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al
     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.
     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
entrar
     1. v. to enter
     2. v. to come in, to get in, to go in, to get inside, to come on in
     3. v. to break in
     4. v. to join, to enter, to start
     5. v. to access, to log in
     6. v. to fit
     7. v. to step in
     8. v. to input, to enter (data, information)
     9. v. to enter in, to enter into, to get into, to come into, to walk into, to step into, to slip into (entrar + en)
     10. v. to break into (entrar + en)
     11. v. to fit in, to fall in, to fall within (entrar + en)
     12. v. (colloquial transitive) to make a move (on someone)
     13. v. (soccer, sports) tackle (to attempt to take away a ball)
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
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
pabellón
     1. n-m. pavilion
     2. n-m. (Chile) operating room
     3. n-m. ensign (national flag flown on a vessel)
     4. n-m. (Venezuela) clipping of pabellón criollo
     5. n-m. (music) bell (part of a wind instrument)
vio
     1. v. third-person singular preterite indicative of ver
     ver
          1. v. to see, to spot
                Vine, vi, vencí. - I came, I saw, I conquered.
                Sí, con mis propios ojos, lo vi robar el dinero. - Yes, with my own eyes, I saw him steal the money.
          2. v. to see, to look at, to view (perceive)
                Hmm. Ya veo... - Hmm. I see...
                Tal experiencia única en la vida cambiará tu manera de ver el mundo. - Such a once in a lifetime experience will change the way that you look at or see or view the world.
          3. v. to see, to tell, to observe
                Puedo ver que no eres como el resto. - I can tell you aren't like the rest of them.
          4. v. to see, to check (verify)
                Déjenme ver si hay moros en la costa. - Let me check if the coast is clear.
          5. v. to watch
                ver la televisión - to watch television
          6. v. to look, to seem
                Te ves tan diferente desde la última vez que te vi. - You look so different since the last time I saw you.
          7. v. to see oneself, to picture oneself
                Me veo así como un consejero, nada más. - I just see myself as an advisor, nothing more.
          8. v. to find oneself, to be
                Nos vemos obligados a hacernos una pregunta difícil. - We are forced to ask ourselves a difficult question.
          9. v. (reciprocal) to see one another
                Nos vemos! - We'll see each other!)
sobre
     1. prep. over, above, on, upon, atop
           La pluma de mi tía está sobre la mesa. - My aunt's pen is on the table.
     2. prep. about
           Dime algo sobre ti. - Tell me something about yourself.
     3. n-m. envelope
     4. n-m. small packet; sachet
     5. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of sobrar
     sobrar
          1. v. to be superfluous; to be left over or extra
                Les sobran los libros. - They have too many books.
                Me sobran diez dólares. - I have ten dollars left over.
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)
mesa
     1. n-f. table
     2. n-f. (by extension) dinner table
           ¡A la mesa! - Dinner is ready!
     3. n-f. (landforms) mesa
     4. n-f. desk (in an office)
     5. n-f. bureau, committee
           (coi, Mesa de la Cámara)
           (coi, mesa electoral, polling station)
     6. n-f. (business) board
           (coi, mesa directiva, board of directors)
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
botella
     1. n-f. bottle
     2. n-f. tank (closed container for liquids or gases)
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
medio
     1. adj. half (of or related to one of two equal divisions of a whole)
           media hora - half hour
           media manzana - half an apple
     2. adj. (inexact) half (of or related to any large proportion of a whole)
           Medio Nueva York fue a los toros. - Half of New York went to the bullfight.
     3. adj. middle (placed more or less halfway between two positions, times, or alternatives)
           clase media - middle class
     4. adj. average (of or related to the arithmatic middle in a set of values)
           velocidad media - average speed
     5. adj. average (of or related to a representative example of a group)
           el español medio - the average Spaniard... your typical Spaniard...
     6. adj. (art) tasteful, bourgeois (well decorated or executed but not sublime)
     7. adj. (linguistics) mid (of or related to the position of vowel articulation between open and closed)
     8. adj. (grammar) middle, mediopassive (of or related to grammatical voices neither active nor passive)
     9. adj. (Chile, slang) impressive (extremely large or good)
           ¡Media bolsa! - Such a huge bag! What an awesome bag! Whatta bag!
     10. adv. half, incompletely (indicating an action interrupted or only partially done)
           medio vestido - half-dressed
     11. adv. half, kind of (particularly used to partially soften negative descriptions)
           Es medio idiota. - He’s a bit of an idiot... He’s kind of an idiot...
