| caer |
| 1. v. to fall (to move to a lower position due to gravity) | |
| 2. v. to fall (to come down, to drop, to descend) | |
| La lluvia cae más fuerte que antes. - The rain is falling heavier than before. | |
| 3. v. to fall down, to collapse (to fall to the ground) | |
| 4. v. to fall out (to come out of something by falling) | |
| El pelo dañado puede caerse. - Damaged hair can fall out. | |
| 5. v. to fall into, to fall for; to be ensnared by | |
| caer en la trampa - to fall into the trap | |
| 6. v. to fall into (to enter a negative state) | |
| 7. v. to fall, to collapse (to be overthrown or defeated) | |
| El imperio romano cayó poco a poco. - The Roman Empire fell little by little. | |
| 8. v. to get (to understand) | |
| No caigo. - I don't get it. | |
| 9. v. to be granted or awarded | |
| Le cayó una multa. - She got fined. | |
| 10. v. to fall under (to belong to for purposes of categorization) | |
| 11. v. to fall on (to occur on a particular day) | |
| del |
| 1. contraction. of the, from the (+ a masculine noun in singular). | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| cielo |
| 1. n-m. sky | |
| 2. n-m. heaven | |
| cie |
| 1. v. first-person singular preterite indicative of ciar | |
| ciar |
| 1. v. to back water | |
| lo |
| 1. pron. accusative of él, ello, and usted (when referring to a man); him, it, you (formal) | |
| lo veo - I see it | |
| 2. pron. impersonal neuter pronoun (clitic form of ello); it, that | |
| lo es - That’s it | |
| 3. art. neuter definite article used to make abstract nouns from adjectives; the | |
| lo pobre - the poorness / what is poor / the poor thing | |
| 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) | |
| 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 | |
| grandes |
| 1. adj. plural of grande | |
| 2. n. plural of grande | |
| grande |
| 1. adj. (after the noun or predicatively) big, large | |
| 2. adj. (before a plural noun) great | |
| 3. adj. (about human age) aged, old | |
| Mi papá ya es muy grande para hacer eso. - My dad is now a bit old to do that. | |
| 4. n. grandee | |
| cantidades |
| 1. adv. a lot | |
| 2. n. plural of cantidad | |
| llover |
| 1. v. to rain | |
| Llueve. - It’s raining. | |
