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dime
1. v. Compound of the third-person imperative form of decir, di and the pronoun me
di
1. v. informal second-person singular positive imperative of decir
Dile lo que te di. - Tell him what I gave you.
2. v. informal second-person singular positive imperative of decir
Dile lo que te di. - Tell him what I gave you.
dar
1. v. to give, to give out
2. v. to hand over
3. v. to hit
Me han dado en la cabeza. - They hit me on my head.
4. v. to emit
5. v. to produce
6. v. to perform
7. v. to consider
Doy eso por menos que yo. - I consider that beneath me.
Yo lo doy por muerto. - I consider him dead.
8. v. (indtr, con) to encounter; to find with effort
Dimos con María. - We encountered Maria.
Dimos con el edificio después de tres horas. - We finally found the building after three hours.
9. v. to hit upon
10. v. (indtr, a, .colloquial, intr=1) to press, activate
darle al botón - to press the button
11. v. to ruin; mess up
Me dio la noche - It ruined the night for me
12. v. to occur
13. v. to grow naturally
El maíz se da en esta tierra. - Corn grows on this land.
14. v. to hit
El coche se dio con/contra un árbol. - The car hit a tree.
15. v. to assume
darse por vencido - to assume to be defeated
darse por muerto - to assume to be dead
16. v. to pretend to be, to present oneself as though one were
Se las da de enfermero pero nunca ha estudiado. - He pretends to be a nurse, but he's never studied.
17. v. to surrender
¿Te das? — Me doy. - Do you surrender? — I surrender.
18. v. to fuck (used with third person direct objects only)
Vos solo te la das. - You just fuck her.
Me quiero dar a José. - I want to fuck José.
19. v. to find someone sexually attractive (mostly to have a sexual encounter with)
Le re doy.
20. v. to announce, predict
Dan lluvia. - They announced rain.
me
1. pron. personal accusative of yo: me
2. pron. personal;dative pronoun dative of yo: to me, for me
3. pron. personal;reflexive pronoun of yo: myself
cuál
1. pron. (interrogative pronoun, as part of a question) what (in terms of a very specific item); which, which one
¿Cuál es tu dirección? (What is your address?)
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
e
1. conj. and
Yo hablo francés e inglés. - I speak French and English.
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
interruptor
1. adj. interrupting
2. n-m. switch, light switch
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
enciende
1. v. third-person singular present indicative of encender
encender
1. v. to light, ignite
Julio encendió la fogata. - Julio ignited the campfire.
2. v. to turn on, switch on, power up
María encendió la máquina. - María turned on the machine.
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)
lámpara
1. n-f. lamp
2. n-f. torch, flashlight
quiero
1. v. first-person present indicative of querer.
querer
1. v. to desire, to want, to want to
Yo quiero leer ese libro. - I want to read that book.
2. v. to love; to be fond of
Te quiero. - I love you.
Ese hombre quiere a su país y moriría por él sin vacilar. - That man loves his country and would die for it without hesitation.
3. v. (as an indication of a request) would you ... ?
¿Quieres decirme qué pasó? - Would you tell me what happened?
4. v. to mean to, to try to
No quería insultarte. - He didn't mean to insult you.
¿Qué querías hacer de todos modos... impresionar a tus amigos? - What were you trying to do anyway? Impress your friends?
5. v. (reciprocal) to love each other
Ustedes se quieren. No dejen que su orgullo se interponga en el camino del amor verdadero. - You love each other. Don't let your pride get in the way of true love.
6. n-m. love; affection; fondness
leer
1. v. to read
Quiero leer el periódico. - I want to read the newspaper.
Léase también la Orden General núm. 8. - Also read General Order No. 8.
2. v. , translation=(...) to such a pitch did his eagerness and infatuation go that he sold many an acre of tillage land to buy books of chivalry to read, and brought home as many of them as he could get.
esta
1. det. feminine singular of este
2. pron. (demonstrative) Alternative spelling of ésta, , this one
este
1. det. this
2. pron. Alternative spelling of éste
3. interj. uh, well (space filler in a conversation)
4. n-m. east
revista
1. n-f. magazine
2. n-f. revue
3. Participle. feminine singular of revisto
revestir
1. v. to decorate, dress up
2. v. (formal) to have; to show (a certain quality, especially an abstract on)
revestir especial gravedad - to be especially serious
revestir importancia - to be of importance
3. v. to summon up
4. v. to put on; to don (clothing, especially religious garments)
revistar
1. v. to review, look over

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