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. | |
ya |
1. adv. now | |
Púlsalo ya. - Press it now. | |
Preparados, listos, ya. - Ready, set, go. | |
2. adv. already, yet | |
Ya lo hice. - I already did it. | |
3. adv. in the near future; soon | |
4. adv. immediately | |
5. adv. anymore; no longer | |
6. adv. (emphatic) (emphatic (similar to the use of English "so" or "oh" as an interjection)) | |
¡Ya lo sé! - I do know! | |
7. adv. (in negatives) only | |
no ya... - not only... | |
8. adv. (before pero) yes | |
ya, pero... - yes, but... | |
9. adv. (before que) since, now | |
ya que... - now that... | |
10. adv. OK | |
11. conj. first (something) then (something else); first (something), now (something else) | |
¡Ya lluvia ya nieve! - First rain, now snow! | |
12. conj. whether (something) or (something else) | |
ya sol ya lluvia - whether sun or rain | |
13. interj. come on!, let's go! | |
14. interj. (colloquial) (used to acknowledge or dismiss the previous statement) | |
—Sabes que quedamos con Antonio esta tarde. —Ya. - "You know we're hanging out with Antonio tonight." "I know.". | |
—No podrás venir, que trabajas ese día. —Ya, pero cerramos temprano los viernes. - "You can't come, you're working that day." "Right, but we close early on Fridays.". | |
no |
1. adv. no | |
2. adv. not | |
3. interj. eh? (used as a tag question, to emphasise what goes before or to request that the listener express an opinion about what has been said) | |
4. n-m. no | |
5. n-m. abbreviation of número; no. | |
ya no |
1. adv. no longer, no more, not anymore, not any more, not any longer | |
Me gustaba esa banda pero ya no. - I used to like that band but not any more. | |
Los ciudadanos ya no se sienten amenazados por la posibilidad de ataques militares. - The citizens no longer feel threatened by the possibility of military attacks. | |
pensaba |
1. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of pensar | |
pensar |
1. v. to think | |
Pienso, luego existo. - source=René Descartes | |
2. v. to hold an opinion | |
¿Piensas que la historia es buena? - Do you think that history is good? | |
3. v. to reflect upon a situation | |
4. v. to intend, to plan | |
Nunca pensé lastimarte. - I never meant to hurt you | |
No pienso en afeitarme hasta que llegue el verano. - I won't shave until Summer | |
5. v. to think about | |
¿Por qué no pensé en eso antes? - Why didn't I think of that before? | |
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 | |
un |
1. art. a | |
2. num. (before the noun) apocopic form of uno one | |
oso |
1. n-m. bear (in general) | |
2. n-m. boar, male bear | |
3. n-m. (slang) bear (large hairy man, especially homosexual) | |
Tengo un amigo delgado al que le gustan solo los osos barrigudos y velludos. - I have a skinny friend who only likes paunchy and hairy bears. | |
4. v. first-person singular present indicative of osar | |
osar |
1. v. to dare | |