tiene |
1. v. third-person singular present indicative of tener | |
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 | |
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 | |
desalojar |
1. v. to vacate | |
2. v. (indtr, de) to remove from, evict from | |
Su |
1. Proper noun. given name, female, diminutive=Susana | |
2. det. (before the noun) apocopic form of suyo his, her, its, one's, their, your (formal) | |
Vino con su amigo. (He came with his friend.) | |
Habló a sus hijas. (She spoke to her daughters.) | |
3. det. (used to express an approximate number): about, approximately | |
Pesa sus dos kilogramos. - It weighs its two kilograms. | |
4. det. (before the noun, formal) apocopic form of suyo t=your | |
puesto |
1. n-m. market stall, market stand | |
2. n-m. professional position, employment, job | |
3. adj. standing | |
4. adj. on (clothes) | |
5. adj. put on (cloth) | |
6. conj. because, as, since | |
7. Participle. past participle of poner | |
poner |
1. v. to put, to put up, to place, to lay | |
Pon eso en su lugar. - Put that in its place. | |
Pongamos el plan a la espera por ahora. - Let's put the plan on hold for now. | |
Puse un anuncio en Craigslist. - I put up an ad on Craigslist. | |
2. v. to set, to set up (e.g. set an alarm, set up chairs) | |
Voy a poner la mesa (I'm going to set the table.) | |
3. v. to put on (e.g. put on a smile, a happy face, a brave face; put on a pot of coffee, put something on display) | |
4. v. to choose, to designate (for a job, charge or responsibility) | |
5. v. to make (e.g. make somebody nervous, jealous, sad, emotional, uncomfortable) | |
Basta. Me estás poniendo nerviosa. - Stop. You're making me nervous. | |
6. v. to make, to give (in certain phrases; e.g. to make available, give an injection, to give effect) | |
No pongas excusas. - Don't make excuses. | |
Permítanme poner un ejemplo. - Let me give an example. | |
7. v. to say, to read (statement: indicate in written form) | |
El letrero pone que está prohibido fumar. - The sign says smoking is not allowed. | |
8. v. to name, to give a nickname | |
Le voy a poner Rodrigo. - I will name him Rodrigo. | |
9. v. to bring (e.g. to bring online, to bring order to, to bring up to speed or date, to bring to light) | |
10. v. to lay (e.g. to lay eggs, lay the foundation or groundwork) | |
11. v. to turn, to turn on (e.g. to turn the other cheek, turn on music, to turn upside-down) | |
Mi ex-esposa manipuladora puso a mis propios amigos en mi contra. - My manipulative ex-wife turned my own friends against me. | |
12. v. to get (in certain phrases) | |
Necesitamos ponerlos de nuestra parte. - We need to get them on our side. | |
¿No arranca su coche? En unos minutos, puedo ponerlo en marcha, sin problemas. - Your car won't start? In a few minutes, I can get it running, no problem. | |
13. v. to call (in certain phrases; e.g. to call into question, call into doubt, call somebody's bluff) | |
14. v. to pay (attention) | |
15. v. to draw (e.g. to draw a line or set up a boundary) | |
16. v. to plant, to set up (e.g. plant one's feet, plant a bomb, set up explosives, plant a bug, set up a camera, plant a weapon) | |
17. v. (Mexico, slang) to contribute; to bring | |
Carlos pone la casa, yo pongo los refrescos. - Carlos contributes his house, I contribute beverages. | |
18. v. (electronics) to play | |
Ya se puso la canción en el radio dos veces. - The song already played on the radio twice. | |
Si Pedro pone la música demasiado fuerte, se va a quedar sordo. - If Pedro plays music too loud, he will end up deaf. | |
19. v. (Spain, colloquial, transitive) to turn on, make horny | |
Me pones mucho. - You really turn me on. | |
20. v. to put on, to don, to change into (clothing, shoes, accoutrements) | |
Me puse las gafas. (I put on my glasses.) | |
21. v. to get | |
¡Ponte pillo! / ¡Ponte listo! - Get clever! | |
¡Ponte de rodillas! - Get on your knees! | |
No me gusta ponerme en frente de la cámara. - I don't like getting in front of the camera. | |
22. v. (of a heavenly body) to set (i.e., to sink beneath the horizon) | |
¿A qué hora se pone el sol? - What time does the sun set? | |
23. v. to become, to get ("become" is used in reference to entering into a physical or emotional state) (gloss, e.g. become anxious, fashionable, naughty, nervous, offensive, pale, sad, serious, stern, tense | |
Se pone agresiva cuando alguien la toca. - She gets aggressive when anyone touches her. | |
Se puso muy enfermo después de comerse la comida descompuesta. - He got very sick after eating the rotten food. | |
El jamón se puso seco. - The ham turned dry. | |
Ponte guapa para la fiesta. - Smarten up for the party. | |
24. v. to start doing something, to begin, to get down to (+ a + infinitive) | |
Se sentaron a la mesa y se pusieron a hablar en voz alta. - They sat down at the table and started talking loudly. | |
Por lo tanto, es hora de ponernos a trabajar. - So, it's time for us to get down to work. | |
