| acaso |
| 1. adv. perhaps | |
| alguna |
| 1. det. feminine singular of alguno | |
| 2. pron. feminine singular of alguno | |
| alguno |
| 1. det. some, any | |
| ¿Quiere alguna cosa? - Do you want anything? | |
| Algún día lo haré. - I will do it someday. | |
| 2. det. any (used for emphasis) | |
| No tiene talento alguno. - He doesn't have any talent at all. | |
| 3. det. various | |
| 4. pron. someone | |
| 5. pron. some, some people | |
| 6. pron. one (thing); a few | |
| vez |
| 1. n-f. time, instance | |
| una vez - once | |
| a veces - sometimes | |
| Lo hizo dos veces. - He did it twice. | |
| cada vez que te veo - every time that I see you | |
| 2. n-f. (Spain) place (in a queue) | |
| 3. n-f. (Spain) turn (a chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) | |
| 4. n-f. (in the plural) place, stead | |
| hacer las veces de - to serve as | |
| cuando |
| 1. adv. when | |
| 2. conj. when | |
| Ven cuando estés listo. - Come when you're ready. | |
| estamos |
| 1. v. first-person plural 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) | |
| solos |
| 1. adj. masculine plural of solo | |
| 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... | |
| 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 | |
| no |
| 1. adv. no | |
| 2. adv. not | |
| 3. interj. eh? (used as a tag question, to emphasise what goes before or to request that the listener express an opinion about what has been said) | |
| 4. n-m. no | |
| 5. n-m. abbreviation of número; no. | |
| has |
| 1. v. informal second-person singular present indicative of haber | |
| haber |
| 1. v. (auxiliary) to have | |
| He trabajado muy duro durante este mes. - I have worked very hard during this month. | |
| Mi hermanito me pidió más chocolate, pero ya le había dado demasiado. - My little brother asked me for more chocolate, but I had already given him too much. | |
| 2. v. (obsolete) to hold, to possess | |
| 3. v. (impersonal, in third person singular only) to exist; “there is”, “there are” (hay); “there was”, “there were” (había) | |
| No hay muchas personas aquí. - There aren't many people here. | |
| En el cofre había un libro antiguo. - In the chest there was an antique book. | |
| 4. v. (dated, or formal) to have to (+ de + infinitive) | |
| 5. v. (Used only in the third-person existential form) to be necessary (+ que + infinitive) | |
| Hay que proteger el mundo. - It is necessary to protect the world. | |
| 6. v. used to denote a past obligation | |
| Haberla llamado. - You ought to have phoned her. | |
| 7. n-m. asset | |
| 8. n-m. history | |
| 9. n-m. credit side | |
| visto |
| 1. adj. seen | |
| 2. adj. obvious, clear | |
| 3. adj. exposed, bare | |
| 4. adj. known about, talked about, seen around | |
| 5. Participle. past participle of ver | |
| 6. v. first-person singular present indicative of vestir | |
| ver |
| 1. v. to see, to spot | |
| Vine, vi, vencí. - I came, I saw, I conquered. | |
| Sí, con mis propios ojos, lo vi robar el dinero. - Yes, with my own eyes, I saw him steal the money. | |
| 2. v. to see, to look at, to view (perceive) | |
| Hmm. Ya veo... - Hmm. I see... | |
| Tal experiencia única en la vida cambiará tu manera de ver el mundo. - Such a once in a lifetime experience will change the way that you look at or see or view the world. | |
| 3. v. to see, to tell, to observe | |
| Puedo ver que no eres como el resto. - I can tell you aren't like the rest of them. | |
| 4. v. to see, to check (verify) | |
| Déjenme ver si hay moros en la costa. - Let me check if the coast is clear. | |
| 5. v. to watch | |
| ver la televisión - to watch television | |
| 6. v. to look, to seem | |
| Te ves tan diferente desde la última vez que te vi. - You look so different since the last time I saw you. | |
| 7. v. to see oneself, to picture oneself | |
| Me veo así como un consejero, nada más. - I just see myself as an advisor, nothing more. | |
| 8. v. to find oneself, to be | |
| Nos vemos obligados a hacernos una pregunta difícil. - We are forced to ask ourselves a difficult question. | |
| 9. v. (reciprocal) to see one another | |
| Nos vemos! - We'll see each other!) | |
| vestir |
| 1. v. to dress, to clothe, to attire | |
| 2. v. to wear | |
| 3. v. to adorn, to bedeck, to embellish | |
| 4. v. to disguise, to cover up | |
| 5. v. to make clothes for, to dress | |
| 6. v. to get dressed | |
| chillar |
| 1. v. to shriek, to screech, to scream | |
| 2. v. to creak | |
| 3. v. to sizzle, to hiss | |
| 4. v. (colloquial) to speak; say a word | |
| 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. | |
| llorar |
| 1. v. to cry, to weep | |
| El bebé lloró toda la noche. - The baby cried all night. | |
| 2. v. to mourn | |
| 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. | |
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| cada |
| 1. det. each; every | |
| uno |
| 1. num. one | |
| 2. det. one | |
| 3. pron. one | |
| 4. v. first-person singular present indicative of unir | |
| unir |
| 1. v. to unite, join | |
| ¡Únete al sindicato! (Join up with the union!) | |
| 2. v. to merge, conflate | |
| cada uno |
| 1. pron. each, each one | |
| 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 | |
| un |
| 1. art. a | |
| 2. num. (before the noun) apocopic form of uno one | |
| extremo |
| 1. adj. extreme, dire | |
| 2. n-m. end, extreme | |
| 3. n-m. (football) winger (an offensive player who plays on either side of the center) | |
| 4. v. first-person singular present indicative of extremar | |
| extremar |
| 1. v. to go to extremes | |
| 2. v. to maximize, step up | |
| extremar las precauciones - to maximize precautions | |
| del |
| 1. contraction. of the, from the (+ a masculine noun in singular). | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| salón |
| 1. n-m. living room, front room, sitting room, parlor, lounge, drawing room (room where guests are received) | |
| Veo la tele en mi salón. - I watch TV in my lounge. | |
| 2. n-m. salon (room) | |
| 3. n-m. salon (gathering) | |
| 4. n-m. hall (meeting hall) | |
| 5. n-m. exhibition hall | |
| 6. n-m. (Mexico, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Uruguay) classroom (long form is "salón de clases") | |
