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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 | |
fin |
1. n-m. (sometimes feminine) end | |
el fin de semana - the weekend | |
2. n-m. purpose, aim, objective, goal | |
con este fin - for that to happen; to that end | |
3. n-m. end, stop, halt, close, finish (ending point) | |
pensó |
1. v. third-person singular preterite 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? | |
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 | |
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 | |
tiempo |
1. n-m. (also, physics) time | |
No tengo tiempo. - I don't have time. / I haven't got time. | |
2. n-m. a while, period of time, long time, length of time, indeterminate amount of time | |
¿Cuánto tiempo hace que vives aquí? - How long have you been living here? | |
Amiga, ha pasado demasiado tiempo. - Too much time has passed. | |
Hace tiempo que yo no tomaba un buen trago. - It's been a while since I've had a good drink. | |
3. n-m. tense | |
El verbo camina está en tiempo presente. - The verb camina is in the present tense. | |
4. n-m. weather | |
¿Qué tiempo hace? - What is the weather like? / How is the weather? | |
Hace buen tiempo. - The weather is fine. | |
había |
1. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of haber. | |
haber |
1. v. (auxiliary) to have | |
He trabajado muy duro durante este mes. - I have worked very hard during this month. | |
Mi hermanito me pidió más chocolate, pero ya le había dado demasiado. - My little brother asked me for more chocolate, but I had already given him too much. | |
2. v. (obsolete) to hold, to possess | |
3. v. (impersonal, in third person singular only) to exist; “there is”, “there are” (hay); “there was”, “there were” (había) | |
No hay muchas personas aquí. - There aren't many people here. | |
En el cofre había un libro antiguo. - In the chest there was an antique book. | |
4. v. (dated, or formal) to have to (+ de + infinitive) | |
5. v. (Used only in the third-person existential form) to be necessary (+ que + infinitive) | |
Hay que proteger el mundo. - It is necessary to protect the world. | |
6. v. used to denote a past obligation | |
Haberla llamado. - You ought to have phoned her. | |
7. n-m. asset | |
8. n-m. history | |
9. n-m. credit side | |
cesado |
1. Participle. past participle of cesar | |
cesar |
1. v. to cease (to stop) | |
2. v. to quit, to step down | |
3. v. to dismiss | |
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 | |
correr |
1. v. to run, jog | |
2. v. to flow | |
3. v. to shoo, chase away, drive away | |
4. v. to throw out; to fire; to expel | |
5. v. to walk away | |
6. v. to cop out, to shirk | |
7. v. to elapse (time) | |
8. v. to go around, spread (rumors) | |
9. v. to rush | |
10. v. to draw (curtains) | |
11. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun, Spain) to have an orgasm | |
¡Me corro! - I'm cumming! | |
12. v. to move | |
13. n-m. course, passing (of time) | |
con el (al) correr de los años (tiempo, reloj) - with the passing of years (time, clock) | |
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. | |
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 | |
había |
1. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of haber. | |
haber |
1. v. (auxiliary) to have | |
He trabajado muy duro durante este mes. - I have worked very hard during this month. | |
Mi hermanito me pidió más chocolate, pero ya le había dado demasiado. - My little brother asked me for more chocolate, but I had already given him too much. | |
2. v. (obsolete) to hold, to possess | |
3. v. (impersonal, in third person singular only) to exist; “there is”, “there are” (hay); “there was”, “there were” (había) | |
No hay muchas personas aquí. - There aren't many people here. | |
En el cofre había un libro antiguo. - In the chest there was an antique book. | |
4. v. (dated, or formal) to have to (+ de + infinitive) | |
5. v. (Used only in the third-person existential form) to be necessary (+ que + infinitive) | |
Hay que proteger el mundo. - It is necessary to protect the world. | |
6. v. used to denote a past obligation | |
Haberla llamado. - You ought to have phoned her. | |
7. n-m. asset | |
8. n-m. history | |
9. n-m. credit side | |
empezado |
1. Participle. past participle of empezar | |
