pues |
1. conj. so, then; in that case | |
Pues me voy. - I'll go, then. | |
2. conj. because, since | |
Es el mismo gato, pues tiene la misma apariencia. - It is the same cat, since it has the same appearance. | |
así |
1. adv. like this; like that; as such; thus; so; thereby; this way, that way | |
¡Así se hace! Lo hiciste genial. - That's how it's done! | |
Así es la vida. - Such is life. | |
Si no paras de hablar así, vas a hacerme llorar. - If you don't stop talking like that, you're going to make me cry. | |
2. adv. (followed by a subjunctive clause) (used to express wishes of misfortune against someone, or to cast a spell) | |
¡Así reciba un dolor de cabeza! - I hope he gets a headache! | |
Así hubiera sobrevivido. - I hope he survived. | |
3. v. first-person singular preterit indicative of asir | |
asir |
1. v. to grab; to seize | |
2. v. to cling to | |
Como |
1. Proper noun. Como (city and capital of Como) | |
2. adv. as (to such an extent or degree) | |
No es tan alta como nosotras. - She's not as tall as us. | |
3. adv. like, about (approximately) | |
Hemos esperado como media hora. - We've waited like half an hour. | |
4. conj. as (introducing a basis of comparison or equality) | |
¿Tienes tanta hambre como yo? - Are you as hungry as I am? | |
5. conj. as, since (being that) | |
Como nunca vio mi mensaje, vamos sin ella. - Since she never saw my message, we're going without her. | |
6. conj. how (in which way) | |
Me gusta como hablas. - I like how you talk. | |
7. conj. (followed by the subjunctive) if, unless (under the condition that) | |
Como llegues tarde otra vez, ¡te mato! - If you arrive late again, I'll kill you! | |
8. prep. as (in the manner or role specified) | |
Mis ahijados me ven como un tío. - My godchildren see me as an uncle. | |
9. prep. such as (for example) | |
Algunos países de Asia, como Laos y Vietnam... - Some countries in Asia, such as Laos and Vietnam... | |
10. prep. like (similar to, reminiscent of) | |
Llevan gafas redondas como las de John Lennon. - They wear round glasses like John Lennon's. | |
11. v. first-person singular present indicative of comer | |
comer |
1. v. to eat | |
¿Cómo como? ¿Cómo cómo como? ¡Como como como! (classroom example of written accent) - How do I eat? What do you mean, how do I eat? I eat like I eat! | |
2. v. (colloquial) to eat away, corrode | |
3. v. to capture a piece | |
4. v. (double entendre, Mexico) to have sexual intercourse (because of similarity to coger) | |
5. n-m. eating, food | |
quitárselo uno de su comer - to deprive oneself of something for the benefit of others | |
el comer fuera es muy común - eating out is very common | |
...necesario para el alma como el comer para el cuerpo - ...necessary for the soul like food for the body | |
así como |
1. conj. as, just as, in the same manner | |
2. conj. as well as | |
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. | |
grand |
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yerro |
1. n-m. error, blunder | |
2. v. first-person singular present indicative of errar | |
errar |
1. v. to miss | |
2. v. to be wrong, to err | |
3. v. to wander around, roam | |
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 | |
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 | |
comer |
1. v. to eat | |
¿Cómo como? ¿Cómo cómo como? ¡Como como como! (classroom example of written accent) - How do I eat? What do you mean, how do I eat? I eat like I eat! | |
2. v. (colloquial) to eat away, corrode | |
3. v. to capture a piece | |
4. v. (double entendre, Mexico) to have sexual intercourse (because of similarity to coger) | |
5. n-m. eating, food | |
quitárselo uno de su comer - to deprive oneself of something for the benefit of others | |
el comer fuera es muy común - eating out is very common | |
...necesario para el alma como el comer para el cuerpo - ...necessary for the soul like food for the body | |
Y |
1. Letter. the 26th letter of the Spanish alphabet | |
2. conj. and | |
3. conj. (in names of number) and | |
setenta y seis - seventy-six | |
4. conj. (in arithmetic) plus, and | |
uno y uno son dos - one plus one is two | |
5. conj. (informal) well | |
¡Y por supuesto! - Well, of course! | |
6. conj. (informal) what about, how about, where is/are the | |
Pero, ¿y el concierto? ¿Ya no vamos? - But what about the concert? Are we not going anymore? | |
¿Y la niña? ¿Está a salvo? - How about the girl? Is she safe? | |
¿Y los archivos? Debo echarles un vistazo. - Where are the files? I should take a look at them. | |
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 | |
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 | |
bever |
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añadir |
1. v. to augment | |
2. v. to add | |
3. v. to append | |
4. v. to annex | |
sal |
1. n-f. salt; table salt | |
2. n-f. (chemistry) salt | |
3. v. informal second-person singular positive imperative of salir | |
salir |
1. v. to go out, to leave, to depart, to head out | |
2. v. to go out, to come out (to leave one's abode to go to public places) | |
