| eres |
| 1. v. informal second-person singular present indicative of ser | |
| 2. n. plural of ere | |
| 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 | |
| ere |
| 1. v. (colloquial) apocopic form of eres; you are | |
| tú |
| 1. pron. Second person pronoun in singular tense (informal communication in Spain and Mexico). you | |
| quien |
| 1. pron. who | |
| La mujer con quien se casó - The woman whom he married | |
| 2. pron. (construed with a) whom | |
| La persona a quien yo amo - The person whom I love | |
| 3. pron. whoever; whomever; anyone who | |
| Quienes digan así… - Anyone who says that… | |
| No te fíes de quien no dice la verdad. - Do not trust anyone who does not tell the truth. | |
| 4. pron. the one who | |
| ¿Eres tú quien ha de venir? - Are you the one who is to come? | |
| ¡Soy yo quien llama a la puerta! - I am the one who knocks! | |
| dejó |
| 1. v. third-person singular preterit indicative of dejar | |
| dejar |
| 1. v. to leave (to place) | |
| Dejé la cerveza arriba. - I left the beer upstairs. | |
| 2. v. to leave, to keep (to allow to continue) | |
| Me gusta dejar la luz encendida. - I like to keep/leave the light on. | |
| Supongo que podríamos dejar el restaurante abierto un poco más. - I suppose we could keep the restaurant open a little bit longer. | |
| 3. v. to leave (to cause, result in) | |
| Su respuesta nos dejó convencidos. - His answer left us convinced. | |
| 4. v. to let, allow | |
| Deja que se explique. - Let her explain herself. | |
| Después de asear el área afectada, déjela secar. - After you clean the affected area, allow it to dry. | |
| 5. v. to let go, put down (to release from one's grasp) | |
| 6. v. to drop off | |
| Ayer dejé un paquete muy importante. - Yesterday I dropped off a very important package. | |
| 7. v. to leave, to abandon, to dump | |
| Su madre la dejó cuando tenía tres años. - Her mother left her when she was three. | |
| La invitó a una cita muy agradable, y de repente de la nada, él la dejó. - He took her on a really nice date, and then suddenly out of nowhere, he dumped her. | |
| 8. v. to give up, to lay off, to kick (colloquial) | |
| Van a dejar la bebida. - They're going to lay off drinking. | |
| Estoy pensando en dejar el chocolate para la Cuaresma. - I am thinking of giving up chocolate for Lent. | |
| Espero dejar ese hábito terrible para siempre. - I hope to kick that terrible habit for good. | |
| 9. v. to set, to put, to make (in certain phrases) | |
| Quería dejar las cosas claras. - I wanted to set the record straight. | |
| Usted tiene que dejar atrás el pasado. - You've got to put the past behind you. | |
| El político emergente estaba decidido a dejar su huella. - The emerging politician was determined to make his mark. | |
| 10. v. (Spain, transitive, colloquial) to cut out (stop) | |
| 11. v. to leave off | |
| 12. v. (indtr, intr=1) to cease, stop (doing something) | |
| Hace dos años dejaron de fumar. - Two years ago they stopped smoking. | |
| Mi pareja no deja de sorprenderme. - My partner never ceases to amaze me. | |
| 13. v. (indtr, a, .reflexive) to be left, to be left to | |
| 14. v. to let (oneself), to let oneself go (gloss, cease to care about one's appearance) | |
| pasar |
| 1. v. to pass, to hand, to slip | |
| 2. v. to happen | |
| ¿qué pasa? - what's up? | |
| estas cosas pasan - these things happen | |
| Ya me ha pasado. - It has already happened to me. | |
| 3. v. to pass, to get past, to go past, to go by, to go over, to get through | |
| ¿Cómo pasaste la seguridad? - How did you get past security? | |
| ¡No pasarán! - They shall not pass! | |
| 4. v. to spend time | |
| pasarlo bien - to have a good time | |
| pásalo en grande - have a great time | |
| 5. v. to enter a room | |
| 6. v. to go too far, exaggerate | |
| 7. v. to exceed, surpass, go over | |
| 8. v. to ripen too much, become rotten, become off (food) | |
| 9. v. to pass (filter) | |
| 10. v. to strain, to sieve, to sift | |
| 11. v. to break the law, rule, order | |
| 12. v. to trespass (enter on someone's property without permission) | |
| 13. v. to puree (crush or grind food into a puree) | |
| 14. v. to omit, leave out | |
| ¡pasa de ellos! - pay no attention to them! | |
| 15. v. to send, transmit | |
| 16. v. to stand, tolerate, bear | |
| 17. v. to go through, to pass through, to swing by (+ por) | |
| 18. v. (with a + infinitive) to begin a process or action; (gloss, with ser) to become, to come to be | |
| 19. v. (Latin America) to pass an exam | |
| 20. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to stop by, to swing by | |
| 21. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to spend (time) | |
| al |
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| 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. | |
| 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 | |
| perro |
| 1. n-m. dog (animal) | |
| 2. n-m. (Chile) clothes peg, clothespin | |
| 3. n-m. (pejorative) asshole (despicable person) | |
| 4. adj. doggy, doggish | |
| 5. adj. awful | |
| 6. adj. wicked, mean | |
