| ahora |
| 1. adv. now (at the present time) | |
| 2. adv. just now, just a moment ago (in the past) | |
| 3. adv. very soon, in a moment (in the future) | |
| 4. adv. (usually preceded by de) of nowadays, of today, latter-day | |
| La juventud de ahora entiende esto y más. - Today's youth understands this and more. | |
| 5. adv. (Latin America) today | |
| Ahora me levanté temprano y con ánimo. - Today I woke up early and full of energy. | |
| Te veré ahora en la noche. - I'll see you later today in the evening. | |
| 6. adv. however, on the other hand | |
| Te quiero mucho. Ahora eso no quiere decir que haré lo que digas. - I love you. However, that doesn't mean I'll do what(ever) you say. | |
| 7. adv. (correlative, literary) sometimes...other times | |
| Ahora dice una cosa, ahora dice lo contrario. - She sometimes says one thing, and then other times she says the opposite. | |
| 8. conj. (correlative, literary) now...now, whether...or... | |
| Ahora en la sala, ahora en el comedor, había un desastre por doquier. - Whether you looked at the kitchen, or the dining room, there was a disaster everywhere. | |
| sí |
| 1. part. yes (commonly used to respond affirmatively to a question) | |
| 2. part. (Spain) hello (used to answer the telephone) | |
| 3. n-m. yes; aye, ay; approbation, acceptance | |
| Ganaron los síes. - The ayes have it. | |
| 4. pron. himself, herself, itself, themselves, yourself, yourselves (form of se used after prepositions) | |
| para sí - for himself/herself/itself/themselves/yourself/yourselves | |
| salía |
| 1. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of salir | |
| salir |
| 1. v. to go out, to leave, to depart, to head out | |
| 2. v. to go out, to come out (to leave one's abode to go to public places) | |
| 3. v. to go out, date (be in a relationship) | |
| 4. v. to come out (e.g. from hiding), to come off (gloss, e.g. off the bench in a sport; off of a high place like a roof or ladder) | |
| 5. v. to exit, to leave, to walk out, to slip out | |
| 6. v. to step out (e.g. of a room, house or building) | |
| 7. v. to get off, to leave (e.g., get off work) | |
| 8. v. to get off (e.g. get off the plane, an island, someone's property, the street) (gloss, + de) | |
| 9. v. to get out (e.g. out of the way, out of the sun) (gloss, + de) | |
| 10. v. to go off (e.g. go off the grid, go off the air) (gloss, + de) | |
| 11. v. to log out, to quit, to exit (e.g. a web page or document) | |
| 12. v. to emerge, to come out | |
| 13. v. to come out (e.g., information, a movie) | |
| 14. v. to rise (the sun) | |
| 15. v. to climb out (e.g. a hole, a window, a canyon) | |
| 16. v. to escape, to break out | |
| 17. v. to run (e.g. a bus or other form of public transportation) | |
| 18. v. to come off, to go off (i.e. to project a certain quality) | |
| Solo espero que el gran evento salga sin problemas. - I just hope that the big event goes off without a hitch. | |
| 19. v. to appear, to look (on a painting, photo, movie, play, TV, platform, etc) | |
| En esta foto salgo bonita, por eso es la que muestro. - In this picture I look pretty, so, this is what I show. | |
| 20. v. to result, to arise as a consequence | |
| Luis salió herido de la pelea. - Luis became hurt from the fight. | |
| Aposté al 10 pero salió un 5. - I bet for 10 but it resulted 5. | |
| 21. v. to turn out, to work out, to go off | |
| Salió a su madre. - She turned out like her mother. | |
| Todo va a salir muy bien. - Everything's going to work out just fine. | |
| Sólo espero que el gran evento salga sin problemas. - I just hope that the big event goes off without a hitch. | |
| me sale imposible (hacer algo) - it turned out impossible | |
| 22. v. to be out, to get out (e.g. of a deal, of a situation) | |
| Mira, sé que negociamos eso, pero quiero salirme. - Look, I know that we negotiated that, but I want out. | |
| 23. v. to come off (i.e. to project a certain quality) | |
| Ella siempre ha salido como una persona amistosa. - She has always come off as a friendly person. | |
| Ese tipo en el parque simplemente se salió como muy raro y espeluznante. - That guy at the park just came off very strange and creepy. | |
| 24. v. to pop out (e.g. a contact lens, a cork, someone popping out of a dark space) | |
| 25. v. to get away with (+ con) | |
| 26. v. to get out, to go out (e.g. get out of control, get out of hand, go out of sync) | |
| 27. v. to go off, to turn off (go off script, on a tangent, go off the road/track/path) | |
| 28. v. to rock, rule (be fantastic) | |
| 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 | |
| más |
| 1. adv. more; -er (used to make comparisons) | |
| Teresa es más lista que su hermano. - Teresa is more clever than her brother. | |
| Hay más de cien personas aquí. - There are more than a hundred people here. | |
| 2. adv. (with definite article) most; -est (used to make superlatives) | |
| Teresa es la más inteligente de la clase. - Teresa is the most intelligent in her class. | |
| la cosa más grande - the biggest thing | |
| 3. adv. furthermore | |
| 4. adv. in addition | |
| 5. adv. else | |
| algo más - something/anything else | |
| nadie más - nobody else | |
| 6. adv. used with qué to express emphasis | |
| ¡Qué paisaje más hermoso! - What a pretty landscape! | |
| ¡Qué niño más tonto! - What a silly boy! | |
| 7. det. more, any more | |
| 8. det. most | |
| 9. conj. (mathematics) plus | |
| uno más uno es igual a dos - one plus one is equal to two | |
| Dulce |
| 1. Proper noun. Dulce: (given name, female, eq=Dulcie) | |
| 2. adj. sweet (having a pleasant taste, especially induced by sugar) | |
| 3. adj. (of water) fresh (without salt) | |
| 4. adj. sweet (having a pleasant disposition) | |
| 5. n-m. candy, sweet | |
| 6. n-m. sweet food, dessert | |
| 7. n-m. thick jelly or fudge | |
| 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 | |
| los |
| 1. art. the | |
| ¿Qué hacen los muchachos? - What do the boys do? | |
| 2. pron. accusative of ellos and ustedes (when referring to more than one man); them, you all (formal) | |
| 3. pron. plural masculine or neuter pronoun | |
| los que no hablan - those who do not speak | |
| sonidos |
| 1. n. plural of sonido | |
| sonido |
| 1. n-m. sound, noise | |
| 2. n-m. tone | |
| 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) | |
| Su |
| 1. Proper noun. given name, female, diminutive=Susana | |
| 2. det. (before the noun) apocopic form of suyo his, her, its, one's, their, your (formal) | |
| Vino con su amigo. (He came with his friend.) | |
| Habló a sus hijas. (She spoke to her daughters.) | |
| 3. det. (used to express an approximate number): about, approximately | |
| Pesa sus dos kilogramos. - It weighs its two kilograms. | |
| 4. det. (before the noun, formal) apocopic form of suyo t=your | |
| caño |
| 1. n-m. tube or pipe | |
| 2. n-m. spout | |
| 3. n-m. gutter | |
| 4. n-m. drain | |
| 5. n-m. navigation channel | |
| 6. n-m. (soccer) nutmeg, the playing of the ball between the legs of an opponent | |
| 7. n-m. (Argentina, colloquial) joint | |
