| 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. | |
| vas |
| 1. v. informal second-person singular present indicative of ir | |
| 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 | |
| tú |
| 1. pron. Second person pronoun in singular tense (informal communication in Spain and Mexico). you | |
| también |
| 1. adv. also, too, as well | |
| Y tu mamá también - And your mother, as well. | |
| 2. adv. so | |
| también lo hace el / la… - so does the… | |
| 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. | |
| las |
| 1. art. the | |
| 2. pron. accusative of ellas and ustedes (when referring to more than one woman); them, you all (formal) | |
| 3. pron. feminine plural pronoun | |
| las que no hablan - those (women) who do not speak | |
| 4. n. plural of la | |
| 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) | |
| sierras |
| 1. n. plural of sierra | |
| 2. v. informal second-person singular present indicative of serrar | |
| serrar |
| 1. v. to saw | |
| sierra |
| 1. n-f. saw (tool) | |
| 2. n-f. mountain range | |
| Sierra Madre Occidental | |
| 3. n-f. sawfish | |
| 4. n-f. (Chile) snoek (Thyrsites atun) | |
| 5. v. third-person singular present indicative of serrar | |
| donde |
| 1. adv. (in indirect questions) where, in what place | |
| Deja los libros donde quieras. (Leave the books where you want.) | |
| 2. conj. (Chile, colloquial) because | |
| 3. conj. (Latin America, colloquial) if | |
| 4. prep. by, near to | |
| Estamos donde la plaza mayor. - We're around by the main square. | |
| 5. prep. round (at the house of) | |
| Cenamos donde Daniel. - We're having dinner (round) at Daniel's place. | |
| 6. pron. (relative) where, in what place | |
| El lugar donde estamos es secreto. (The place where we are is secret.) | |
| dicen |
| 1. v. third-person plural present indicative of decir | |
| decir |
| 1. v. to say, to tell | |
| Es un mentiroso. Nunca dice la verdad. - He's a liar. He never tells the truth. | |
| ¿Qué te dijeron? - What did they tell you? | |
| 2. v. to suggest | |
| 3. v. to show; to demonstrate | |
| 4. v. to call; to name | |
| 5. v. to be said, to say (qual, when a specific subject is not identified) | |
| ¿Cómo se dice __ en inglés? - How do you say __ in English? | |
| 6. v. to declare | |
| 7. n-m. saying | |
| 8. n-m. idle talk | |
| que |
| 1. conj. that | |
| Él dice que está triste. - He says that he is sad. | |
| 2. conj. than | |
| Llego más tarde que tú. - I am arriving later than you. | |
| 3. conj. (indicating a reason); because, for | |
| ¡Ve más lento, que es resbaloso! - Slow down, (for) it is slippery! | |
| 4. conj. (indicating desire or permission); may (used with the subjunctive) | |
| Que te vaya bien. - May it go well for you. | |
| Que Dios me perdone. - May God forgive me. | |
| 5. pron. who; that | |
| la estrella que está en la película - the star who is in the movie | |
| 6. pron. that; whom | |
| la mujer con la que yo hablé - the woman with whom I spoke | |
| 7. pron. that; which | |
| la casa que yo quiero - the house that I want | |
| 8. prep. than | |
| 9. prep. like, as | |
| 10. part. to | |
| hay |
| there is, there are | |
| Hay dos tiendas que venden películas. - There are two stores that sell films. | |
| 1. there is, there are | |
| haber |
| 1. v. (auxiliary) to have | |
| He trabajado muy duro durante este mes. - I have worked very hard during this month. | |
| Mi hermanito me pidió más chocolate, pero ya le había dado demasiado. - My little brother asked me for more chocolate, but I had already given him too much. | |
| 2. v. (obsolete) to hold, to possess | |
| 3. v. (impersonal, in third person singular only) to exist; “there is”, “there are” (hay); “there was”, “there were” (había) | |
| No hay muchas personas aquí. - There aren't many people here. | |
| En el cofre había un libro antiguo. - In the chest there was an antique book. | |
| 4. v. (dated, or formal) to have to (+ de + infinitive) | |
| 5. v. (Used only in the third-person existential form) to be necessary (+ que + infinitive) | |
| Hay que proteger el mundo. - It is necessary to protect the world. | |
| 6. v. used to denote a past obligation | |
| Haberla llamado. - You ought to have phoned her. | |
| 7. n-m. asset | |
| 8. n-m. history | |
| 9. n-m. credit side | |
| aire |
| 1. n-m. air (the substance constituting earth's atmosphere) | |
| 2. n-m. air (the open space above the ground) | |
| 3. n-m. air; wind | |
| 4. n-m. air (a feeling or sense) | |
| 5. n-m. resemblance (to another person) | |
| 6. n-m. (usually in the plural) air (pretension; snobbishness) | |
| darse aires - to put on airs | |
| 7. n-m. air (a sense of poise, graciousness, or quality) | |
| 8. interj. get out; begone; away! | |
| 9. n-m. solenodon | |
| puro |
| 1. adj. pure, clear | |
| 2. adj. alone, sheer, mere, just, nothing less than | |
| 3. adv. only, merely | |
| 4. n-m. cigar, puro | |
| 5. n-m. (Spain, colloquial) a fine (especially a big one) | |
| Y |
| 1. Letter. the 26th letter of the Spanish alphabet | |
| 2. conj. and | |
| 3. conj. (in names of number) and | |
| setenta y seis - seventy-six | |
| 4. conj. (in arithmetic) plus, and | |
| uno y uno son dos - one plus one is two | |
| 5. conj. (informal) well | |
| ¡Y por supuesto! - Well, of course! | |
| 6. conj. (informal) what about, how about, where is/are the | |
| Pero, ¿y el concierto? ¿Ya no vamos? - But what about the concert? Are we not going anymore? | |
| ¿Y la niña? ¿Está a salvo? - How about the girl? Is she safe? | |
| ¿Y los archivos? Debo echarles un vistazo. - Where are the files? I should take a look at them. | |
| rica |
| 1. n-f. (Rioja) fenugreek | |
| 2. adj. feminine singular of rico | |
| rico |
| 1. adj. rich (having a lot of money and possessions) | |
| 2. adj. luxurious | |
| 3. adj. tasty, yummy | |
| leche |
| 1. n-f. (food) milk | |
| Prefiero el café con leche y azúcar. - I prefer coffee with milk and sugar. | |
| 2. n-f. (slang) cum, semen | |
| Había leche en sus pantalones. - There was cum on his pants. | |
| 3. interj. (vulgar, Philippines, Spain) shit | |
| 4. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of lechar | |
