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. | |
saber |
1. v. to know (a fact), to wit | |
Sé que volverá. - I know that it'll come back. | |
Lo siguiente que sé... - Next thing I know... | |
que yo sepa - as far as I know | |
Si tu supieras... - If you knew... | |
2. v. to know how to do something | |
Sabe hablar español. - He knows how to speak Spanish. | |
3. v. (in the preterite tense) to find out, to learn | |
4. v. to taste | |
Sabe a pollo. - It tastes like chicken. | |
5. v. to realize, to know (e.g. recognize) | |
El hombre no sabe lo talentoso que su hijo es. - The man doesn't realize how talented his son is. | |
6. v. to tell, to know (i.e. to discern or distinguish if something is the case) | |
Siempre es difícil saber si me mientes. - It's always hard to tell if you're lying to me. | |
7. v. (informal) to figure out | |
Todavía estamos tratando de saber qué acaba de pasar. - We're still trying to figure out what just happened. | |
8. v. to hear from (+ de) | |
No he sabido nada de ella en meses. - I haven't heard from her in months. | |
9. v. to hear of, to hear about, (+ de) | |
10. v. to learn of, to learn about, to find out about, to know about (+ de) | |
11. v. to be known | |
Ya se sabe que uno de los factores que aceleran esta enfermedad es el estrés. - It is known that one of the factors that speeds up this disease is stress. | |
12. v. to know (extremely well) | |
He oído que te sabes todas las líneas de la película de memoria. - I heard that you know all the lines of the movie by heart. | |
13. n-m. knowledge | |
a saber |
1. adv. namely, i.e., to wit; that is to say | |
por |
1. prep. by (indicates the creator of a work) | |
La novela Cien años de soledad fue escrita por Gabriel García Márquez. - The novel One Hundred Years of Solitude was written by Gabriel García Márquez. | |
2. prep. for (indicates something given in an exchange) | |
Lo compré por cincuenta euros. - I bought this for fifty euros. | |
3. prep. through, out, via (indicating movement) | |
La mujer ve la puesta de sol por la ventana. - The woman watches the sunset through the window. | |
Supongo que nuestra huésped se fue por la puerta trasera porque no la he visto. - I guess our guest went out the back door because I haven't seen her. | |
4. prep. across (indicating movement) | |
El hombre camina por la calle. - The man walks across the street. | |
5. prep. about | |
6. prep. due to, because of, for, for the sake of, out of (to express cause or motive) | |
Él no pudo venir por eso. - He couldn't come due to that. | |
Por amor a su esposo, ella aguanta a sus suegros. - Out of love for her husband, she puts up with his in-laws. | |
7. prep. (used with directions) over | |
por allí - over there | |
8. prep. (mathematics) times, by, multiplied by | |
ocho por siete - eights times seven; eights by seven | |
9. prep. according to, for, regarding (to express opinion or something concerning someone) | |
Por mí, está bien. - For all I care, it's fine. | |
¡Bien por ti! - Good for you! | |
10. prep. via, through, by (indicating the means of something) | |
Por favor, devuelva este documento completado por correo electrónico. - Please, return this document completed via email. | |
11. prep. for (indicating duration) | |
Mi profesor se salió por la tangente por una hora entera. - My professor went off on a tangent for a whole hour. | |
12. prep. for, for the sake of, on behalf of (indicating doing something for someone's benefit) | |
No lo hago por ti. - I'm not doing it for your sake. | |
Ella irá a trabajar por mí mañana. - She will be filling in for me at work tomorrow. | |
13. prep. per, for each | |
Cuesta diez dólares por artículo. - It costs ten dollars per item. | |
14. prep. to (indicating something that has not yet passed) | |
Eso está por ver. - That remains to be seen. | |
La hora aún está por confirmar. - The time is yet to be confirmed. | |
15. prep. about to (indicating something that will soon happen) | |
Su hermana está por llegar del aeropuerto en cualquier momento. - Her sister is about to arrive from the airport any minute now. | |
16. prep. compared to; against; versus (indicating a comparison) | |
dónde |
1. adv. (interrogative) where?; in what place? | |
¿Dónde está tu madre? - Where is your mother? | |
2. n-m. where | |
va |
1. v. third-person singular present indicative of ir | |
2. interj. (Mexico) okay | |
ir |
1. v. to go (away from speaker and listener) | |
Nos gusta ir al cine. - We like to go to the movies. | |
2. v. to come (towards or with the listener) | |
Quiero ir contigo. - I want to come with you. | |
Iré a tu casa. - I'll come to your house. | |
3. v. (auxiliary) to be going to (near future), to go (+ a + infinitive) | |
Voy a decirle la verdad. - I am going to tell her the truth. | |
4. v. to go away, to leave, to depart, to go (when the destination is not essential; when something or someone is going somewhere else) | |
Lo siento. Tengo que irme. - I'm sorry. I have to leave. | |
Él se va a salvar al mundo otra vez. - He's off to save the world again. | |
5. v. to leak out (with liquids and gasses), to boil away, to go flat (gas in drinks) | |
6. v. to overflow | |
7. v. to go out (lights) | |
8. v. to finish, to wear out, to disappear (e.g. money, paint, pains, mechanical parts) | |
9. v. to die | |
10. v. to break wind, to fart | |
11. v. to wet/soil oneself (i.e., urinate or defecate in one's pants) | |
12. v. to come, to cum, to ejaculate, to orgasm | |
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. | |
girar |
1. v. to turn, pivot | |
Gira a la izquierda. - Turn to the left. | |
2. v. to spin, rotate, revolve, twirl, gyrate | |
La tierra gira alrededor del sol. - The earth revolves around the sun. | |
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) | |
veleta |
1. n-f. weather vane | |
2. n-f. weathercock (person who constantly changes their mind) | |
3. n-f. veleta (dance) | |
4. adj. feminine singular of veleto | |
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 | |
año |
1. n-m. year | |
el año pasado - last year | |
el año que viene - next year | |
el año vigente - the current year | |
va para un año que no te veo - it's been a year since I saw you | |
con los años me cuesta cada vez más estar feliz - over the years I find it harder and harder to be happy | |
dentro de un par de años - in a couple of years' time | |
el mejor año de mi vida - the best year of my life | |
todos los años es igual - it's the same thing year on year | |
en sus años mozo - in her childhood years | |
2. n-m. (a certain) age | |
Tengo veinte años. - I'm twenty years old. | |
Depende de los años que tenga. - It depends how old it is. | |
que |
1. conj. that | |
Él dice que está triste. - He says that he is sad. | |
2. conj. than | |
Llego más tarde que tú. - I am arriving later than you. | |
3. conj. (indicating a reason); because, for | |
¡Ve más lento, que es resbaloso! - Slow down, (for) it is slippery! | |
4. conj. (indicating desire or permission); may (used with the subjunctive) | |
Que te vaya bien. - May it go well for you. | |
Que Dios me perdone. - May God forgive me. | |
5. pron. who; that | |
la estrella que está en la película - the star who is in the movie | |
6. pron. that; whom | |
la mujer con la que yo hablé - the woman with whom I spoke | |
7. pron. that; which | |
la casa que yo quiero - the house that I want | |
8. prep. than | |
9. prep. like, as | |
10. part. to | |
viene |
1. v. third-person singular present indicative of venir | |
venir |
1. v. to come (to move towards the speaker) | |
ven aquí / ven acá - come here | |
2. v. to achieve orgasm; to cum; to ejaculate | |