| antes |
| 1. adv. earlier, before, sooner, previously, formerly, beforehand (at an earlier time) | |
| poco antes - shortly before | |
| Nos conocimos antes, ¿te acuerdas? - We met before, remember? | |
| La embajadora llegó antes de lo esperado. - The ambassador arrived sooner than expected | |
| 2. adv. soon (in certain phrases) | |
| Quería que lo supieras cuanto antes. - I wanted to let you know as soon as possible. | |
| Ven a mi casa lo antes posible. - Come over to my place as soon as possible. | |
| 3. adv. ahead (temporally), ahead of (qual, when followed by de) | |
| Bueno, si solo hubieras llamado antes como te dije, ni siquiera estaríamos en esta situación. - Well, if you had just called ahead like I told you to, we wouldn't even be in this situation. | |
| 4. adv. once, formerly (in the past) | |
| Antes todos tenían buscapersonas. - Everyone used to have pagers. | |
| 5. adv. first (before a condition is fulfilled) | |
| 6. adv. rather, sooner (used to specify a preference) | |
| Antes morir que perder. - I'd rather die than lose. | |
| 7. prep. before (earlier than) (qual, triggers the subjunctive in subordinate clauses) | |
| antes de 1910 - before 1910 | |
| antes de que pudiera responder - before I could reply | |
| Antes de ver el documental, no sabíamos nada del tema. - Before watching the documentary, we didn't know anything about the issue. | |
| 8. n. plural of ante | |
| ante |
| 1. prep. in front of, before | |
| Tengo que comparecer ante el juez. - I have to appear before the judge. | |
| 2. prep. against, compared to | |
| 3. n-m. elk | |
| 4. n-m. suede | |
| 5. n-m. (Mexico) tapir (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip) | |
| éramos |
| 1. v. first-person plural imperfect indicative of ser | |
| ser |
| 1. v. to be (essentially or identified as) | |
| Yo soy de los Estados Unidos. - I am from the United States. | |
| Errar es humano. - To err is human. | |
| 2. v. to be (in the passive voice sense) | |
| La guitarra fue tocada. - The guitar was played. | |
| 3. v. to exist; to occur | |
| La fiesta será mañana. - The party will be tomorrow. | |
| 4. n-m. a being, organism | |
| 5. n-m. nature, essence | |
| 6. n-m. value, worth | |
| enemigos |
| 1. adj. masculine plural of enemigo | |
| 2. n. plural of enemigo | |
| enemigo |
| 1. adj. adverse, hostile | |
| 2. n-m. foe, enemy | |
| Los enemigos de nuestros enemigos son nuestros amigos. - The enemies of our enemies are our friends. | |
| 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) | |
| hemos |
| 1. n. plural of hemo | |
| 2. v. first-person plural present 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 | |
| hemo |
| 1. n-m. (biochemistry) heme | |
| enterrado |
| 1. adj. buried | |
| 2. Participle. past participle of enterrar | |
| enterrar |
| 1. v. to bury; to entomb | |
| 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 | |
| hacha |
| 1. n-f. axe, hatchet (tool for felling trees or chopping wood) | |
| 2. n-f. (colloquial) ace, wizard (someone who is especially skilled or unusually talented in a particular field) | |
| 3. n-f. a kind of torch or large candle (often with four sticks) | |
| 4. n-f. a kind of wick or fuse (often made with esparto grass and tar), which does not go out easily in the wind | |
| 5. n-f. bundle of straw tied up like a strip and often used to help cover huts or other field constructions | |
| 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 | |
| guerra |
| 1. n-f. war, warfare | |
| La guerra entre los Estados Unidos e Irak (The war between the United States and Iraq) | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| nos |
| 1. pron. dative of nosotros: to us, for us | |
| 2. pron. accusative of nosotros: us | |
| 3. pron. of nosotros: ourselves; each other | |
| 4. n. plural of no | |
| 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. | |
| llevamos |
| 1. v. first-person plural preterit indicative of llevar | |
| llevar |
| 1. v. to take, to carry, to take away, to carry away, to carry around, to bring, to bear, to lug (implies to move something further from who speaks) | |
| Le llevaré un regalo a Rosa para su cumpleaños. - I will take a present to Rosa for her birthday. | |
| 2. v. to take, to take out (implies moving someone further from the speaker) | |
| Llevamos a las chicas al cine. - We're taking the girls to the movies. | |
| 3. v. (indtr, a, intr=1) to lead, to lead to, to drive, to drive to | |
| A la luz de esos resultados, todo esto lleva a la conclusión de que hay que idear métodos alternativos. - In light of those findings, all this leads to the conclusion that alternative methods s | |
| 4. v. to have spent time, have been | |
| Llevo seis años aquí. - I've been here 6 years. | |
| Llevo dos años estudiando francés. - I've been studying French for two years. | |
| Llevamos más de 30 años casados. - We've been married for more than 30 years. | |
| 5. v. to wear (ellipsis of the more formal llevar puesto) | |
| Llevaba una blusa rosa. - She was wearing a pink blouse. | |
| 6. v. to have, include (have as a component, part, accessory or ingredient) | |
| Si es quesadilla lleva queso, si no lleva queso, no es quesadilla. - If it is a quesadilla, it has cheese; if it does not have cheese it is not a quesadilla. | |
| Esta palabra no lleva acento. - This word does not have an accent mark. | |
| 7. v. to give a lift, to give a ride | |
| 8. v. (colloquial) to hold up, to be doing, to cope | |
| ¿Cómo lo llevas? - How are you holding up? | |
| 9. v. to wear | |
| 10. v. (informal) to be in, to be fashionable | |
| bien |
| 1. adv. well (adverbial form of bueno) | |
| Toca bien el piano. - He plays the piano well. | |
| 2. adv. well, fine, okay (state of being satisfied with the status quo) | |
| hasta aquí todo bien - so far so good | |
| 3. adv. properly | |
| 4. adv. willingly | |
| 5. adv. very | |
| 6. adv. as well | |
| Bien podrías acabar con ello temprano. - You might as well get it over with early. | |
| 7. adj. (postpositive, colloquial) well-to-do; affluent; wealthy; upper-class | |
| Amanda y Carlos vienen de una familia bien. - Amanda and Carlos come from a well-to-do family. | |
| 8. adj. (postpositive, colloquial) exclusive; upscale; high-class | |
| Las colonias bienes están en las afueras de la ciudad. - The upscale neighborhoods are in the city suburbs. | |
| 9. n-m. good (as opposed to evil) | |
| Es por el bien de toda la comunidad. - It's for the good of the whole community. | |
| 10. n-m. goodness | |
| 11. n-m. good, better (substantive) | |
| para bien o para mal - for better or for worse | |
| He vuelto para bien esta vez. - I'm back for good this time. | |
| 12. n-m. welfare, benefit | |
| 13. n-m. (plural) goods, property, possessions, assets, wealth, estate | |
| 14. n-m. (dated) darling | |
| Despierta, mi bien. - Wake up, my darling. | |