     12. n-m. half (one of two equal parts of any whole)
     13. n-m.          (math) half (any fraction with a denominator of 2)
     14. n-m.          (historical) medio, half-celemin (a traditional unit of dry measure equivalent to about 2.3 L)
     15. n-m.          (historical) medio (the usual container used to measure medios)
     16. n-m.          (historical, Guatemala, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela) medio, half-real (a former coin)
     17. n-m.          (historical, Dominican Republic) medio, half-peso (a former coin)
     18. n-m.          (historical, Ecuador) medio, half-sucre (a former coin)
     19. n-m.          (historical, Panama) medio, half-balboa (a former coin)
     20. n-m.          (historical, Bolivia) medio, half-boliviano (a former coin)
     21. n-m.          (historical, Mexico) medio, half-octavo (a former coin equal to frac, 1, 16) real
     22. n-m.          (slang) medio (following decimalization, the notional amount of frac, 6, 1, 4) centavos as half of the notional amount of a frac, 1, 8-peseta real and
     23. n-m. middle (the part of anything located halfway between its ends or extremes in time or along one dimension in space)
           Se despertó en medio de la noche. - She awoke in the middle of the night.
     24. n-m.          (sports) midfielder, halfback (a person forming part of the middle or central defensive or offensive line, especially in soccer)
     25. n-m.          spiritualism synonym of médium, t=medium (a person claiming to the ability to communicate with the dead)
     26. n-m.          (politics, business) cut (the payment demanded to permit or facilitate some action, especially as a bribe)
     27. n-m.          (philosophy) middle term (the general category that appears in both premises and disappears in the conclusion)
     28. n-m.          (math, usually in the plural) mean (the second and third terms of a proportion)
     29. n-m. (inexact) center, heart (the innermost part of anything with regard to all dimensions)
           Alemania está en medio de Europa. - Germany is in the middle of Europe.
           en medio de la nada - in the middle of nowhere
     30. n-m. (often in the plural) method, way, means (the actions or things by which some goal is achieved or intended to be achieved, something serving some purpose)
           El fin justifica los medios. - The end justifies the means.
           por todos los medios - by any means
           Se mejoraron los medios de transporte. - Means of transport were improved.
     31. n-m.          synonym of diligencia, t=diligence, hard work (as the generally effective means to achieve any goal)
     32. n-m.          (usually in the plural) medium (a means of communication, especially mass communication)
     33. n-m. (physics) medium (the physical space and substance through which some phenomenon occurs)
           La velocidad de la luz depende del medio. - The speed of light depends on the medium.
     34. n-m.          (art) medium (the physical substances with which art is made)
                   ¿Cuál es tu medio de pintura favorito? - What's your favorite painting medium?
     35. n-m.          environment (the circumstances that affect a person or animal's development)
     36. n-m.          society (the circumstances in which a person or group of people lives)
     37. n-m.          (usually in the plural) circle (a particular segment of society)
                   medios aristocráticos - aristocratic circles... the aristocracy...
     38. n-m.          habitat (the circumstances in which an animal or group of animals lives)
     39. v. first-person singular present indicative of mediar
     mediar
          1. v. to mediate
          2. v. to center, to give a central, medium or average value
litro
     1. n-m. litre; liter (US)
Y
     1. Letter. the 26th letter of the Spanish alphabet
     2. conj. and
     3. conj. (in names of number) and
           setenta y seis - seventy-six
     4. conj. (in arithmetic) plus, and
           uno y uno son dos - one plus one is two
     5. conj. (informal) well
           ¡Y por supuesto! - Well, of course!
     6. conj. (informal) what about, how about, where is/are the
           Pero, ¿y el concierto? ¿Ya no vamos? - But what about the concert? Are we not going anymore?
           ¿Y la niña? ¿Está a salvo? - How about the girl? Is she safe?
           ¿Y los archivos? Debo echarles un vistazo. - Where are the files? I should take a look at them.
un
     1. art. a
     2. num. (before the noun) apocopic form of uno one
vaso
     1. n-m. drinking glass
     2. n-m. glassful
     3. n-m. vessel (container)
     4. n-m. vessel (tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant)
pequeño
     1. adj. small; little
           Tengo un gatito pequeñito. - I have a small kitten.
Dictionary entries from Wiktionary