| 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! | |
| 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) | |
| ha |
| 1. v. third-person singular present indicative of haber | |
| 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 | |
| dicho |
| 1. adj. mentioned, said, aforementioned | |
| 2. det. said | |
| 3. n-m. saying, expression | |
| 4. n-m. remark | |
| 5. n-m. proverb | |
| 6. n-m. marriage vow | |
| 7. Participle. past participle 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 | |
| nada |
| 1. pron. nothing, zero, zilch, not...anything | |
| No hay nada en la mesa. - There is nothing on the table. | |
| Nada ocurrió ayer. - Nothing happened yesterday. | |
| No veo nada. - I don’t see anything. | |
| Me niego a creer nada de lo que dice. - I refuse to believe anything he says. | |
| Nada es eterno. - Nothing is eternal. | |
| 2. n-f. nothingness, nothing | |
| Sin ti, soy una nada. - Without you, I am nothing at all. | |
| Ya no me siento una nada. - I don't feel like I am nothing at all anymore. | |
| 3. n-f. nowhere, the void | |
| Salió de la nada. - It came out of nowhere. | |
| 4. v. informal second-person singular affirmative imperative of nadar | |
| nadar |
| 1. v. to swim | |
| 2. v. to be swimming in (used with "en") | |
| ¡Nadamos en dinero! - We're swimming in money! | |
| formalmente |
| 1. adv. formally | |
