bebí |
1. v. first-person singular preterit indicative of beber | |
beber |
1. v. to drink | |
Voy a beberme un vaso de agua - I am going to drink (myself) a glass of water | |
2. v. to draw from (to be inspired by) | |
Su narrativa bebe de lo personal - Her narrative draws from personal (experience) | |
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 | |
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) | |
de la |
1. art. of the | |
botella |
1. n-f. bottle | |
2. n-f. tank (closed container for liquids or gases) | |
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. | |
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) | |
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 | |
darme |
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cuenta |
1. n-f. count, tally | |
2. n-f. (mathematics) operation | |
3. n-f. bill | |
Nos trae la cuenta, por favor - Bring us the bill, please | |
4. n-f. tab (e.g. at a bar or pub) | |
5. n-f. (computing) account | |
6. n-f. (sports) count (in boxing) | |
7. n-f. report | |
dar cuenta (de) - to present a report (on) | |
darse cuenta (de) - to present a report to oneself (on) | |
8. n-f. score (rivalry) | |
9. n-f. bead (small spherical object) | |
10. n-f. required or desired amount/number | |
11. v. third-person singular present indicative of contar | |
contar |
1. v. to count; to tally | |
2. v. to tell (a story); narrate | |
3. v. to be (a certain number of years of age) | |
Cuando contaba treinta años. - When he was thirty years of age | |
4. v. (indtr, con) to rely on | |
5. v. (indtr, con) to have available | |
Contamos con suficiente personal para atenderle apropiadamente. - We have enough staff available to take good care of you. | |
me |
1. pron. personal accusative of yo: me | |
2. pron. personal;dative pronoun dative of yo: to me, for me | |
3. pron. personal;reflexive pronoun of yo: myself | |
había |
1. v. third-person singular imperfect 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 | |
convertido |
1. adj. converted | |
2. Participle. past participle of convertir | |
convertir |
1. v. to convert | |
2. v. to turn | |
3. v. to transform | |
4. v. + en to become, get, turn, transform | |
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 | |
un |
1. art. a | |
2. num. (before the noun) apocopic form of uno one | |
conejo |
1. n-m. rabbit, cony, coney (male or unspecified sex) | |
2. n-m. (Central America) detective | |
3. n-m. (Mexico, muscle) a contracted biceps (having athletic or semi-athletic features, specially when exhibiting, intentionally or not) | |
4. n-m. (vulgar, slang) cunt (female genitalia) | |