Se puso a decirnos de las cosas que había visto. - He began telling us about the things he had seen. | |
Me pondré con ello inmediatamente. - I'll get on it right away. | |
25. v. to put oneself | |
No te pongas en peligro. - Do not put yourself in harm's way. | |
antes |
1. adv. earlier, before, sooner, previously, formerly, beforehand (at an earlier time) | |
poco antes - shortly before | |
Nos conocimos antes, ¿te acuerdas? - We met before, remember? | |
La embajadora llegó antes de lo esperado. - The ambassador arrived sooner than expected | |
2. adv. soon (in certain phrases) | |
Quería que lo supieras cuanto antes. - I wanted to let you know as soon as possible. | |
Ven a mi casa lo antes posible. - Come over to my place as soon as possible. | |
3. adv. ahead (temporally), ahead of (qual, when followed by de) | |
Bueno, si solo hubieras llamado antes como te dije, ni siquiera estaríamos en esta situación. - Well, if you had just called ahead like I told you to, we wouldn't even be in this situation. | |
4. adv. once, formerly (in the past) | |
Antes todos tenían buscapersonas. - Everyone used to have pagers. | |
5. adv. first (before a condition is fulfilled) | |
6. adv. rather, sooner (used to specify a preference) | |
Antes morir que perder. - I'd rather die than lose. | |
7. prep. before (earlier than) (qual, triggers the subjunctive in subordinate clauses) | |
antes de 1910 - before 1910 | |
antes de que pudiera responder - before I could reply | |
Antes de ver el documental, no sabíamos nada del tema. - Before watching the documentary, we didn't know anything about the issue. | |
8. n. plural of ante | |
ante |
1. prep. in front of, before | |
Tengo que comparecer ante el juez. - I have to appear before the judge. | |
2. prep. against, compared to | |
3. n-m. elk | |
4. n-m. suede | |
5. n-m. (Mexico) tapir (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip) | |
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 | |
haber |
1. v. (auxiliary) to have | |
He trabajado muy duro durante este mes. - I have worked very hard during this month. | |
Mi hermanito me pidió más chocolate, pero ya le había dado demasiado. - My little brother asked me for more chocolate, but I had already given him too much. | |
2. v. (obsolete) to hold, to possess | |
3. v. (impersonal, in third person singular only) to exist; “there is”, “there are” (hay); “there was”, “there were” (había) | |
No hay muchas personas aquí. - There aren't many people here. | |
En el cofre había un libro antiguo. - In the chest there was an antique book. | |
4. v. (dated, or formal) to have to (+ de + infinitive) | |
5. v. (Used only in the third-person existential form) to be necessary (+ que + infinitive) | |
Hay que proteger el mundo. - It is necessary to protect the world. | |
6. v. used to denote a past obligation | |
Haberla llamado. - You ought to have phoned her. | |
7. n-m. asset | |
8. n-m. history | |
9. n-m. credit side | |
probado |
1. adj. proven, tried | |
2. Participle. past participle of probar | |
probar |
1. v. to prove | |
No puedes probarlo. - You can’t prove it. | |
2. v. to test, to demonstrate | |
3. v. to taste, to try | |
Prueba a ver si está bueno. - Taste it to see if it’s good. | |
4. v. to try, to try out, to sample, to test out, to give a go, to have a go | |
Lo probó todo sin éxito. - He tried everything without success. | |
5. v. to check out, to probe | |
6. v. to suit | |
Vivir en Madrid no le prueba. - Living in Madrid doesn't suit her. | |
7. v. to try out (for a team) | |
8. v. to try on, see if it fits | |
María se probó el vestido. - Maria tried on the dress. | |
9. v. to prove oneself | |
10. v. to be tested, to be proved, to be proven | |
un |
1. art. a | |
2. num. (before the noun) apocopic form of uno one | |
plato |
1. n-m. plate, dish (crockery) | |
2. n-m. dish (of food) | |
3. n-m. course (of a meal) | |
4. n-m. plate (of a gear) | |
5. n-m. (cycling) chainring | |
siquiera |
1. adv. at least, at the least | |
2. adv. (when used in the negative) even | |
Él molesta tanto que ni siquiera los sordomudos pueden soportarlo. - He's so annoying that not even deafmutes can tolerate him. | |
3. conj. if only | |
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 | |
cosa |
1. n-f. thing (object, concept) | |
2. n-f. (informal) thing (living being or creature) | |
cosas hermosas - pretty little things | |
3. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of coser | |
coser |
1. v. to sew | |
alguna |
1. det. feminine singular of alguno | |
2. pron. feminine singular of alguno | |
alguno |
1. det. some, any | |
¿Quiere alguna cosa? - Do you want anything? | |
Algún día lo haré. - I will do it someday. | |
2. det. any (used for emphasis) | |
No tiene talento alguno. - He doesn't have any talent at all. | |
3. det. various | |
4. pron. someone | |
5. pron. some, some people | |
6. pron. one (thing); a few | |