3. v. to go out, date (be in a relationship) | |
4. v. to come out (e.g. from hiding), to come off (gloss, e.g. off the bench in a sport; off of a high place like a roof or ladder) | |
5. v. to exit, to leave, to walk out, to slip out | |
6. v. to step out (e.g. of a room, house or building) | |
7. v. to get off, to leave (e.g., get off work) | |
8. v. to get off (e.g. get off the plane, an island, someone's property, the street) (gloss, + de) | |
9. v. to get out (e.g. out of the way, out of the sun) (gloss, + de) | |
10. v. to go off (e.g. go off the grid, go off the air) (gloss, + de) | |
11. v. to log out, to quit, to exit (e.g. a web page or document) | |
12. v. to emerge, to come out | |
13. v. to come out (e.g., information, a movie) | |
14. v. to rise (the sun) | |
15. v. to climb out (e.g. a hole, a window, a canyon) | |
16. v. to escape, to break out | |
17. v. to run (e.g. a bus or other form of public transportation) | |
18. v. to come off, to go off (i.e. to project a certain quality) | |
Solo espero que el gran evento salga sin problemas. - I just hope that the big event goes off without a hitch. | |
19. v. to appear, to look (on a painting, photo, movie, play, TV, platform, etc) | |
En esta foto salgo bonita, por eso es la que muestro. - In this picture I look pretty, so, this is what I show. | |
20. v. to result, to arise as a consequence | |
Luis salió herido de la pelea. - Luis became hurt from the fight. | |
Aposté al 10 pero salió un 5. - I bet for 10 but it resulted 5. | |
21. v. to turn out, to work out, to go off | |
Salió a su madre. - She turned out like her mother. | |
Todo va a salir muy bien. - Everything's going to work out just fine. | |
Sólo espero que el gran evento salga sin problemas. - I just hope that the big event goes off without a hitch. | |
me sale imposible (hacer algo) - it turned out impossible | |
22. v. to be out, to get out (e.g. of a deal, of a situation) | |
Mira, sé que negociamos eso, pero quiero salirme. - Look, I know that we negotiated that, but I want out. | |
23. v. to come off (i.e. to project a certain quality) | |
Ella siempre ha salido como una persona amistosa. - She has always come off as a friendly person. | |
Ese tipo en el parque simplemente se salió como muy raro y espeluznante. - That guy at the park just came off very strange and creepy. | |
24. v. to pop out (e.g. a contact lens, a cork, someone popping out of a dark space) | |
25. v. to get away with (+ con) | |
26. v. to get out, to go out (e.g. get out of control, get out of hand, go out of sync) | |
27. v. to go off, to turn off (go off script, on a tangent, go off the road/track/path) | |
28. v. to rock, rule (be fantastic) | |
á |
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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) | |
cecina |
1. n-f. sausage | |
2. n-f. cecina (salted, dried meat) | |
Y |
1. Letter. the 26th letter of the Spanish alphabet | |
2. conj. and | |
3. conj. (in names of number) and | |
setenta y seis - seventy-six | |
4. conj. (in arithmetic) plus, and | |
uno y uno son dos - one plus one is two | |
5. conj. (informal) well | |
¡Y por supuesto! - Well, of course! | |
6. conj. (informal) what about, how about, where is/are the | |
Pero, ¿y el concierto? ¿Ya no vamos? - But what about the concert? Are we not going anymore? | |
¿Y la niña? ¿Está a salvo? - How about the girl? Is she safe? | |
¿Y los archivos? Debo echarles un vistazo. - Where are the files? I should take a look at them. | |
á |
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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) | |
sardina |
1. n-f. sardine | |
Y |
1. Letter. the 26th letter of the Spanish alphabet | |
2. conj. and | |
3. conj. (in names of number) and | |
setenta y seis - seventy-six | |
4. conj. (in arithmetic) plus, and | |
uno y uno son dos - one plus one is two | |
5. conj. (informal) well | |
¡Y por supuesto! - Well, of course! | |
6. conj. (informal) what about, how about, where is/are the | |
Pero, ¿y el concierto? ¿Ya no vamos? - But what about the concert? Are we not going anymore? | |
¿Y la niña? ¿Está a salvo? - How about the girl? Is she safe? | |
¿Y los archivos? Debo echarles un vistazo. - Where are the files? I should take a look at them. | |
á |
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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) | |
salsa |
1. n-f. sauce, gravy (liquid condiment) | |
2. n-f. salsa (spicy tomato sauce) | |
3. n-f. salsa (style of music) | |
4. n-f. salsa (dance performed to salsa music) | |
5. adj. feminine singular of salso | |
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 | |
los |
1. art. the | |
¿Qué hacen los muchachos? - What do the boys do? | |
2. pron. accusative of ellos and ustedes (when referring to more than one man); them, you all (formal) | |
3. pron. plural masculine or neuter pronoun | |
los que no hablan - those who do not speak | |
ajos |
1. n. plural of ajo | |
echar |
1. v. to throw, toss, cast, jettison (to release an object from one's grasp so that it moves through the air) | |
