cerrar |
1. v. to close, to shut | |
No olvides cerrar la puerta. - Don't forget to close the door. | |
2. v. to shut down, to close down | |
Quieren cerrar tu negocio. - They're trying to shut your business down. | |
3. v. to turn off, to shut off (to rotate a tap or valve so as to interrupt the outflow of liquid or gas) | |
cerrar el grifo - to turn off the tap | |
cerrar la luz - to turn off the lights | |
4. v. to enclose | |
5. v. to lock, to lock up | |
6. v. to seal, to close (e.g. a deal, a breach, a rift) | |
7. v. to close up, to close off (e.g. a wound) | |
8. v. to close, to conclude, to end | |
9. v. to close (itself) (qual, e.g., a store, a door) | |
10. v. to close off (oneself) | |
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 | |
modo |
1. n-m. way, manner | |
a mi modo de ver - the way I see it | |
2. n-m. (grammar) mood | |
3. n-m. (following "ni") (no) matter; (there is no) solution (but oh well) | |
Ni modo, es un trabajo sucio pero alguien tiene que hacerlo. - No matter, it's a dirty job but somebody has to do it. | |
breve |
1. adj. brief, short | |
un |
1. art. a | |
2. num. (before the noun) apocopic form of uno one | |
solo |
1. adj. sole, only, unique, single | |
2. adj. lonely, lonesome | |
3. adj. alone, by oneself | |
4. adj. automatic; self-, by itself | |
La máquina se lava sola. - The machine washes itself.; The machine is self-washing. | |
5. adv. only, solely, just | |
Solo quiero salir. - I just want to leave. | |
No solo... sino también... - Not only... but also... | |
ojo |
1. n-m. eye | |
Dora tiene (los) ojos azules. - Dora has blue eyes. | |
2. n-m. keyhole | |
3. n-m. caution | |
hay que andar con ojo - you need to be cautious | |
4. interj. look! watch out! | |
Como |
1. Proper noun. Como (city and capital of Como) | |
2. adv. as (to such an extent or degree) | |
No es tan alta como nosotras. - She's not as tall as us. | |
3. adv. like, about (approximately) | |
Hemos esperado como media hora. - We've waited like half an hour. | |
4. conj. as (introducing a basis of comparison or equality) | |
¿Tienes tanta hambre como yo? - Are you as hungry as I am? | |
5. conj. as, since (being that) | |
Como nunca vio mi mensaje, vamos sin ella. - Since she never saw my message, we're going without her. | |
6. conj. how (in which way) | |
Me gusta como hablas. - I like how you talk. | |
7. conj. (followed by the subjunctive) if, unless (under the condition that) | |
Como llegues tarde otra vez, ¡te mato! - If you arrive late again, I'll kill you! | |
8. prep. as (in the manner or role specified) | |
Mis ahijados me ven como un tío. - My godchildren see me as an uncle. | |
9. prep. such as (for example) | |
Algunos países de Asia, como Laos y Vietnam... - Some countries in Asia, such as Laos and Vietnam... | |
10. prep. like (similar to, reminiscent of) | |
Llevan gafas redondas como las de John Lennon. - They wear round glasses like John Lennon's. | |
11. v. first-person singular present indicative of comer | |
comer |
1. v. to eat | |
¿Cómo como? ¿Cómo cómo como? ¡Como como como! (classroom example of written accent) - How do I eat? What do you mean, how do I eat? I eat like I eat! | |
2. v. (colloquial) to eat away, corrode | |
3. v. to capture a piece | |
4. v. (double entendre, Mexico) to have sexual intercourse (because of similarity to coger) | |
5. n-m. eating, food | |
quitárselo uno de su comer - to deprive oneself of something for the benefit of others | |
el comer fuera es muy común - eating out is very common | |
...necesario para el alma como el comer para el cuerpo - ...necessary for the soul like food for the body | |
mensaje |
1. n-m. message | |
2. n-m. speech | |
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 | |
varios |
1. adj. masculine plural of vario | |
2. adj. various, several | |
significados |
1. adj. masculine plural of significado | |
2. n. plural of significado | |
3. Participle. masculine plural of significado | |
significad |
1. v. informal second-person plural affirmative imperative of significar | |
significar |
1. v. to signify | |
2. v. to mean | |
3. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to stand out | |
se significa por su inteligencia - He stands out for his intelligence. | |
4. v. (indtr, .takes a reflexive pronoun) to speak out, to assert (to voice one's opinion) | |
significarse en contra de la guerra - to speak out against the war | |
os |
1. pron. you, to you, for you; dative and accusative of vosotros | |
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) | |
ellos |
1. pron. plural of él | |
complicidad |
1. n-f. complicity, connivance | |
sugerencia |
1. n-f. suggestion | |
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) | |
doble |
1. adj. double | |
2. adj. twofold | |
3. n-m. (quantity) double, twice as much | |
4. n. (folklore) a doppleganger, a double | |
5. v. formal second-person singular affirmative imperative of doblar | |
doblar |
1. v. to fold | |
2. v. to double | |
3. v. to bend, to turn | |
4. v. to dub | |
5. v. to lap (to overtake a straggler in a race by completing one more whole lap than the straggler) | |
6. v. to toll | |
7. v. to bend, to become curved | |
intención |
1. n-f. intention | |