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 | |
dónde |
1. adv. (interrogative) where?; in what place? | |
¿Dónde está tu madre? - Where is your mother? | |
2. n-m. where | |
puedo |
1. v. first-person singular present indicative of poder | |
poder |
1. v. to be able, can | |
¿Puedes acompañarme mañana? - Could you come with me tomorrow? | |
No puedes salir ya que no tienes permiso. - You can't go out since you're not allowed. | |
No puedo hablar francés. - I can't speak French. | |
Podría ayudar si me dejaran. - I could help you if you would let me. | |
2. v. (El Salvador, colloquial, reflexive) to be familiar with something, or with somebody's personality | |
¿Te podés el número de tu prima? - Do you know your cousin's phone number? | |
Como entrenador, tengo que poderme bien a todos mis jugadores. - As a coach, I must know my players really well. | |
3. n-m. power, reign | |
4. n-m. authorization | |
5. n-m. proxy (written certificate of authority to act for another) | |
encontrar |
1. v. to meet | |
2. v. to find, encounter, come across | |
María y Gertrudis se escondieron cerca de las flores, y los chicos las encontraron a las chicas. - Mary and Gertrude hid themselves near the flowers, and the boys found the girls. | |
3. v. to meet, bump into | |
4. v. to think, consider, find | |
Lo encuentro estúpido. - I find that stupid. | |
5. v. to manage (to do something) | |
6. v. to be located | |
7. v. to feel, be | |
Solo tú sabes cómo te encuentras. - Only you know how you're feeling. | |
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 | |
cabina |
1. n-f. cabin (the passenger area of an airplane) | |
2. n-f. cabin (a private room on a ship) | |
3. n-f. cockpit (the space for those in control of a vessel) | |
4. n-f. cab (the space for the driver and copilots in a lorry or train) | |
5. n-f. booth (an enclosure just big enough to accommodate one person) | |
telefónica |
1. adj. feminine singular of telefónico | |
telefónico |
1. adj. telephonic; pertaining to telephones | |