cuál |
1. pron. (interrogative pronoun, as part of a question) what (in terms of a very specific item); which, which one | |
¿Cuál es tu dirección? (What is your address?) | |
fue |
1. v. third-person singular preterite indicative of ser | |
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ir |
1. v. to go (away from speaker and listener) | |
Nos gusta ir al cine. - We like to go to the movies. | |
2. v. to come (towards or with the listener) | |
Quiero ir contigo. - I want to come with you. | |
Iré a tu casa. - I'll come to your house. | |
3. v. (auxiliary) to be going to (near future), to go (+ a + infinitive) | |
Voy a decirle la verdad. - I am going to tell her the truth. | |
4. v. to go away, to leave, to depart, to go (when the destination is not essential; when something or someone is going somewhere else) | |
Lo siento. Tengo que irme. - I'm sorry. I have to leave. | |
Él se va a salvar al mundo otra vez. - He's off to save the world again. | |
5. v. to leak out (with liquids and gasses), to boil away, to go flat (gas in drinks) | |
6. v. to overflow | |
7. v. to go out (lights) | |
8. v. to finish, to wear out, to disappear (e.g. money, paint, pains, mechanical parts) | |
9. v. to die | |
10. v. to break wind, to fart | |
11. v. to wet/soil oneself (i.e., urinate or defecate in one's pants) | |
12. v. to come, to cum, to ejaculate, to orgasm | |
ser |
1. v. to be (essentially or identified as) | |
Yo soy de los Estados Unidos. - I am from the United States. | |
Errar es humano. - To err is human. | |
2. v. to be (in the passive voice sense) | |
La guitarra fue tocada. - The guitar was played. | |
3. v. to exist; to occur | |
La fiesta será mañana. - The party will be tomorrow. | |
4. n-m. a being, organism | |
5. n-m. nature, essence | |
6. n-m. value, worth | |
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 | |
beneficio |
1. n-m. benefit | |
2. n-m. profit | |
3. v. first-person singular present indicative of beneficiar | |
beneficiar |
1. v. to benefit | |
Todos nos podemos beneficiar de su experiencia. - We can all benefit from your experience. | |
¿En qué te beneficia? - What's in it for you? | |
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 | |
cazador |
1. adj. hunting | |
2. n-m. hunter | |
3. n-m. light infantryman | |
4. n-m. light cavalryman | |
5. n-m. rifleman | |