cómo |
1. adv. (interrogative) how? | |
2. interj. (interrogative) sorry? what? (expressing surprise or asking to repeat) | |
3. n-m. how | |
cambio |
1. n-m. change, shift | |
2. n-m. gear (of a motor vehicle) | |
3. n-m. exchange rate | |
El cambio es de 12 pesos mexicanos por dólar. - The exchange rate is 12 mexican pesos to the dollar. | |
4. interj. (telecommunication) over | |
¡Cambio y corto! - Over and out! | |
5. v. first-person singular present indicative of cambiar | |
cambiar |
1. v. to change, to shift, to switch, to alter | |
La marea ha cambiado. - The tide has turned / shifted. | |
2. v. to modify | |
3. v. to switch, to switch up, to change, to trade, to swap (usually + de) (when implying changing from one thing to another) | |
Estoy dispuesto a cambiar de lugar contigo. - I am willing to trade places with you. | |
Siempre puedes cambiar de lado y unirte a nosotros. - You could always switch sides and join us. | |
Sería una error que el país cambie de dirección ahora. - It would be a mistake for the country to change direction now. | |
Probablemente debo cambiar de trabajo ahora antes de que sea demasiado tarde. - I should probably change jobs now before it's too late. | |
4. v. to replace, to change out, to swap out | |
Necesitarás cambiar las pastillas de freno, señor. Están rotas. - You will need to replace the break pads, sir. They are cracked. | |
5. v. to exchange, to trade in | |
Cambio mi cheque en el banco. - I cash my check at the bank. | |
¿Dónde puedo cambiar mis dólares por pesos? - Where can I exchange my dollars for pesos? | |
6. v. to turn around | |
Mi primo ahora tiene una segunda oportunidad a cambiar su vida. - My cousin now has a second chance to turn his life around. | |
7. v. to swap, to trade, to switch | |
¿Podríamos cambiarnos los asientos? - Can we trade seats? | |
8. v. to move (i.e., change from one place to another) | |
Ella se cambió del sótano al primer piso. - She moved from the basement to the first floor. | |
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) | |
lengua |
1. n-f. tongue | |
2. n-f. language | |
3. n-f. Spanish (subject taught in schools) | |
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 | |
una |
1. n-f. feminine of uno | |
a la una, a las dos y a las tres - after three...one, two, three | |
2. art. feminine singular of un | |
3. det. feminine singular of uno | |
4. pron. one (an indefinite plural pronoun using a singular feminine item, used for females) | |
5. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of unir | |
unir |
1. v. to unite, join | |
¡Únete al sindicato! (Join up with the union!) | |
2. v. to merge, conflate | |
un |
1. art. a | |
2. num. (before the noun) apocopic form of uno one | |
oración |
1. n-f. oration | |
2. n-f. sentence | |
3. n-f. clause | |
4. n-f. prayer | |