| mi |
| 1. det. (before the noun) apocopic form of mío, my |
| 2. n-f. mu; the Greek letter Μ, μ |
| hijo |
| 1. n-m. son |
| 2. n-m. child (when the gender of the child is unknown) |
| cruzó |
| 1. v. third-person singular preterite indicative of cruzar |
| cruzar |
| 1. v. to cross (including of legs) |
| 2. v. to exchange (words) |
| 3. v. to fold (arms) |
| 4. v. to crossbreed |
| las |
| 1. art. the |
| 2. pron. accusative of ellas and ustedes (when referring to more than one woman); them, you all (formal) |
| 3. pron. feminine plural pronoun |
| 4. n. plural of la |
| 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 |
| 4. n-m. (music) la (sixth note of the scale) |
| 5. n-m. (music) A (the musical note or key) |
| vías |
| 1. n. plural of vía |
| vía |
| 1. n-f. way, means |
| 2. n-f. (figuratively) avenue, way, path |
| 3. n-f. road |
| 4. n-f. track, railroad track |
| 5. n-f. method |
| 6. n-f. leak |
| 7. n-f. (anatomy) pathway |
| 8. prep. via |
| por |
| 1. prep. by (indicates the creator of a work) |
| 2. prep. for (indicates something given in an exchange) |
| 3. prep. through, out, via (indicating movement) |
| 4. prep. across (indicating movement) |
| 5. prep. about |
| 6. prep. due to, because of, for, for the sake of, out of (to express cause or motive) |
| 7. prep. (used with directions) over |
| 8. prep. (mathematics) times, by, multiplied by |
| 9. prep. according to, for, regarding (to express opinion or something concerning someone) |
| 10. prep. via, through, by (indicating the means of something) |
| 11. prep. for (indicating duration) |
| 12. prep. for, for the sake of, on behalf of (indicating doing something for someone's benefit) |
| 13. prep. per, for each |
| 14. prep. to (indicating something that has not yet passed) |
| 15. prep. about to (indicating something that will soon happen) |
| 16. prep. compared to; against; versus (indicating a comparison) |
| el |
| 1. art. (masculine singular definite article); the |
| 2. art. feminine singular definite article used before nouns which start with a stressed 'a': |
| paso |
| 1. adj. dried (said of fruit) |
| 2. n-m. pace (rough distance of a brisk stride) |
| 3. n-m. (historical, measure) paso, Spanish pace (a traditional unit of length equivalent to about 1.4 m) |
| 4. n-m. step (in a set of instructions) |
| 5. n-m. way, passage |
| 6. n-m. pitch (of a helix or screw thread) |
| 7. n-m. (geography) pass, col |
| 8. n-m. float (in religious parades, carried on the backs of a group of people called costaleros) |
| 9. v. first-person singular present indicative of pasar |
| pasar |
| 1. v. to pass, to hand, to slip |
| 2. v. to happen |
| 3. v. to pass, to get past, to go past, to go by, to go over, to get through |
| 4. v. to spend time |
| 5. v. to enter a room |
| 6. v. to go too far, exaggerate |
| 7. v. to exceed, surpass, go over |
| 8. v. to ripen too much, become rotten, become off (food) |
| 9. v. to pass (filter) |
| 10. v. to strain, to sieve, to sift |
| 11. v. to break the law, rule, order |
| 12. v. to trespass (enter on someone's property without permission) |
| 13. v. to puree (crush or grind food into a puree) |
| 14. v. to omit, leave out |
| 15. v. to send, transmit |
| 16. v. to stand, tolerate, bear |
| 17. v. to go through, to pass through, to swing by (+ por) |
| 18. v. (with a + infinitive) to begin a process or action; (gloss, with ser) to become, to come to be |
| 19. v. (Latin America) to pass an exam |
| 20. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to stop by, to swing by |
| 21. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to spend (time) |
| para |
| 1. prep. for, to (expressing a recipient) |
| 2. prep. to, in order to, so, for (expressing the intended purpose of an action) |
| 3. prep. by, due, due on, due by (expressing a deadline) |
| 4. prep. for (expressing contrast from what is expected) |
| 5. prep. for, to, in one's opinion, as far as one is concerned (expressing an opinion, perception or perspective) |
