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. | |
tu |
1. det. (before the noun) apocopic form of tuyo, your | |
director |
1. n-m. director | |
2. n-m. conductor (of musical ensembles) | |
3. n-m. (school) principal, headmaster | |
4. n-m. editor (a person at a newspaper, publisher or similar institution who edits stories and/or decides which ones to publish) | |
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 | |
cine |
1. n-m. cinema, moviehouse | |
2. n-m. film (when specifying types of films) | |
un cine mudo - a silent film | |
preferido |
1. adj. preferred, of choice | |
2. adj. favorite, popular | |
3. n-m. favorite (e.g. favorite to win) | |
4. Participle. past participle of preferir | |
preferir |
1. v. to prefer | |
2. v. to rather (be or do) | |