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. | |
qué |
1. det. what; which (interrogative only) | |
¿Qué camisa quiere? - Which shirt do you want? | |
2. det. what; which | |
No sabía qué hacer - I didn't know what to do | |
3. adv. (before a noun) what a; such (used as an intensifier) | |
¡Qué lástima! - What a pity! | |
¡Qué suerte! - What luck! | |
¡Qué casa más bonita! - What a pretty house! | |
¡Qué mierda de tiempo! - What shitty weather! | |
4. adv. (before an adjective) how (used as a modifier to indicate surprise, delight, or other strong feelings) | |
¡Qué feo! - How ugly! | |
¡Qué alto! - He's so tall! | |
¡Qué guay! - That's so cool! | |
5. pron. what (interrogative only) | |
¿Qué ves? - What do you see? | |
se |
1. pron. (third person (also used for usted and ustedes) reflexive direct or indirect object) oneself, himself, herself, itself, yourself; each other; one another | |
Juan se lava. - Juan washes himself. | |
Juan se lava la cara. - Juan to himself washes the face. | |
Juan y María se aman. - Juan and María love each other. | |
2. pron. (used to convey the meaning of the English passive voice in the third person and with) usted and ustedes | |
¿Cómo se llama? - How do you call yourself? | |
Se dice que... - It says itself that... | |
Aquí se habla español - One speaks Spanish here, Spanish speaks itself here. | |
3. pron. (used instead of indirect object pronouns) le and les (before the direct object pronouns lo, la, los, or las) | |
El samaritano se las dio. - The Samaritan gave them to him. | |
4. v. misspelling of sé | |
debe |
1. v. informal second-person singular affirmative imperative of deber | |
deber |
1. v. to owe | |
Debo mucho dinero. (I owe a lot of money.) | |
2. v. (auxiliary) must, to need to, to have to (rarely used in the conditional with this meaning) | |
Debo estudiar. (I must study.) | |
Eso debe haber sido muy difícil. - That must have been really hard. | |
3. v. (auxiliary) should, to ought to, to be supposed to, to be to | |
Debería haber un plan en marcha. - There should be a plan in place. | |
La gente no debería mensajear y conducir. - People aren't supposed to text and drive. | |
Deberías disculparte. - You ought to apologize. | |
Usted debe despertarse antes del amanecer. - You are to be up before sunrise. | |
Los niños deberían dormir un poco. - The children should get some sleep. | |
4. v. (auxiliary) should have (in the preterite; having haber follow "deber" is optional and not required) | |
Debiste esperarme. - You should have waited for me. | |
Debiste haberme esperado. - You should have waited for me. | |
5. v. (auxiliary) shall (future tense usually) | |
6. v. to be due to, to be attributable to, to be the result of, to be caused by | |
7. v. (with de and infinitive) probably or most likely do or happen something (add a degree of insecurity to the verb) | |
Debes de viajar por avión, China está muy lejos. (You should probably travel by plane, China is very far away.) | |
8. n-m. obligation, duty | |
9. n-m. debt | |
10. n-m. should, ought (modal noun) | |
11. n-m. (usually in the plural) homework | |
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) | |
música |
1. n-f. music | |
2. n-f. female equivalent of músico, (female) musician | |
3. adj. feminine singular of músico | |