construcción |
1. n-f. construction | |
sólida |
1. adj. feminine singular of sólido | |
sólido |
1. adj. solid | |
2. adj. strong, firm | |
3. n-m. (numismatics) solidus | |
4. n-m. solid | |
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 | |
permite |
1. v. informal second-person singular affirmative imperative of permitir | |
permitir |
1. v. to allow, permit | |
No les permitieron ir. - They were not allowed to go. | |
2. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to afford, to allow | |
No puedo permitirme comprarlo. - I can't allow myself to buy it. | |
3. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to indulge in | |
salvar |
1. v. to save | |
2. v. to rescue | |
3. v. to salvage | |
4. v. (formal) to cover (a distance) | |
un |
1. art. a | |
2. num. (before the noun) apocopic form of uno one | |
obstáculo |
1. n-m. obstacle, hindrance, stumbling block, hurdle, barrier, impediment, obstruction, handicap, constraint, snag, bottleneck (something immaterial that hinders progress) | |
2. n-m. obstacle (something physically hindering progress) | |
3. n-m. (sport) hurdle | |
pasando |
1. v. gerund of pasar | |
pasar |
1. v. to pass, to hand, to slip | |
2. v. to happen | |
¿qué pasa? - what's up? | |
estas cosas pasan - these things happen | |
Ya me ha pasado. - It has already happened to me. | |
3. v. to pass, to get past, to go past, to go by, to go over, to get through | |
¿Cómo pasaste la seguridad? - How did you get past security? | |
¡No pasarán! - They shall not pass! | |
4. v. to spend time | |
pasarlo bien - to have a good time | |
pásalo en grande - have a great time | |
5. v. to enter a room | |
6. v. to go too far, exaggerate | |
7. v. to exceed, surpass, go over | |
8. v. to ripen too much, become rotten, become off (food) | |
9. v. to pass (filter) | |
10. v. to strain, to sieve, to sift | |
11. v. to break the law, rule, order | |
12. v. to trespass (enter on someone's property without permission) | |
13. v. to puree (crush or grind food into a puree) | |
14. v. to omit, leave out | |
¡pasa de ellos! - pay no attention to them! | |
15. v. to send, transmit | |
16. v. to stand, tolerate, bear | |
17. v. to go through, to pass through, to swing by (+ por) | |
18. v. (with a + infinitive) to begin a process or action; (gloss, with ser) to become, to come to be | |
19. v. (Latin America) to pass an exam | |
20. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to stop by, to swing by | |
21. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to spend (time) | |
sobre |
1. prep. over, above, on, upon, atop | |
La pluma de mi tía está sobre la mesa. - My aunt's pen is on the table. | |
2. prep. about | |
Dime algo sobre ti. - Tell me something about yourself. | |
3. n-m. envelope | |
4. n-m. small packet; sachet | |
5. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of sobrar | |
sobrar |
1. v. to be superfluous; to be left over or extra | |
Les sobran los libros. - They have too many books. | |
Me sobran diez dólares. - I have ten dollars left over. | |
él |
1. pron. he, him, masculine personal third person subject and disjunctive pronoun (used as a subject and after prepositions) | |
Él es mi hermano. - He is my brother. | |
Lo hice para él. - I did it for him. | |
2. pron. it, masculine non-personal third-person subject and disjunctive pronoun (used as a subject and after prepositions to refer to masculine nouns) | |
―¿Es esto un libro? ―Sí, él es. - ―Is this a book? ―Yes, it is. | |
¡Mi coche! ¿Qué le pasó a él? - My car! What happened to it? | |