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hizo
1. v. third-person singular preterite indicative of hacer
hacer
1. v. to do
¿Qué haces? - What are you doing?
No sé que hago. - I don't know what I'm doing.
Prefiero no hacerlo - I prefer not to do it.
2. v. to make (something)
Empecemos a hacer el pastel. - Let's start making the cake.
Le gustaba hacer poemas placenteros. - She liked to make pleasant poems.
3. v. to make (e.g. someone do something or feel a certain way.)
No sabe cómo hacerla feliz. - He doesn't know how to make her happy.
Lo hiciste llorar / Hiciste que llorara. - You made him cry.
4. v. to be
hace frío - it's cold
hace calor - it's hot
hace sol - it's sunny
hace viento - it's windy
5. v. to go (to release or excrete (urine, excrement))
hacer pis, pipí, el número uno - to pee
hacer caca, pupú, el número dos - to poo
6. v. (ambitransitive, optionally with de) to play (a part in a play)
hacer la princesa - to play the princess
hacer de princesa - to play a princess
hacer de Óscar - to play (the character of) Oscar
7. v. to become; to get
¡Hazte vegetariano! - Become vegetarian!
Me haré rico. - I will get rich.
Ese niño se hizo todo un hombre. - That boy became a real man.
8. v. to pretend being, play
hacerse el tonto - to pretend being a fool, play the fool
hacerse la víctima - to play the victim
Háganse los sofisticados si quieren, igual nadie les cree. - You can pretend to be sophisticated if you want, no one believes you anyway.
9. v. to play the fool
No te hagás: vos sabés lo que hiciste. - Don't play the fool, you know what you did.
10. v. to prep, adorn, do (a body part)
hacerse las uñas - to do one's nails
11. v. to get used to (chiefly in idioms)
El cuerpo se hace a las fatigas. - The body gets used to tiredness.
El caballo se hace al fuego. - A horse gets used to fire (for the Luminarias).
12. v. to arrive (said of a certain time), be now
Se hace tarde. - It's getting late.
Se hicieron las doce. - It was now/suddenly 12 o'clock.
13. n-m. task, action
Nos quedan muchos haceres. - We have a lot of tasks left.
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)
sopa
1. n-f. soup
2. n-f. (Mexico) noodles
3. v. third-person singular present indicative of sopar
sopar
1. v. to make soup
mezclando
1. v. gerund of mezclar
mezclar
1. v. to mix
2. v. to blend in
un
1. art. a
2. num. (before the noun) apocopic form of uno one
poco
1. det. little, not much
Bebí poca agua. - I drank little water.
Nos casamos hace poco tiempo. - We got married a little time ago.
2. det. few, not many
Muy pocas personas hacen eso. - Very few people do that.
3. det. un-, not
poco saludable - unhealthy
4. adv. little (not much)
Comí poco. - I ate little / I didn’t eat much.
5. n-m. little (a small amount)
Hablo un poco (de) inglés. - I speak a little English.
6. n-m. a short time, a little while
hace poco - a little while ago
dentro de poco - in a little bit
un poco
1. adv. (modifying an adjective) a bit, a little, kind of, slightly, somewhat, kinda
Es un poco tarde para almorzar. - It's kind of late for lunch.
2. adv. (modifying a verb) some, a bit, a little
Estoy tratando de dormir un poco aquí. - I'm trying to sleep a bit here.
3. adv. a little bit, a little, a bit, some (when followed by de)
Sólo necesitan un poco de orientación. - They just need a little bit of guidance.
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
carne
1. n-f. flesh, the soft part of a body which covers the bones
2. n-f. an animal’s meat, or by extension the edible “fleshy” or soft part of a fruit or vegetable
Y
1. Letter. the 26th letter of the Spanish alphabet
2. conj. and
3. conj. (in names of number) and
setenta y seis - seventy-six
4. conj. (in arithmetic) plus, and
uno y uno son dos - one plus one is two
5. conj. (informal) well
¡Y por supuesto! - Well, of course!
6. conj. (informal) what about, how about, where is/are the
Pero, ¿y el concierto? ¿Ya no vamos? - But what about the concert? Are we not going anymore?
¿Y la niña? ¿Está a salvo? - How about the girl? Is she safe?
¿Y los archivos? Debo echarles un vistazo. - Where are the files? I should take a look at them.
un
1. art. a
2. num. (before the noun) apocopic form of uno one
poco
1. det. little, not much
Bebí poca agua. - I drank little water.
Nos casamos hace poco tiempo. - We got married a little time ago.
2. det. few, not many
Muy pocas personas hacen eso. - Very few people do that.
3. det. un-, not
poco saludable - unhealthy
4. adv. little (not much)
Comí poco. - I ate little / I didn’t eat much.
5. n-m. little (a small amount)
Hablo un poco (de) inglés. - I speak a little English.
6. n-m. a short time, a little while
hace poco - a little while ago
dentro de poco - in a little bit
un poco
1. adv. (modifying an adjective) a bit, a little, kind of, slightly, somewhat, kinda
Es un poco tarde para almorzar. - It's kind of late for lunch.
2. adv. (modifying a verb) some, a bit, a little
Estoy tratando de dormir un poco aquí. - I'm trying to sleep a bit here.
3. adv. a little bit, a little, a bit, some (when followed by de)
Sólo necesitan un poco de orientación. - They just need a little bit of guidance.
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
arroz
1. n-m. rice (cereal plants, Oryza sativa of the grass family whose seeds are used as food)
2. n-m. rice (the seeds of this plant used as food)

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