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ya
     1. adv. now
           Púlsalo ya. - Press it now.
           Preparados, listos, ya. - Ready, set, go.
     2. adv. already, yet
           Ya lo hice. - I already did it.
     3. adv. in the near future; soon
     4. adv. immediately
     5. adv. anymore; no longer
     6. adv. (emphatic) (emphatic (similar to the use of English "so" or "oh" as an interjection))
           ¡Ya lo sé! - I do know!
     7. adv. (in negatives) only
           no ya... - not only...
     8. adv. (before pero) yes
           ya, pero... - yes, but...
     9. adv. (before que) since, now
           ya que... - now that...
     10. adv. OK
     11. conj. first (something) then (something else); first (something), now (something else)
           ¡Ya lluvia ya nieve! - First rain, now snow!
     12. conj. whether (something) or (something else)
           ya sol ya lluvia - whether sun or rain
     13. interj. come on!, let's go!
     14. interj. (colloquial) (used to acknowledge or dismiss the previous statement)
           —Sabes que quedamos con Antonio esta tarde. —Ya. - "You know we're hanging out with Antonio tonight." "I know.".
           —No podrás venir, que trabajas ese día. —Ya, pero cerramos temprano los viernes. - "You can't come, you're working that day." "Right, but we close early on Fridays.".
te
     1. pron. dative of tú: to you, for you
           Te voy a hacer tus calzones.... - I’m going to make your britches
     2. pron. accusative of tú: you
     3. pron. : yourself
estás
     1. v. informal second-person singular present indicative of estar
     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)
llevando
     1. v. gerund of llevar
     llevar
          1. v. to take, to carry, to take away, to carry away, to carry around, to bring, to bear, to lug (implies to move something further from who speaks)
                Le llevaré un regalo a Rosa para su cumpleaños. - I will take a present to Rosa for her birthday.
          2. v. to take, to take out (implies moving someone further from the speaker)
                Llevamos a las chicas al cine. - We're taking the girls to the movies.
          3. v. (indtr, a, intr=1) to lead, to lead to, to drive, to drive to
                A la luz de esos resultados, todo esto lleva a la conclusión de que hay que idear métodos alternativos. - In light of those findings, all this leads to the conclusion that alternative methods s
          4. v. to have spent time, have been
                Llevo seis años aquí. - I've been here 6 years.
                Llevo dos años estudiando francés. - I've been studying French for two years.
                Llevamos más de 30 años casados. - We've been married for more than 30 years.
          5. v. to wear (ellipsis of the more formal llevar puesto)
                Llevaba una blusa rosa. - She was wearing a pink blouse.
          6. v. to have, include (have as a component, part, accessory or ingredient)
                Si es quesadilla lleva queso, si no lleva queso, no es quesadilla. - If it is a quesadilla, it has cheese; if it does not have cheese it is not a quesadilla.
                Esta palabra no lleva acento. - This word does not have an accent mark.
          7. v. to give a lift, to give a ride
          8. v. (colloquial) to hold up, to be doing, to cope
                ¿Cómo lo llevas? - How are you holding up?
          9. v. to wear
          10. v. (informal) to be in, to be fashionable
ese
     1. det. (demonstrative) that
     2. interj. (Mexico, informal) hello
     3. pron. (demonstrative) Alternative spelling of ése
chisme
     1. n-m. gossip
           revista de chismes - gossip magazine
           ¡Eso no son más que chismes! - That's just gossip!
     2. n-m. trinket, gadget
     3. n-m. (colloquial) thingy (something whose name one cannot recall)
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