| solo |
| 1. adj. sole, only, unique, single | |
| 2. adj. lonely, lonesome | |
| 3. adj. alone, by oneself | |
| 4. adj. automatic; self-, by itself | |
| La máquina se lava sola. - The machine washes itself.; The machine is self-washing. | |
| 5. adv. only, solely, just | |
| Solo quiero salir. - I just want to leave. | |
| No solo... sino también... - Not only... but also... | |
| estoy |
| 1. v. first-person singular present indicative of estar; am. | |
| estar |
| 1. v. to be (have a temporary or permanent location in space) | |
| ¿Dónde estás? - Where are you? | |
| Estoy en casa. - I am at home. | |
| 2. v. to be (denotes a copula, in a transient fashion) | |
| El tiempo estaba frío/caliente. - The weather was cold/hot back then. | |
| ¿Estás feliz? - Are you happy right now? | |
| 3. v. to be (auxiliary verb for the progressive/continuous aspect, preceding the gerund of the verb) | |
| Ella está cantando. - She is singing. | |
| 4. v. to be in a state (in a passive voice sense) | |
| Los vasos están rotos. - The vases are broken. (In passive voice with estar, unlike haber, its past participle agrees with number and gender of the subject) | |
| Llegaron y vieron que el hotel estaba abandonado. - They arrived and saw the hotel was abandoned. | |
| 5. v. to be, stay (denotes a copula, in a transient fashion) | |
| Estense callados y quietos. - Stay quiet and not moving. | |
| 6. v. to be to be done, to be (still) undone: | |
| Esto todavía está por hacer. - This is still to be done. | |
| Lo peor está por llegar. - The worst part is yet to come. | |
| 7. v. to be in a long-term state (in specific idioms) | |
| estar muerto/a - to be dead | |
| estar casado/a - to be married (can also be ser casado) | |
| estar chico/a - to be short (colloquially) | |
| pensando |
| 1. v. gerund of pensar | |
| pensar |
| 1. v. to think | |
| Pienso, luego existo. - source=René Descartes | |
| 2. v. to hold an opinion | |
| ¿Piensas que la historia es buena? - Do you think that history is good? | |
| 3. v. to reflect upon a situation | |
| 4. v. to intend, to plan | |
| Nunca pensé lastimarte. - I never meant to hurt you | |
| No pienso en afeitarme hasta que llegue el verano. - I won't shave until Summer | |
| 5. v. to think about | |
| ¿Por qué no pensé en eso antes? - Why didn't I think of that before? | |
| acerca |
| 1. adv. only used in, acerca de, , about; concerning | |
| 2. v. third-person singular present indicative of acercar | |
| acercar |
| 1. v. to bring close | |
| 2. v. to zoom in | |
| 3. v. to approach, to get close, to come | |
| Se acerca el invierno. - Winter is coming. | |
| 4. v. to draw near, to gather around | |
| acercarse más - to come closer / to move closer / to draw closer | |
| 5. v. to become close | |
| 6. v. to get close to, to come up to, to draw near to, to walk up to, to go over to (+a) | |
| 7. v. to reach out to (+a) | |
| 8. v. to close in on (+a) | |
| 9. v. to assemble | |
| 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 | |
| acerca de |
| 1. prep. about, concerning | |
| hablamos acerca de muchas cosas - we talk about many things | |
| mi |
| 1. det. (before the noun) apocopic form of mío, my | |
| 2. n-f. mu; the Greek letter Μ, μ | |
| deseo |
| 1. n-m. desire, wish | |
| 2. v. first-person singular present indicative of desear | |
| desear |
| 1. v. to wish | |
| Cumpleaños Feliz! Cumpleaños Feliz!Te deseamos todos. Cumpleaños Feliz! - Happy birthday (to you)! Happy birthday (to you)!We all wish you a happy birthday! | |
| 2. v. to desire, to want, to hope for, to long for | |
| Deja mucho que desear. - It leaves a lot to be desired. | |
| 3. v. to look forward to | |
| respondió |
| 1. v. third-person singular preterit indicative of responder | |
| responder |
| 1. v. to answer, to reply | |
| 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 | |
| pequeño |
| 1. adj. small; little | |
| Tengo un gatito pequeñito. - I have a small kitten. | |
| conejo |
| 1. n-m. rabbit, cony, coney (male or unspecified sex) | |
| 2. n-m. (Central America) detective | |
| 3. n-m. (Mexico, muscle) a contracted biceps (having athletic or semi-athletic features, specially when exhibiting, intentionally or not) | |
| 4. n-m. (vulgar, slang) cunt (female genitalia) | |
| negro |
| 1. n-m. black (the color perceived in the absence of light) | |
| 2. n-m. a black person | |
| 3. n-m. ghost writer | |
| 4. adj. black (absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless) | |
| 5. adj. black (of or relating to any of various ethnic groups having dark pigmentation of the skin) | |
| 6. adj. dirty | |
| 7. adj. sad | |
| 8. adj. clandestine | |
| 9. adj. (Spain) angry | |
| está negro - he's in a rage | |
| 10. adj. (Latin America) ( mi ~) my darling, my honey | |
