| por |
| 1. prep. by (indicates the creator of a work) | |
| La novela Cien años de soledad fue escrita por Gabriel García Márquez. - The novel One Hundred Years of Solitude was written by Gabriel García Márquez. | |
| 2. prep. for (indicates something given in an exchange) | |
| Lo compré por cincuenta euros. - I bought this for fifty euros. | |
| 3. prep. through, out, via (indicating movement) | |
| La mujer ve la puesta de sol por la ventana. - The woman watches the sunset through the window. | |
| Supongo que nuestra huésped se fue por la puerta trasera porque no la he visto. - I guess our guest went out the back door because I haven't seen her. | |
| 4. prep. across (indicating movement) | |
| El hombre camina por la calle. - The man walks across the street. | |
| 5. prep. about | |
| 6. prep. due to, because of, for, for the sake of, out of (to express cause or motive) | |
| Él no pudo venir por eso. - He couldn't come due to that. | |
| Por amor a su esposo, ella aguanta a sus suegros. - Out of love for her husband, she puts up with his in-laws. | |
| 7. prep. (used with directions) over | |
| por allí - over there | |
| 8. prep. (mathematics) times, by, multiplied by | |
| ocho por siete - eights times seven; eights by seven | |
| 9. prep. according to, for, regarding (to express opinion or something concerning someone) | |
| Por mí, está bien. - For all I care, it's fine. | |
| ¡Bien por ti! - Good for you! | |
| 10. prep. via, through, by (indicating the means of something) | |
| Por favor, devuelva este documento completado por correo electrónico. - Please, return this document completed via email. | |
| 11. prep. for (indicating duration) | |
| Mi profesor se salió por la tangente por una hora entera. - My professor went off on a tangent for a whole hour. | |
| 12. prep. for, for the sake of, on behalf of (indicating doing something for someone's benefit) | |
| No lo hago por ti. - I'm not doing it for your sake. | |
| Ella irá a trabajar por mí mañana. - She will be filling in for me at work tomorrow. | |
| 13. prep. per, for each | |
| Cuesta diez dólares por artículo. - It costs ten dollars per item. | |
| 14. prep. to (indicating something that has not yet passed) | |
| Eso está por ver. - That remains to be seen. | |
| La hora aún está por confirmar. - The time is yet to be confirmed. | |
| 15. prep. about to (indicating something that will soon happen) | |
| Su hermana está por llegar del aeropuerto en cualquier momento. - Her sister is about to arrive from the airport any minute now. | |
| 16. prep. compared to; against; versus (indicating a comparison) | |
| qué |
| 1. det. what; which (interrogative only) | |
| ¿Qué camisa quiere? - Which shirt do you want? | |
| 2. det. what; which | |
| No sabía qué hacer - I didn't know what to do | |
| 3. adv. (before a noun) what a; such (used as an intensifier) | |
| ¡Qué lástima! - What a pity! | |
| ¡Qué suerte! - What luck! | |
| ¡Qué casa más bonita! - What a pretty house! | |
| ¡Qué mierda de tiempo! - What shitty weather! | |
| 4. adv. (before an adjective) how (used as a modifier to indicate surprise, delight, or other strong feelings) | |
| ¡Qué feo! - How ugly! | |
| ¡Qué alto! - He's so tall! | |
| ¡Qué guay! - That's so cool! | |
| 5. pron. what (interrogative only) | |
| ¿Qué ves? - What do you see? | |
| por qué |
| 1. adv. why, for what reason | |
| ¿Por qué no viniste ayer a la fiesta? - Why didn't you come to the party yesterday? | |
| No comprendo por qué te pones así. - I don't understand why you're angry like that. | |
| 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. | |
| me |
| 1. pron. personal accusative of yo: me | |
| 2. pron. personal;dative pronoun dative of yo: to me, for me | |
| 3. pron. personal;reflexive pronoun of yo: myself | |
| echas |
| 1. v. informal second-person singular present indicative of echar | |
| echar |
| 1. v. to throw, toss, cast, jettison (to release an object from one's grasp so that it moves through the air) | |
| 2. v. to pour (to cause to flow in a stream from a container) | |
| 3. v. to put in, add | |
| 4. v. to let out | |
| 5. v. to discharge | |
| 6. v. to dump | |
| 7. v. to emit, give off, send out | |
| 8. v. to kick out, expel, throw out, to send packing (to forcibly remove) | |
| 9. v. to expel (to remove from membership) | |
| 10. v. to fire, dismiss (to terminate employment) | |
| 11. v. to play (to participate in a sport) | |
| Echamos un partido. - We're playing a match. | |
| 12. v. to sprout (to cause to grow from a seed) | |
| 13. v. to take, have (a look at) | |
| 14. v. to mail, post (to send through the mail/post) | |
| 15. v. to give, bestow (a blessing); to put (a curse) on | |
| 16. v. to turn (a key); to slide (a bolt) | |
| 17. v. to start off, begin | |
| 18. v. to throw oneself | |
| 19. v. to lie down (to assume a reclining position) | |
| 20. v. to put on | |
| 21. v. to begin | |
| 22. v. to sit on eggs | |
| 23. v. to give in, to yield | |
| 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 | |
| mano |
| 1. n-f. (anatomy) hand | |
| 2. n-f. (of an animal) front foot | |
| 3. n-f. (in a game) round; hand | |
| 4. n-f. (of paint) coat, lick | |
| 5. n-f. (of a clock) hand | |
| 6. n-f. skill, talent | |
| 7. n-f. mano (a stone resembling a rolling pin, used to grind maize or other grain on a metate) | |
| (synonyms, metlapil) | |
| 8. n-f. (colloquial Central America Caribbean Mexico) buddy, bro, man, mate, pal | |
| 9. n-m. (slang) buddy, friend | |
| 10. v. first-person singular present indicative of manar | |
| manar |
| 1. v. to gush forth | |
| 2. v. to flow | |
| 3. v. to abound | |