| 6. prep. for (expressing using one's efforts for a group or an authority figure such as a sports team or a company/boss) |
| 7. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of parir |
| parar |
| 1. v. to stop, halt |
| 2. v. to put up, stand up |
| 3. v. to lift, raise |
| 4. v. to stand up |
| 5. v. to situate oneself |
| 6. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun, Chile) see pararlas |
| peatones |
| 1. n. plural of peatón |
| peatón |
| 1. n-m. pedestrian |
| pero |
| 1. conj. but |
| 2. conj. well well; so; well (used for emphasis) |
| 3. n-m. but (restriction) |
| por |
| 1. prep. by (indicates the creator of a work) |
| 2. prep. for (indicates something given in an exchange) |
| 3. prep. through, out, via (indicating movement) |
| 4. prep. across (indicating movement) |
| 5. prep. about |
| 6. prep. due to, because of, for, for the sake of, out of (to express cause or motive) |
| 7. prep. (used with directions) over |
| 8. prep. (mathematics) times, by, multiplied by |
| 9. prep. according to, for, regarding (to express opinion or something concerning someone) |
| 10. prep. via, through, by (indicating the means of something) |
| 11. prep. for (indicating duration) |
| 12. prep. for, for the sake of, on behalf of (indicating doing something for someone's benefit) |
| 13. prep. per, for each |
| 14. prep. to (indicating something that has not yet passed) |
| 15. prep. about to (indicating something that will soon happen) |
| 16. prep. compared to; against; versus (indicating a comparison) |
| 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 |
| 4. n-m. (music) la (sixth note of the scale) |
| 5. n-m. (music) A (the musical note or key) |
| poca |
| 1. n-f. (colloquial) tad; bit |
| 2. det. feminine singular of poco |
| poco |
| 1. det. little, not much |
| 2. det. few, not many |
| 3. det. un-, not |
| 4. adv. little (not much) |
| 5. n-m. little (a small amount) |
| 6. n-m. a short time, a little while |
| iluminación |
| 1. n-f. illumination |
| 2. n-f. lighting |
| y |
| 1. conj. and |
| 2. conj. (in names of number) and |
| 3. conj. (in arithmetic) plus, and |
| 4. conj. (informal) well |
| 5. conj. (informal) what about, how about, where is/are the |
| el |
| 1. art. (masculine singular definite article); the |
| 2. art. feminine singular definite article used before nouns which start with a stressed 'a': |
| ruido |
| 1. n-m. noise, racket, rattle, clatter, sound (various sounds, usually unwanted) |
| 2. n-m. noise (unwanted part of a signal) |
| 3. n-m. uproar, talk, fuss |
| que |
| 1. conj. that |
| 2. conj. than |
| 3. conj. (indicating a reason); because, for |
| 4. conj. (indicating desire or permission); may (used with the subjunctive) |
| 5. pron. who; that |
| 6. pron. that; whom |
| 7. pron. that; which |
| 8. prep. than |
| 9. prep. like, as |
| 10. part. to |
| había |
| 1. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of haber. |
| haber |
| 1. v. (auxiliary) to have |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 6. v. used to denote a past obligation |
| 7. n-m. asset |
| 8. n-m. history |
| 9. n-m. credit side |
| no |
| 1. adv. no |
| 2. adv. not |
| 3. interj. eh? (used as a tag question, to emphasise what goes before or to request that the listener express an opinion about what has been said) |
| 4. n-m. no |
| 5. n-m. abbreviation of número; no. |
| vio |
| 1. v. third-person singular preterite indicative of ver |
| ver |
| 1. v. to see, to spot |
| 2. v. to see, to look at, to view (perceive) |
| 3. v. to see, to tell, to observe |
| 4. v. to see, to check (verify) |
| 5. v. to watch |
| 6. v. to look, to seem |
| 7. v. to see oneself, to picture oneself |
| 8. v. to find oneself, to be |
| 9. v. (reciprocal) to see one another |
| el |
| 1. art. (masculine singular definite article); the |
| 2. art. feminine singular definite article used before nouns which start with a stressed 'a': |
| tren |
| 1. n-m. (transport, railway) train |
| 2. n-m. (rare) extravagance |
