. v. to be superfluous; to be left over or extra | |
Les sobran los libros. - They have too many books. | |
Me sobran diez dólares. - I have ten dollars left over. | |
el |
1. art. (masculine singular definite article); the | |
2. art. feminine singular definite article used before nouns which start with a stressed 'a': | |
el alma, las almas - the soul, the souls | |
el hacha, las hachas - the axe, the axes | |
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 | |
el que |
1. conj. that | |
Me extraña el que no hayan dicho nada de eso. - It’s strange to me that they have said nothing about that. | |
2. pron. (for a person) who, whom, that | |
Eres el hombre al que amo. - You are the man that/who I love. | |
Estamos buscando a la mujer para la que compraste un ramo de flores en nuestra tienda. - We're looking for the women for whom you bought a bouquet of flowers at our store. | |
3. pron. (for an object) (that) which, what | |
Esta es la casa de la que hablé, en la que vivía mi hermano hasta que se mudó a Aragón hace unos cuantos años. - This is the house that I talked about, the one that my brother lived in until he | |
No creo que haya ninguna razón convincente por la que debería hablar contigo. - I don't think there's any convincing reason for which I should talk with you. | |
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 | |
puede |
1. v. third-person singular present indicative of poder | |
poder |
1. v. to be able, can | |
¿Puedes acompañarme mañana? - Could you come with me tomorrow? | |
No puedes salir ya que no tienes permiso. - You can't go out since you're not allowed. | |
No puedo hablar francés. - I can't speak French. | |
Podría ayudar si me dejaran. - I could help you if you would let me. | |
2. v. (El Salvador, colloquial, reflexive) to be familiar with something, or with somebody's personality | |
¿Te podés el número de tu prima? - Do you know your cousin's phone number? | |
Como entrenador, tengo que poderme bien a todos mis jugadores. - As a coach, I must know my players really well. | |
3. n-m. power, reign | |
4. n-m. authorization | |
5. n-m. proxy (written certificate of authority to act for another) | |
se puede |
1. Phrase. may I? | |
edificar |
1. v. to build | |
2. v. to set a good example | |
este |
1. det. this | |
2. pron. Alternative spelling of éste | |
3. interj. uh, well (space filler in a conversation) | |
4. n-m. east | |
es |
1. v. third-person singular present indicative of ser; (he/she/it/one) is | |
2. n. plural of e | |
ser |
1. v. to be (essentially or identified as) | |
Yo soy de los Estados Unidos. - I am from the United States. | |
Errar es humano. - To err is human. | |
2. v. to be (in the passive voice sense) | |
La guitarra fue tocada. - The guitar was played. | |
3. v. to exist; to occur | |
La fiesta será mañana. - The party will be tomorrow. | |
4. n-m. a being, organism | |
5. n-m. nature, essence | |
6. n-m. value, worth | |
te |
1. pron. dative of tú: to you, for you | |
Te voy a hacer tus calzones.... - I’m going to make your britches | |
2. pron. accusative of tú: you | |
3. pron. : yourself | |
edificio |
1. n-m. building | |
está |
1. v. informal second-person singular positive imperative of estar | |
estar |
1. v. to be (have a temporary or permanent location in space) | |
¿Dónde estás? - Where are you? | |
Estoy en casa. - I am at home. | |
2. v. to be (denotes a copula, in a transient fashion) | |
El tiempo estaba frío/caliente. - The weather was cold/hot back then. | |
¿Estás feliz? - Are you happy right now? | |
3. v. to be (auxiliary verb for the progressive/continuous aspect, preceding the gerund of the verb) | |
Ella está cantando. - She is singing. | |
4. v. to be in a state (in a passive voice sense) | |
Los vasos están rotos. - The vases are broken. (In passive voice with estar, unlike haber, its past participle agrees with number and gender of the subject) | |
Llegaron y vieron que el hotel estaba abandonado. - They arrived and saw the hotel was abandoned. | |
5. v. to be, stay (denotes a copula, in a transient fashion) | |
Estense callados y quietos. - Stay quiet and not moving. | |
6. v. to be to be done, to be (still) undone: | |
Esto todavía está por hacer. - This is still to be done. | |
Lo peor está por llegar. - The worst part is yet to come. | |
7. v. to be in a long-term state (in specific idioms) | |
estar muerto/a - to be dead | |
estar casado/a - to be married (can also be ser casado) | |
estar chico/a - to be short (colloquially) | |
en |
1. prep. in, at, on | |
Estoy en casa. - I'm at home. | |
Estoy sentado en la computadora. - I'm sitting at the computer. | |
en esta página - on this page | |
en la caja en la mesa - in the box on the table | |
2. prep. in (a time) | |
en la antigüedad - in antiquity | |
en 1999 - in 1999 | |
3. prep. in (a language) | |
No conozco esta palabra en francés. - I don't know this word in French. | |
en todos los idiomas - in all languages | |
4. prep. used after some verbs and translated by various prepositions in English | |
Pienso en ti. - I'm thinking of you. | |
5. prep. in (in various expressions) | |
en el sentido - in the sense | |
en nuestro afán - in our eagerness | |
suelo |
1. n-m. soil, earth | |
2. n-m. ground, floor | |
3. v. first-person singular present indicative of soleres: “I usually”. | |
Suelo venir a las cinco. - I usually come at five o’clock. | |
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solar |
1. n-m. ground, land | |
2. n-m. house (of a family), noble lineage | |
3. n-m. (Cuba) tenement house | |
4. v. to pave | |
5. v. to sole a shoe | |
6. adj. solar | |
soler |
1. v. (auxiliary) to be accustomed to doing something, to do something on a regular basis, to do something usually or often | |
suele llegar tarde - he usually arrives late | |
2. v. (auxiliary) to tend to | |
Por lo general no dice nada que merezca la pena oír, así que suelo simplemente ignorarlo. - He generally doesn't say anything worth hearing, so I usually just ignore him. | |
3. v. (imperfect) used to | |
Aquí solía estar la tele. - This is where the television used to be. | |
rústico |
1. adj. rustic | |
2. adj. crude, unsophisticated, clumsy | |
3. n-m. rustic | |