niña |
1. n-f. girl, female equivalent of niño | |
2. n-f. pupil (of eye) | |
3. n-f. (Latin America) maiden (virgin) | |
niño |
1. n-m. child; boy, girl | |
mira |
1. n-f. target | |
2. n-f. purpose, object | |
3. v. formal second-person singular present indicative of mirar | |
mirar |
1. v. to look at (to try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes) | |
2. v. to watch (to look at, view, or observe for a period of time) | |
Estábamos mirando la televisión. - We were watching TV. | |
3. v. to watch (to mind, attend, or guard) | |
4. v. to consider, think over (to think about seriously) | |
5. v. (used for emphasis); look | |
¡Mira qué linda! - How pretty! | |
¡Mirad! Este es el hombre quien hurta entre vosotros, a él se le debe atribuir esto. - Behold! This is the man who is stealing amongst you all, to him this must be attributed. | |
¡Mirad! Allí está el que os engaño, ¡agarradlo todos vosotros! - Look! There is the one who deceived you all, all of you, get him! | |
6. v. to seek, look for (to try to find) | |
7. v. to look (to try to see something, to pay attention with one’s eyes) | |
8. v. to face, overlook (to be oriented towards a certain direction or thing) | |
9. v. to look at oneself | |
si |
1. conj. if | |
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 | |
un |
1. art. a | |
2. num. (before the noun) apocopic form of uno one | |
armario |
1. n-m. cupboard, storage cabinet, wardrobe | |
2. n-m. wardrobe, closet (movable furniture for storing clothes) | |
3. n-m. locker | |
empotrado |
1. Participle. past participle of empotrar | |
empotrar |
1. v. to embed | |
2. v. to fit, to mount | |
3. v. (vulgar, colloquial) to screw, bang (have sex with) | |