2. v. to pour (to cause to flow in a stream from a container) | |
3. v. to put in, add | |
4. v. to let out | |
5. v. to discharge | |
6. v. to dump | |
7. v. to emit, give off, send out | |
8. v. to kick out, expel, throw out, to send packing (to forcibly remove) | |
9. v. to expel (to remove from membership) | |
10. v. to fire, dismiss (to terminate employment) | |
11. v. to play (to participate in a sport) | |
Echamos un partido. - We're playing a match. | |
12. v. to sprout (to cause to grow from a seed) | |
13. v. to take, have (a look at) | |
14. v. to mail, post (to send through the mail/post) | |
15. v. to give, bestow (a blessing); to put (a curse) on | |
16. v. to turn (a key); to slide (a bolt) | |
17. v. to start off, begin | |
18. v. to throw oneself | |
19. v. to lie down (to assume a reclining position) | |
20. v. to put on | |
21. v. to begin | |
22. v. to sit on eggs | |
23. v. to give in, to yield | |
cominos |
1. n. plural of comino | |
comí |
1. v. first-person singular preterit indicative of comer | |
comer |
1. v. to eat | |
¿Cómo como? ¿Cómo cómo como? ¡Como como como! (classroom example of written accent) - How do I eat? What do you mean, how do I eat? I eat like I eat! | |
2. v. (colloquial) to eat away, corrode | |
3. v. to capture a piece | |
4. v. (double entendre, Mexico) to have sexual intercourse (because of similarity to coger) | |
5. n-m. eating, food | |
quitárselo uno de su comer - to deprive oneself of something for the benefit of others | |
el comer fuera es muy común - eating out is very common | |
...necesario para el alma como el comer para el cuerpo - ...necessary for the soul like food for the body | |
nos |
1. pron. dative of nosotros: to us, for us | |
2. pron. accusative of nosotros: us | |
3. pron. of nosotros: ourselves; each other | |
4. n. plural of no | |
pimienta |
1. n-f. pepper (herb, peppercorns) | |
gencibre |
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clavos |
1. n. plural of clavo | |
clavo |
1. n-m. nail, spike | |
2. n-m. clove | |
3. n-m. corn (callus) | |
4. n-m. headache | |
5. n-m. scab | |
6. n-m. spike (of shoes, cleats) | |
7. n-m. (Dominican Republic, slang) stash | |
8. v. first-person singular present indicative of clavar | |
así |
1. adv. like this; like that; as such; thus; so; thereby; this way, that way | |
¡Así se hace! Lo hiciste genial. - That's how it's done! | |
Así es la vida. - Such is life. | |
Si no paras de hablar así, vas a hacerme llorar. - If you don't stop talking like that, you're going to make me cry. | |
2. adv. (followed by a subjunctive clause) (used to express wishes of misfortune against someone, or to cast a spell) | |
¡Así reciba un dolor de cabeza! - I hope he gets a headache! | |
Así hubiera sobrevivido. - I hope he survived. | |
3. v. first-person singular preterit indicative of asir | |
asir |
1. v. to grab; to seize | |
2. v. to cling to | |
acá |
1. adv. (especially, Latin America) here | |
Ven acá. - Come here. | |
2. adv. as of, up to (used with a time phrase to represent continuity up to the present) | |
de un año acá - as of a year ago | |
3. adj. (Mexico) high quality | |
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. | |
gran |
1. adj. (before the noun) apocopic form of grande; great. | |
yerro |
1. n-m. error, blunder | |
2. v. first-person singular present indicative of errar | |
errar |
1. v. to miss | |
2. v. to be wrong, to err | |
3. v. to wander around, roam | |
al |
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a |
1. prep. to | |
2. prep. by | |
3. prep. at | |
4. prep. ng-lite, Used before words referring to people, pets, or personified objects or places that function as direct objects: personal a. | |
Lo busca a usted. - He is looking for you. | |
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 | |
fue |
1. v. third-person singular preterite indicative of ser | |
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ir |
1. v. to go (away from speaker and listener) | |
Nos gusta ir al cine. - We like to go to the movies. | |
2. v. to come (towards or with the listener) | |
Quiero ir contigo. - I want to come with you. | |
Iré a tu casa. - I'll come to your house. | |
3. v. (auxiliary) to be going to (near future), to go (+ a + infinitive) | |
Voy a decirle la verdad. - I am going to tell her the truth. | |
4. v. to go away, to leave, to depart, to go (when the destination is not essential; when something or someone is going somewhere else) | |
Lo siento. Tengo que irme. - I'm sorry. I have to leave. | |
Él se va a salvar al mundo otra vez. - He's off to save the world again. | |
5. v. to leak out (with liquids and gasses), to boil away, to go flat (gas in drinks) | |
6. v. to overflow | |
7. v. to go out (lights) | |
8. v. to finish, to wear out, to disappear (e.g. money, paint, pains, mechanical parts) | |
9. v. to die | |
10. v. to break wind, to fart | |
11. v. to wet/soil oneself (i.e., urinate or defecate in one's pants) | |
12. v. to come, to cum, to ejaculate, to orgasm | |
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 | |