así |
1. adv. like this; like that; as such; thus; so; thereby; this way, that way | |
¡Así se hace! Lo hiciste genial. - That's how it's done! | |
Así es la vida. - Such is life. | |
Si no paras de hablar así, vas a hacerme llorar. - If you don't stop talking like that, you're going to make me cry. | |
2. adv. (followed by a subjunctive clause) (used to express wishes of misfortune against someone, or to cast a spell) | |
¡Así reciba un dolor de cabeza! - I hope he gets a headache! | |
Así hubiera sobrevivido. - I hope he survived. | |
3. v. first-person singular preterit indicative of asir | |
asir |
1. v. to grab; to seize | |
2. v. to cling to | |
joven |
1. adj. young, youthful | |
Mis tías son jóvenes. - My aunts are young. | |
2. n. youth, young person, youngster | |
nada |
1. pron. nothing, zero, zilch, not...anything | |
No hay nada en la mesa. - There is nothing on the table. | |
Nada ocurrió ayer. - Nothing happened yesterday. | |
No veo nada. - I don’t see anything. | |
Me niego a creer nada de lo que dice. - I refuse to believe anything he says. | |
Nada es eterno. - Nothing is eternal. | |
2. n-f. nothingness, nothing | |
Sin ti, soy una nada. - Without you, I am nothing at all. | |
Ya no me siento una nada. - I don't feel like I am nothing at all anymore. | |
3. n-f. nowhere, the void | |
Salió de la nada. - It came out of nowhere. | |
4. v. informal second-person singular affirmative imperative of nadar | |
nadar |
1. v. to swim | |
2. v. to be swimming in (used with "en") | |
¡Nadamos en dinero! - We're swimming in money! | |
más |
1. adv. more; -er (used to make comparisons) | |
Teresa es más lista que su hermano. - Teresa is more clever than her brother. | |
Hay más de cien personas aquí. - There are more than a hundred people here. | |
2. adv. (with definite article) most; -est (used to make superlatives) | |
Teresa es la más inteligente de la clase. - Teresa is the most intelligent in her class. | |
la cosa más grande - the biggest thing | |
3. adv. furthermore | |
4. adv. in addition | |
5. adv. else | |
algo más - something/anything else | |
nadie más - nobody else | |
6. adv. used with qué to express emphasis | |
¡Qué paisaje más hermoso! - What a pretty landscape! | |
¡Qué niño más tonto! - What a silly boy! | |
7. det. more, any more | |
8. det. most | |
9. conj. (mathematics) plus | |
uno más uno es igual a dos - one plus one is equal to two | |
nada más |
1. pron. nothing else | |
2. prep. (formal) Just after, right after, upon | |
Nada más llegar, le besé. - Upon arriving, I kissed him. | |
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? | |
es |
1. v. third-person singular present indicative of ser; (he/she/it/one) is | |
2. n. plural of e | |
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 | |
e |
1. conj. and | |
Yo hablo francés e inglés. - I speak French and English. | |
un |
1. art. a | |
2. num. (before the noun) apocopic form of uno one | |
buen |
1. adj. (before the noun) apocopic form of bueno t=good, fine | |
abogado |
1. n-m. lawyer, solicitor, counsel | |
2. Participle. past participle of abogar | |
abogar |
1. v. to advocate | |
2. v. to defend in court | |