bajo |
1. adj. short (of little height) | |
2. adj. low, ground (situated close to the ground) | |
3. adj. low, bottom, poor (not high in status, amount or quality) | |
4. adj. (music) bass | |
5. adj. base, mean, low, despicable | |
6. adv. low | |
7. adv. down (location) | |
8. adv. down, quietly, softly (volume) | |
9. n-m. (music) bass (sound, voice or instrument) | |
10. prep. under (in both literal and figurative senses) | |
No hay nada nuevo bajo el sol. - There's nothing new under the sun. | |
11. v. first-person singular present indicative of bajar | |
bajar |
1. v. to go down, come down | |
2. v. to get off, to get down, to climb down, to step down, to get out (e.g., of/from a platform or vehicle) | |
Bajé del taxi. - I got out of the taxi. | |
Bajaron del árbol. - They climbed down the tree. | |
3. v. (colloquial) to kill (a person) | |
4. v. to descend | |
5. v. (computing) to download | |
Estoy bajando libros. - I am downloading books. | |
6. v. to lower, reduce, fall | |
7. v. to drop, lower, put down, turn down, move down (an object, the volume, etc.) | |
¡Baja la música! - Turn that music down! | |
8. v. to lose (e.g., weight) | |
Bajaré de peso. - I will lose weight. | |
9. v. to take down, bring down | |
10. v. to dim (the lights) | |
11. v. to let down (one's guard) | |
12. v. to wash down (accompany food) | |
13. v. to get off, to get down | |
14. v. (computing, reflexive) to download (for one's own private use) | |
todos |
1. det. masculine plural of todo | |
todo |
1. det. all, every | |
todos los días - every day | |
Todos somos jóvenes. - We are all young. | |
todo tipo de - every type/kind/sort of; all kinds/sorts of | |
2. det. each, every | |
Toda persona es un individuo. - Every person is an individual. | |
3. pron. everything | |
todo lo que dijiste - everything that you said | |
los |
1. art. the | |
¿Qué hacen los muchachos? - What do the boys do? | |
2. pron. accusative of ellos and ustedes (when referring to more than one man); them, you all (formal) | |
3. pron. plural masculine or neuter pronoun | |
los que no hablan - those who do not speak | |
párpados |
1. n. plural of párpado | |
párpado |
1. n-m. (anatomy) eyelid | |
con |
1. prep. with | |
2. prep. on | |
Yo cuento con ustedes. - I count on you. | |
buen |
1. adj. (before the noun) apocopic form of bueno t=good, fine | |
O |
1. Letter. the 16th letter of the Spanish alphabet | |
2. n. abbreviation of oeste; west | |
3. conj. or | |
¿Quieres un café o algo más? - Do you want a coffee or something else? | |
4. conj. either … or | |
(ant-lite, ni, alt1=ni … ni) | |
mal |
1. adj. (before the noun) apocopic form of malo bad; evil | |
2. adj. amiss, awry, off, wrong | |
Me di cuenta de que algo estaba mal. - I realized something was amiss. | |
3. adv. badly, poorly, ill | |
No hables mal de los muertos. - Don't speak ill of the dead. | |
Qué mal. - Too bad. / That's too bad. | |
4. adv. awry, amiss, wrong, wrongly | |
Tu plan maestro salió mal bastante rápido - Your master plan went awry pretty quickly. | |
5. adv. hard (functions as an adverb in Spanish but translates as an adjective in English) | |
Estoy pasándolo mal con todo ahora mismo. - I'm just having a hard time with everything right now. | |
6. n-m. evil, harm; a bad thing or situation | |
de mal en peor - from bad to worse | |
7. n-m. disease, illness, ailment | |
... le curaremos, si es que su mal tiene cura... - ... we shall cure him, if his ailment has a cure... | |
8. n-m. worse (substantive) | |
para bien o para mal - for better or for worse | |
recuerdo |
1. n-m. memory | |
2. n-m. souvenir | |
3. v. first-person singular present indicative of recordar | |
recordar |
1. v. to remember, to recollect | |
¿Recuerdas a aquella mujer que no dejaba de tocar las ventanas, aunque se lo pedimos repetidamente? - Do you remember that woman who wouldn't stop touching the windows, even though we kept aski | |
2. v. to recall, remind of | |
El cuadro recuerda nuestra fragilidad. - The painting reminds us of our fragility. | |
3. v. to wake up | |
¿A qué hora recuerdas? - What time do you wake up? | |
4. v. to wake up | |
Recuérdame a las cinco. - Wake me up at five. | |
