a |
1. prep. to | |
2. prep. by | |
3. prep. at | |
4. prep. ng-lite, Used before words referring to people, pets, or personified objects or places that function as direct objects: personal a. | |
Lo busca a usted. - He is looking for you. | |
él |
1. pron. he, him, masculine personal third person subject and disjunctive pronoun (used as a subject and after prepositions) | |
Él es mi hermano. - He is my brother. | |
Lo hice para él. - I did it for him. | |
2. pron. it, masculine non-personal third-person subject and disjunctive pronoun (used as a subject and after prepositions to refer to masculine nouns) | |
―¿Es esto un libro? ―Sí, él es. - ―Is this a book? ―Yes, it is. | |
¡Mi coche! ¿Qué le pasó a él? - My car! What happened to it? | |
le |
1. pron. to him, for him; dative of él | |
Mi mamá va a escribirle una carta. - My mom is going to write him a letter. | |
2. pron. to her, for her; dative of ella | |
Le dio un beso a Ana. - He gave Ana a kiss. | |
3. pron. to it, for it; dative of ello | |
¡Ponle esfuerzo! - Put some effort into it! | |
4. pron. to you, for you (formal); dative of usted | |
¿A usted le gustan los caballos? - Do you like horses? | |
5. pron. gender-neutral;neologism to them, for them (singular); dative of elle | |
Le diré que te llame. - I will tell them to call you. | |
gusta |
1. v. informal second-person singular affirmative imperative of gustar | |
gustar |
1. v. (followed by a or preceded by an indirect object) to be pleasing to (usually translated into English as like with exchange of the subject and object) | |
Me gusta esta manzana - This apple is pleasing to me. | |
2. v. to taste | |
cantar |
1. v. to sing | |
Voy a cantarme una canción - I am going to sing (myself) a song | |
2. n-m. a type of shanty or popular song | |
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. | |
bailar |
1. v. to dance | |
No sé bailar. - I can't dance. | |
2. v. (soccer) to dribble (the ball) | |