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| comprar |
| 1. v. to buy (to obtain in exchange of money or goods) | |
| 2. v. to buy out | |
| pan |
| 1. n-m. bread | |
| Para mi desayuno, tomo pan y leche. - For my breakfast, I have bread and milk. | |
| 2. n-m. bun (e.g. the kinds used for a hamburger or hot dog) | |
| 3. n-m. (figurative) money, dough | |
| 4. n-m. (figurative) work, job | |
| recién |
| 1. adv. just | |
| 2. adv. recently; new-, newly- | |
| (coi, recién nacido, newborn) | |
| (coi, recién casado, newlywed) | |
| 3. adv. freshly | |
| hecho |
| 1. adj. done, completed | |
| Lo hecho, hecho está. - What's done is done. | |
| 2. adj. made | |
| Hecho in México - Made in Mexico | |
| 3. Participle. past participle of hacer | |
| 4. n-m. fact | |
| 5. n-m. act | |
| 6. n-m. act of hatching a plan or an idea | |
| 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. | |
| en |
| 1. prep. in, at, on | |
| Estoy en casa. - I'm at home. | |
| Estoy sentado en la computadora. - I'm sitting at the computer. | |
| en esta página - on this page | |
| en la caja en la mesa - in the box on the table | |
| 2. prep. in (a time) | |
| en la antigüedad - in antiquity | |
| en 1999 - in 1999 | |
| 3. prep. in (a language) | |
| No conozco esta palabra en francés. - I don't know this word in French. | |
| en todos los idiomas - in all languages | |
| 4. prep. used after some verbs and translated by various prepositions in English | |
| Pienso en ti. - I'm thinking of you. | |
| 5. prep. in (in various expressions) | |
| en el sentido - in the sense | |
| en nuestro afán - in our eagerness | |
| una |
| 1. n-f. feminine of uno | |
| a la una, a las dos y a las tres - after three...one, two, three | |
| 2. art. feminine singular of un | |
| 3. det. feminine singular of uno | |
| 4. pron. one (an indefinite plural pronoun using a singular feminine item, used for females) | |
| 5. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of unir | |
| unir |
| 1. v. to unite, join | |
| ¡Únete al sindicato! (Join up with the union!) | |
| 2. v. to merge, conflate | |
| un |
| 1. art. a | |
| 2. num. (before the noun) apocopic form of uno one | |
| vieja |
| 1. n-f. female equivalent of viejo | |
| 2. n-f. hag | |
| 3. n-f. wife, (spouse) little woman | |
| 4. adj. feminine singular of viejo | |
| viejo |
| 1. adj. old (having existed for a long time) | |
| 2. adj. old (having lived for many years) | |
| Mi abuelo es viejo. - My grandfather is old. | |
| 3. adj. (before the noun) old (former, previous) | |
| 4. adj. stale (no longer novel or interesting) | |
| 5. n-m. an old person | |
| 6. n-m. (slang) old man (one's father) | |
| 7. n-m. (Mexico) a certain guy or man, especially adult or almost | |
| Me gusta el viejo de bigote. - I like the guy with moustache. | |
| Los tacos más ricos son los del viejo de camisa negra. - The most delicious tacos are those sold by the guy with black shirt. | |
| No quiero viejos groseros en mi fiesta. - I do not want impolite, discourteous men in my party. | |
| 8. n-m. (Mexico) sweetheart, honey (substitute for a male name) | |
| Ya regresé, viejo. - I'm back, dear. | |
| 9. n-m. (Mexico) a male sexual companion or partner, occasional or stable; husband | |
| panadería |
| 1. n-f. bakery | |
| encantadora |
| 1. n-f. female equivalent of encantador | |
| 2. adj. feminine singular of encantador | |
| encantador |
| 1. adj. charming, captivating, enchanting, lovely | |
| Juan es un hombre encantador. Tienes suerte de tenerlo. - John is a lovely man. You're lucky to have him. | |
| 2. adj. delightful, lovely | |
| Fue una noche encantadora. - It was a delightful evening. | |
| 3. adj. winsome | |
| 4. n-m. charmer | |
| todas |
| 1. det. feminine plural of todo | |
| toda |
| 1. det. feminine singular of todo | |
| las |
| 1. art. the | |
| 2. pron. accusative of ellas and ustedes (when referring to more than one woman); them, you all (formal) | |
| 3. pron. feminine plural pronoun | |
| las que no hablan - those (women) who do not speak | |
| 4. n. plural of la | |
| 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) | |
| mañanas |
| 1. n. plural of mañana | |
| mañana |
| 1. adv. tomorrow | |
| pasado mañana - the day after tomorrow | |
| mañana por la mañana - tomorrow morning | |
| 2. adv. soon, shortly | |
| 3. n-f. the morning | |
| las ocho de la mañana - eight in the morning | |
| Él se levanta por las mañanas. - He gets up in the mornings. | |
| 4. n-m. the near future; tomorrow | |
| en un día del mañana - someday in the near future | |