hay |
there is, there are | |
Hay dos tiendas que venden películas. - There are two stores that sell films. | |
1. there is, there are | |
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 | |
rescoldo |
1. n-m. embers | |
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 | |
llanto |
1. n-m. crying | |
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. | |
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 | |
minuto |
1. n-m. minute (a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or (frac, 1, 60) hour) | |
2. n-m. minute (a unit of angle measure equal to 60 seconds or (frac, 1, 60) degree) | |
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 | |
minuto |
1. n-m. minute (a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or (frac, 1, 60) hour) | |
2. n-m. minute (a unit of angle measure equal to 60 seconds or (frac, 1, 60) degree) | |
hay |
there is, there are | |
Hay dos tiendas que venden películas. - There are two stores that sell films. | |
1. there is, there are | |
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 | |
respiraciones |
1. n. plural of respiración | |
respiración |
1. n-f. respiration | |
2. n-f. breath | |
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 | |
se |
1. pron. (third person (also used for usted and ustedes) reflexive direct or indirect object) oneself, himself, herself, itself, yourself; each other; one another | |
Juan se lava. - Juan washes himself. | |
Juan se lava la cara. - Juan to himself washes the face. | |
Juan y María se aman. - Juan and María love each other. | |
2. pron. (used to convey the meaning of the English passive voice in the third person and with) usted and ustedes | |
¿Cómo se llama? - How do you call yourself? | |
Se dice que... - It says itself that... | |
Aquí se habla español - One speaks Spanish here, Spanish speaks itself here. | |
3. pron. (used instead of indirect object pronouns) le and les (before the direct object pronouns lo, la, los, or las) | |
El samaritano se las dio. - The Samaritan gave them to him. | |
4. v. misspelling of sé | |
detienen |
1. v. third-person plural present indicative of detener | |
detener |
1. v. to stop, halt, to pause | |
2. v. to arrest | |
3. v. to detain | |
4. v. to pull over | |
entre |
1. prep. between | |
Entre tú y yo... - Between you and me... | |
2. prep. among, amongst, from | |
Los estudiantes pueden elegir entre una amplia gama de clases. - Students may choose from a wide range of classes. | |
3. prep. divided by | |
Diez entre cinco son dos. - Ten divided by five is two. | |
4. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of entrar | |
entrar |
1. v. to enter | |
2. v. to come in, to get in, to go in, to get inside, to come on in | |
3. v. to break in | |
4. v. to join, to enter, to start | |
5. v. to access, to log in | |
6. v. to fit | |
7. v. to step in | |
8. v. to input, to enter (data, information) | |
9. v. to enter in, to enter into, to get into, to come into, to walk into, to step into, to slip into (entrar + en) | |
10. v. to break into (entrar + en) | |
11. v. to fit in, to fall in, to fall within (entrar + en) | |
12. v. (colloquial transitive) to make a move (on someone) | |
13. v. (soccer, sports) tackle (to attempt to take away a ball) | |
los |
1. art. the | |
¿Qué hacen los muchachos? - What do the boys do? | |
2. pron. accusative of ellos and ustedes (when referring to more than one man); them, you all (formal) | |
3. pron. plural masculine or neuter pronoun | |
los que no hablan - those who do not speak | |
labios |
1. n. plural of labio | |
labio |
1. n-m. (anatomy) lip (fleshy protrusion around the opening of the mouth) | |
2. n-m. (anatomy) labium (fold of skin on either side of the vulva) | |
azules |
1. adj. plural of azul | |
2. n. plural of azul | |
azul |
1. adj. blue | |
2. n-m. blue | |
3. n-m. (Mexico) a police officer | |
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 | |
angustia |
1. n-f. anguish, agony | |
2. n-f. anxiety, distress | |
3. v. informal second-person singular affirmative imperative of angustiar | |
angustiar |
1. v. to anguish, distress | |
2. v. to become anxious | |