empezar |
1. v. to start, begin, to get started | |
2. v. (indtr, a) to start to | |
Hace poco que empezó a comer vegetales. - He recently started eating vegetables. | |
3. v. (indtr, por) to start by; to start with | |
Sugiero que empecemos por reconocer que necesitamos más ayuda. - I suggest that we start by acknowledging that we need more help. | |
En español, pocas palabras empiezan por la letra ñ. - In Spanish, few words begin with the letter ñ. | |
4. v. (indtr, con) to lead with, to open with | |
5. v. to be started | |
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) | |
eternidad |
1. n-f. eternity | |
comenzó |
1. v. third-person singular preterite indicative of comenzar | |
comenzar |
1. v. to begin, to commence | |
Yo me senté sobre un banco en el jardín, y comencé a leer un libro interesante. - I sat on a bench in the garden, and I started to read an interesting book. | |
Usted puede comenzar. - You may commence. | |
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. | |
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 | |
pesar |
1. v. to weigh (to determine the weight of an object) | |
2. v. to weigh (to have a certain weight) | |
Un galón de agua pesa 3,78 kilos. - A gallon of water weighs 3.78 kilos. | |
3. v. to ponder | |
4. v. to have weight | |
5. v. to be seriousness, to be grave | |
6. v. to weigh oneself | |
7. n-m. grief, regret, chagrin | |
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. | |
adormilarse |
1. v. to slumber (to be in a very light state of sleep) | |
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 | |
reloj |
1. n-m. clock | |
2. n-m. watch, wristwatch | |
dio |
1. v. third-person singular preterite indicative of dar | |
dar |
1. v. to give, to give out | |
2. v. to hand over | |
3. v. to hit | |
Me han dado en la cabeza. - They hit me on my head. | |
4. v. to emit | |
5. v. to produce | |
6. v. to perform | |
7. v. to consider | |
Doy eso por menos que yo. - I consider that beneath me. | |
Yo lo doy por muerto. - I consider him dead. | |
8. v. (indtr, con) to encounter; to find with effort | |
Dimos con María. - We encountered Maria. | |
Dimos con el edificio después de tres horas. - We finally found the building after three hours. | |
9. v. to hit upon | |
10. v. (indtr, a, .colloquial, intr=1) to press, activate | |
darle al botón - to press the button | |
11. v. to ruin; mess up | |
Me dio la noche - It ruined the night for me | |
12. v. to occur | |
13. v. to grow naturally | |
El maíz se da en esta tierra. - Corn grows on this land. | |
14. v. to hit | |
El coche se dio con/contra un árbol. - The car hit a tree. | |
15. v. to assume | |
darse por vencido - to assume to be defeated | |
darse por muerto - to assume to be dead | |
16. v. to pretend to be, to present oneself as though one were | |
Se las da de enfermero pero nunca ha estudiado. - He pretends to be a nurse, but he's never studied. | |
17. v. to surrender | |
¿Te das? — Me doy. - Do you surrender? — I surrender. | |
18. v. to fuck (used with third person direct objects only) | |
Vos solo te la das. - You just fuck her. | |
Me quiero dar a José. - I want to fuck José. | |
19. v. to find someone sexually attractive (mostly to have a sexual encounter with) | |
Le re doy. | |
20. v. to announce, predict | |
Dan lluvia. - They announced rain. | |
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) | |
once |
1. n. (Latin America) elevenses, snack (bread with tea or coffee) | |
tomar las once - have elevenses | |
pero |
1. conj. but | |
Mi casa es pequeña pero cómoda. (My house is small but comfortable.) | |
2. conj. well well; so; well (used for emphasis) | |
3. n-m. but (restriction) | |
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. | |
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 | |
oyó |
1. v. third-person singular preterite indicative of oír | |
oír |
1. v. to hear | |
¡Oiga, por favor! - Hear, please! | |
2. v. to hear (passively perceive a sound) | |
Oí ruidos extraños viniendo desde detrás de la puerta y tuve miedo. - I heard strange noises coming from behind the door and got scared. | |
3. v. to listen to (actively pay attention to a sound or a person speaking) | |
Cada mañana oigo el canto de los pájaros. - Every morning I listen to the singing of the birds. | |
4. v. to heed; to listen to | |