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? | |
era |
1. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of ser | |
2. n-f. era, age | |
la Nueva Era - New Age | |
3. n-f. (geology) era | |
4. n-f. threshing floor | |
5. n-f. tipple | |
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 | |
esa |
1. det. feminine singular of ese | |
2. pron. Alternative spelling of ésa | |
ese |
1. det. (demonstrative) that | |
2. interj. (Mexico, informal) hello | |
3. pron. (demonstrative) Alternative spelling of ése | |
cosa |
1. n-f. thing (object, concept) | |
2. n-f. (informal) thing (living being or creature) | |
cosas hermosas - pretty little things | |
3. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of coser | |
coser |
1. v. to sew | |
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 | |
bosque |
1. n-m. forest | |