| quién |
| 1. pron. who?, whom?; (with “de”) whose? | |
| ¿Con quién hablo? - With whom am I speaking? | |
| ¡Quién lo hubiera creído! - Who would have believed it!? | |
| ¿De quién es este libro? - Whose book is this? | |
| ¿Quién enseña la clase? - Who teaches the class? | |
| ¿Quién carajo es Kevin? - Who the hell is Kevin? | |
| No sabe quién ha llamado - He doesn't know who has called | |
| 2. pron. (followed by a subjunctive clause in the imperfect or pluperfect tense) if only; I wish | |
| ¡Quién tuviera veinte años! - How I wish I was twenty! | |
| ¡Quién hubiera tocado la lotería! - If only I'd won the lottery! | |
| es |
| 1. v. third-person singular present indicative of ser; (he/she/it/one) is | |
| 2. n. plural of e | |
| 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 | |
| e |
| 1. conj. and | |
| Yo hablo francés e inglés. - I speak French and English. | |
| 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) | |
| mujer |
| 1. n-f. woman | |
| 2. n-f. wife | |
| 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 | |
| abrigo |
| 1. n-m. overcoat | |
| 2. n-m. shelter | |
| 3. n-m. (agriculture) blanket, quilt | |
| 4. n-m. (nautical) haven, harbor | |
| 5. n-m. (figuratively) aid, protection | |
| 6. v. first-person singular present indicative of abrigar | |
| abrigar |
| 1. v. to wrap up (to put on abundant clothing) | |
| Estas mantas abrigan mucho. - These blankets are very warm. | |
| 2. v. to cover | |
| 3. v. to shelter, to protect | |
| La pared me abrigaba de la lluvia. - The wall protected me from the rain. | |
| 4. v. to bundle up | |
| marrón |
| 1. adj. brown (colour) | |
| 2. n-m. brown (colour) | |
| 3. n-m. (Spain, colloquial) mess; bitch (something annoying) | |
