| cogió |
| 1. v. third-person singular preterite indicative of coger | |
| coger |
| 1. v. (Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Spain) to take, catch, hold, to get, to seize | |
| 2. v. to pick, harvest | |
| 3. v. to fish | |
| 4. v. to seize, arrest; to overtake | |
| 5. v. to get (a joke) | |
| 6. v. to collect | |
| 7. v. (vulgar, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Paraguay, Uruguay, Venezuela, Central America) to have sex, to fuck, to bang | |
| 8. v. (Spain) to imitate, learn | |
| 9. v. (Spain) to choose (a direction, route, when driving or walking) | |
| 10. v. (Spain) to turn to (when driving or walking) | |
| 11. v. (Spain) to board (means of transportation) | |
| Tengo que coger el tren. - I have a train to catch. | |
| 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) | |
| paleta |
| 1. n-f. diminutive of pala | |
| 2. n-f. trowel, small shovel | |
| 3. n-f. palette | |
| 4. n-f. lollipop, paleta | |
| 5. n-f. ice lolly, paleta | |
| 6. n-f. female equivalent of paleto | |
| 7. adj. feminine singular of paleto | |
| paleto |
| 1. adj. (colloquial pejorative) uncouth, ignorant, unsophisticated, tasteless, illiterate, clumsy, country bumpkin | |
| 2. n-m. (colloquial pejorative) hick, yokel, hillbilly (illiterate person, clumsy with no style or manners, an unskilled peasant) | |
| 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. | |
| empezó |
| 1. v. third-person singular preterite indicative of empezar | |
| empezar |
| 1. v. to start, begin, to get started | |
| 2. v. (indtr, a) to start to | |
| Hace poco que empezó a comer vegetales. - He recently started eating vegetables. | |
| 3. v. (indtr, por) to start by; to start with | |
| Sugiero que empecemos por reconocer que necesitamos más ayuda. - I suggest that we start by acknowledging that we need more help. | |
| En español, pocas palabras empiezan por la letra ñ. - In Spanish, few words begin with the letter ñ. | |
| 4. v. (indtr, con) to lead with, to open with | |
| 5. v. to be started | |
| a |
| 1. prep. to | |
| 2. prep. by | |
| 3. prep. at | |
| 4. prep. ng-lite, Used before words referring to people, pets, or personified objects or places that function as direct objects: personal a. | |
| Lo busca a usted. - He is looking for you. | |
| trabajar |
| 1. v. to work | |
| 2. v. to work in, work on, to workshop (+ en) | |
| 3. v. (obsolete) to suffer | |
