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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?
está
1. v. informal second-person singular positive imperative of estar
estar
1. v. to be (have a temporary or permanent location in space)
¿Dónde estás? - Where are you?
Estoy en casa. - I am at home.
2. v. to be (denotes a copula, in a transient fashion)
El tiempo estaba frío/caliente. - The weather was cold/hot back then.
¿Estás feliz? - Are you happy right now?
3. v. to be (auxiliary verb for the progressive/continuous aspect, preceding the gerund of the verb)
Ella está cantando. - She is singing.
4. v. to be in a state (in a passive voice sense)
Los vasos están rotos. - The vases are broken. (In passive voice with estar, unlike haber, its past participle agrees with number and gender of the subject)
Llegaron y vieron que el hotel estaba abandonado. - They arrived and saw the hotel was abandoned.
5. v. to be, stay (denotes a copula, in a transient fashion)
Estense callados y quietos. - Stay quiet and not moving.
6. v. to be to be done, to be (still) undone:
Esto todavía está por hacer. - This is still to be done.
Lo peor está por llegar. - The worst part is yet to come.
7. v. to be in a long-term state (in specific idioms)
estar muerto/a - to be dead
estar casado/a - to be married (can also be ser casado)
estar chico/a - to be short (colloquially)
escrito
1. adj. written
2. adj. having stains or scratches resembling writing
3. n-m. a writing, a writ
4. n-m. a typescript, embossed or pressed manuscript or document
5. n-m. a literary or scientific journal entry
6. n-m. a legal demand or allegation with regards to a cause or disagreement
7. Participle. past participle of escribir
escribir
1. v. to write (to form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate)
Escribe todas sus ideas en un cuaderno. - She writes all her ideas in a notebook.
¿Cómo se escribe tu apellido? - How is your last name written?
2. v. to write (to be the author of (a book, article, poem, etc.))
Cervantes escribió el Quijote a comienzos del siglo XVII. - Cervantes wrote Don Quijote at the beginning of the 17th century.
3. v. to write (to be an author)
Después de publicar su primer libro, dejó de escribir. - After publishing her first book, she stopped writing.
4. v. to write (to send written information to)
Luego te escribo un mensaje. - I'll write you a message later.
Escríbete una nota. - Write yourself a note.
masculine singular escribir
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
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
letrero
1. n-m. sign, signboard, signpost
un
1. art. a
2. num. (before the noun) apocopic form of uno one
solo
1. adj. sole, only, unique, single
2. adj. lonely, lonesome
3. adj. alone, by oneself
4. adj. automatic; self-, by itself
La máquina se lava sola. - The machine washes itself.; The machine is self-washing.
5. adv. only, solely, just
Solo quiero salir. - I just want to leave.
No solo... sino también... - Not only... but also...
sentido
1. adj. deeply felt, heartfelt
2. n-m. sense (faculties of perception)
Los cinco sentidos tradicionales son la vista, el tacto, el oído, el gusto y el olfacto. - The traditional five senses are sight, touch, hearing, taste and smell.
Los humanos también tienen un sexto sentido llamado la "propriocepción" que tiene que ver con la consciencia de la posición del propio cuerpo. - Humans also have a sixth sense called "proprioce
3. n-m. sense, way (manner)
Lo dije en un buen sentido. - I meant it in a good way.
4. n-m. sense, meaning
El sentido de la palabra es... - The meaning of the word is...
No tiene sentido. - It makes no sense. / It doesn't make any sense.
5. n-m. sense, point, use
No tiene sentido. - There's no point. / It's no use.
No tiene sentido alarmarse todavía. - There's no point in panicking just yet.
¿Qué sentido tiene? - What's the point?
6. n-m. direction
7. n-m. feeling
8. Participle. past participle of sentir
sentir
1. v. to feel
Por primera vez en mi vida, yo sentí verdadera paz. - For the first time in my life, I felt true peace.
Ella sintió a su corazón latir rápidamente. - She felt her heart beating rapidly.
Siento que deberías que estar aquí conmigo. - I feel that you are supposed to be here with me.
2. v. to regret, feel/be sorry
Lo siento. - I'm sorry.
3. v. to hear
4. v. to feel (an emotion/state of being)
Me siento un poco mal ahora por gritarle. - I feel kind of bad now for yelling at him.
Me siento como si me conocieras. - I feel as though you know me.
5. n-m. feeling; mood
6. n-m. opinion

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