alcanzar |
1. v. to reach; to attain or achieve; to catch up with | |
2. v. to be enough; to suffice | |
3. v. to peak, to peak at | |
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. | |
distinguir |
1. v. to distinguish, discern | |
2. v. to differentiate | |
3. v. to make out, manage to see, hear etc. | |
No distingo el número de la casa - I cannot make out the house number. | |
4. v. to stand out, be distinguishable or differentiable, to distinguish oneself | |
Se distinguen por su acento (They stand out because of their accent.) | |
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 | |
torno |
1. n-m. lathe | |
2. n-m. winch | |
3. v. first-person singular present indicative of tornar | |
tornar |
1. v. to return | |
2. v. to come back; to go back | |
3. v. to put back | |
4. v. to change | |
5. v. to do again (+ a + infinitive) | |
6. v. to revive (to recover from a state of unconsciousness) | |
7. v. to become (e.g. change in a characteristic, nature of something or status) | |
en torno |
1. adv. around, in the surroundings | |
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. | |
en torno a |
1. prep. about, regarding | |
2. prep. around (approximately) | |
3. prep. around (encircling) | |
nos sentamos en torno a la mesa - we sat around the table | |
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 | |
con |
1. prep. with | |
2. prep. on | |
Yo cuento con ustedes. - I count on you. | |
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) | |
vista |
1. n-f. sight, vision, eyesight (the ability to see) | |
2. n-f. sight (the act of seeing or witnessing) | |
3. n-f. appearance, look (the way something looks) | |
4. n-f. view (the range of vision) | |
a la vista - in view | |
5. n-f. view (something to look at, such as scenery) | |
6. n-f. foresight (the ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future) | |
7. n-f. (law) hearing (a legal procedure done before a judge) | |
8. adj. feminine singular of visto | |
9. Participle. feminine singular of visto | |
10. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of vestir | |
vestir |
1. v. to dress, to clothe, to attire | |
2. v. to wear | |
3. v. to adorn, to bedeck, to embellish | |
4. v. to disguise, to cover up | |
5. v. to make clothes for, to dress | |
6. v. to get dressed | |
visto |
1. adj. seen | |
2. adj. obvious, clear | |
3. adj. exposed, bare | |
4. adj. known about, talked about, seen around | |
5. Participle. past participle of ver | |
6. v. first-person singular present indicative of vestir | |