abstenerse |
1. v. to abstain, to forbear | |
Se abstiene de fumar en el coche. - She abstains from smoking in the car. | |
Te puedes quedar con tal de abstenerte de hablar. - You can stay as long as you refrain from speaking. | |
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 | |
manifestar |
1. v. to manifest, reveal, display, show | |
2. v. to declare, express | |
3. v. to protest | |
lo |
1. pron. accusative of él, ello, and usted (when referring to a man); him, it, you (formal) | |
lo veo - I see it | |
2. pron. impersonal neuter pronoun (clitic form of ello); it, that | |
lo es - That’s it | |
3. art. neuter definite article used to make abstract nouns from adjectives; the | |
lo pobre - the poorness / what is poor / the poor thing | |
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 | |
lo que |
1. pron. what (the thing that) | |
Buscamos lo que escondieron. - We're looking for what they hid. | |
No hay ninguna razón convincente por la que debería hablar contigo sobre lo que estoy haciendo en mi propio cuarto. - There's no convincing reason for which I should talk with you about what I' | |
2. pron. whatever | |
lo que tú digas - whatever you say | |
3. pron. which (pronoun referring to a clause) | |
Esperaba que me entretuviera esta película más de lo que hizo. - I was hoping this movie would entertain me more than what it did. | |
Se lo prometo a todos que la situación parece mucho peor de lo que es en realidad. - I promise you all that things appear much worse than how they actually are | |
se |
1. pron. (third person (also used for usted and ustedes) reflexive direct or indirect object) oneself, himself, herself, itself, yourself; each other; one another | |
Juan se lava. - Juan washes himself. | |
Juan se lava la cara. - Juan to himself washes the face. | |
Juan y María se aman. - Juan and María love each other. | |
2. pron. (used to convey the meaning of the English passive voice in the third person and with) usted and ustedes | |
¿Cómo se llama? - How do you call yourself? | |
Se dice que... - It says itself that... | |
Aquí se habla español - One speaks Spanish here, Spanish speaks itself here. | |
3. pron. (used instead of indirect object pronouns) le and les (before the direct object pronouns lo, la, los, or las) | |
El samaritano se las dio. - The Samaritan gave them to him. | |
4. v. misspelling of sé | |
siente |
1. v. third-person singular present indicative of sentir | |
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sentar |
1. v. to seat | |
2. v. to set, to establish, to lay | |
Sin duda, esto va a sentar un precedente para eventos futuros. - Undoubtedly, this is going to set a precedent for future events. | |
3. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to sit down | |
¿Puedo sentarme? - May I sit down? | |
¡Siéntate! - Sit down! | |
Siéntese en el piso. - Sit on the floor. | |
Él se sienta en el sillón. - He sits down on the armchair. | |
Siéntate en la esquina hasta que te digan a levantarte - Sit in the corner until you are told to get up. | |
4. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to settle down | |
5. v. to assert | |
6. v. to suit, to fit | |
7. v. to sit well | |
8. v. to report | |
9. v. (colloquial) to leave a mark on (the skin) | |
sentir |
1. v. to feel | |
Por primera vez en mi vida, yo sentí verdadera paz. - For the first time in my life, I felt true peace. | |
Ella sintió a su corazón latir rápidamente. - She felt her heart beating rapidly. | |
Siento que deberías que estar aquí conmigo. - I feel that you are supposed to be here with me. | |
2. v. to regret, feel/be sorry | |
Lo siento. - I'm sorry. | |
3. v. to hear | |
4. v. to feel (an emotion/state of being) | |
Me siento un poco mal ahora por gritarle. - I feel kind of bad now for yelling at him. | |
Me siento como si me conocieras. - I feel as though you know me. | |
5. n-m. feeling; mood | |
6. n-m. opinion | |
sien |
1. n-f. (anatomy) temple (part of the skull on the side of the forehead) | |
2. n-f. (anatomy) temporal (temples of the head) | |
situar |
1. v. to situate, to place, to put, to position | |
2. v. to invest money | |
3. v. to locate (often on a map, chart, diagram or drawing of some sort) | |
4. v. (architecture) to site | |
5. v. to be set (e.g. a novel or film) | |
6. v. to position oneself (physically in a location) | |
7. v. to be placed, to be located, to be situated | |
8. v. to reach (a certain level in quantity or percentage) | |
te |
1. pron. dative of tú: to you, for you | |
Te voy a hacer tus calzones.... - I’m going to make your britches | |
2. pron. accusative of tú: you | |
3. pron. : yourself | |
O |
1. Letter. the 16th letter of the Spanish alphabet | |
2. n. abbreviation of oeste; west | |
3. conj. or | |
¿Quieres un café o algo más? - Do you want a coffee or something else? | |
4. conj. either … or | |
(ant-lite, ni, alt1=ni … ni) | |
se |
1. pron. (third person (also used for usted and ustedes) reflexive direct or indirect object) oneself, himself, herself, itself, yourself; each other; one another | |
Juan se lava. - Juan washes himself. | |
Juan se lava la cara. - Juan to himself washes the face. | |
Juan y María se aman. - Juan and María love each other. | |
2. pron. (used to convey the meaning of the English passive voice in the third person and with) usted and ustedes | |
¿Cómo se llama? - How do you call yourself? | |
Se dice que... - It says itself that... | |
Aquí se habla español - One speaks Spanish here, Spanish speaks itself here. | |
3. pron. (used instead of indirect object pronouns) le and les (before the direct object pronouns lo, la, los, or las) | |
El samaritano se las dio. - The Samaritan gave them to him. | |
4. v. misspelling of sé | |
sabe |
1. v. informal second-person singular positive imperative of saber | |
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 | |