| al |
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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 | |
| terminar |
| 1. v. to finish, to end, to terminate, to be over, to wrap up, to finish up, to finish off, to finish out, to complete, to conclude | |
| 2. v. to end up, to wind up, to turn out | |
| 3. v. to break up, to be done, to be through, to be over (a relationship - doesn't have to be romantic) | |
| Si haces eso, ¡hemos terminados! ¡No volvería a hablar contigo nunca más! - If you do that, we are through! I would never speak to you again! | |
| 4. v. to end up with (qual, + con) | |
| 5. v. to put an end to, to be done with (qual, + con) (in the perfect tense) | |
| 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) | |
| él |
| 1. pron. he, him, masculine personal third person subject and disjunctive pronoun (used as a subject and after prepositions) | |
| Él es mi hermano. - He is my brother. | |
| Lo hice para él. - I did it for him. | |
| 2. pron. it, masculine non-personal third-person subject and disjunctive pronoun (used as a subject and after prepositions to refer to masculine nouns) | |
| ―¿Es esto un libro? ―Sí, él es. - ―Is this a book? ―Yes, it is. | |
| ¡Mi coche! ¿Qué le pasó a él? - My car! What happened to it? | |
| estaba |
| 1. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of estar | |
| estar |
| 1. v. to be (have a temporary or permanent location in space) | |
| ¿Dónde estás? - Where are you? | |
| Estoy en casa. - I am at home. | |
| 2. v. to be (denotes a copula, in a transient fashion) | |
| El tiempo estaba frío/caliente. - The weather was cold/hot back then. | |
| ¿Estás feliz? - Are you happy right now? | |
| 3. v. to be (auxiliary verb for the progressive/continuous aspect, preceding the gerund of the verb) | |
| Ella está cantando. - She is singing. | |
| 4. v. to be in a state (in a passive voice sense) | |
| Los vasos están rotos. - The vases are broken. (In passive voice with estar, unlike haber, its past participle agrees with number and gender of the subject) | |
| Llegaron y vieron que el hotel estaba abandonado. - They arrived and saw the hotel was abandoned. | |
| 5. v. to be, stay (denotes a copula, in a transient fashion) | |
| Estense callados y quietos. - Stay quiet and not moving. | |
| 6. v. to be to be done, to be (still) undone: | |
| Esto todavía está por hacer. - This is still to be done. | |
| Lo peor está por llegar. - The worst part is yet to come. | |
| 7. v. to be in a long-term state (in specific idioms) | |
| estar muerto/a - to be dead | |
| estar casado/a - to be married (can also be ser casado) | |
| estar chico/a - to be short (colloquially) | |
| feliz |
| 1. adj. happy, merry (trait) | |
| Él es un tipo feliz en general. - He's just a happy guy in general. | |
| 2. adj. pleased, glad | |
| 3. adj. joyous, merry, happy | |
| una ocasión feliz - a joyous occasion | |
