| tener |
| 1. v. to have, possess | |
| Ella tiene seis hermanos. - She has six brothers. | |
| Tengo una pluma. - I have a pen. | |
| 2. v. to have, possess, to be (a condition or quality) | |
| Usted tiene suerte. - You have luck. | |
| ¡Ten cuidado! - Have care! | |
| ¿Quién tiene razón? - Who has reason? | |
| 3. v. to hold, grasp | |
| Ten esto. - Hold this. | |
| 4. v. to contain, to hold (e.g. to "hold the power to", "hold the key", "hold a clue", "hold the truth", "have a hold on", "hold in store", "hold all the cards", "hold in high regard", etc.) | |
| Este tarro tiene las cenizas. - This jar contains the ashes. | |
| El estadio es enorme. Puede tener una capacidad de hasta cien mil espectadores. - The stadium is huge. It can hold up to one hundred thousand spectators. | |
| Solía pensar que ese libro tenía todas las respuestas. - I used to think that book held all the answers. | |
| 5. v. to have, feel (internally) | |
| Él le tiene mucho cariño a ella. - He has much admiration for her. | |
| Tengo frío. - I feel cold. | |
| Tenemos hambre. - We have hunger. | |
| 6. v. to make to feel | |
| Eso nos tiene tristes. - That makes us sad. | |
| 7. v. to have (a measure or age) | |
| Tiene tres metros de ancho. - It has three metres of width. | |
| Tengo veinte años. - I have twenty years. | |
| 8. v. (used with que) to have to | |
| Tengo que salir ahora. - I have to leave now. | |
| 9. v. to get (e.g. to get a minute, to get an idea, to get a chance, to get a concussion/bruise/headache, to get in an accident, to get a place, to get a view of, to get a meeting, to get a vision, etc.) | |
| Ese cadete necesita tenerlo bajo control. - That cadet needs to get it under control. | |
| 10. v. to keep, to bear (in certain phrases; e.g. to bear in mind, bear a resemblance, keep a journal/diary, keep around something or someone) | |
| Ten en cuenta que es más difícil de volver a subir al cañón que descenderlo. - Keep in mind that it's more difficult to go back up the canyon than to go down it. | |
| Pronto voy a comprobar sus billetes, así que ténganlos a manos. - I will soon be checking your tickets, so keep them handy. | |
| Ella tuvo diez hijos, todos partos naturales. - She bore ten children, all natural births. | |
| 11. v. to make (in a few select phrases) | |
| Ahora todo tiene sentido. - Now everything makes sense. | |
| 12. v. to be taken (usually has deber for an auxiliary verb when used) | |
| 13. v. attention, Expressions that may need to be explained: | |
| 14. v. tener en cuenta | |
| 15. v. tener prisa | |
| O |
| 1. Letter. the 16th letter of the Spanish alphabet | |
| 2. n. abbreviation of oeste; west | |
| 3. conj. or | |
| ¿Quieres un café o algo más? - Do you want a coffee or something else? | |
| 4. conj. either … or | |
| (ant-lite, ni, alt1=ni … ni) | |
| valer |
| 1. v. to be worth | |
| ¿Cuánto vale? - How much is it worth? | |
| 2. v. to be useful or valid | |
| 3. v. to be well, healthy | |
| 4. v. to be strong | |
| 5. v. (+ de) to make use of | |
| Se valió de la confusión para robarse una televisión. - He made use of the confusion and stole a TV. | |
| valerse de su posición privilegiada - to make use of one's privileged position | |
| 6. v. to take care of oneself, to manage (on one's own) | |
| Ya después de su caída, mi abuelo no pudo valerse por sí mismo. - After his fall, my grandfather could no longer take care of himself. | |
| Aunque sea viejo, ¡todavía me valgo! - Though I may be old, I can still manage on my own! | |
| 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 | |
| veces |
| 1. prep. (mathematics) by, times (multiplication) | |
| 2. n. plural of vez | |
| vez |
| 1. n-f. time, instance | |
| una vez - once | |
| a veces - sometimes | |
| Lo hizo dos veces. - He did it twice. | |
| cada vez que te veo - every time that I see you | |
| 2. n-f. (Spain) place (in a queue) | |
| 3. n-f. (Spain) turn (a chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) | |
| 4. n-f. (in the plural) place, stead | |
| hacer las veces de - to serve as | |
| 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) | |
| edad |
| 1. n-f. age | |
| 2. n-f. time since an event | |
| 3. n-f. (geology) age (period of time) | |
| 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 | |
| peso |
| 1. n-m. (physics) weight (the force on an object due to gravitational attraction) | |
| 2. n-m. weight (a block of metal used in a balance) | |
| 3. n-m. weight class | |
| 4. n-m. peso (unit of currency) | |
| 5. n-m. weight (importance or influence) | |
| 6. n-m. weight, burden, load, brunt (pressure) | |
| 7. n-m. scales, scale (device used to measure weight) | |
| 8. v. first-person singular present indicative of pesar | |
| pesar |
| 1. v. to weigh (to determine the weight of an object) | |
| 2. v. to weigh (to have a certain weight) | |
| Un galón de agua pesa 3,78 kilos. - A gallon of water weighs 3.78 kilos. | |
| 3. v. to ponder | |
| 4. v. to have weight | |
| 5. v. to be seriousness, to be grave | |
| 6. v. to weigh oneself | |
| 7. n-m. grief, regret, chagrin | |
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