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conversación
1. n-f. conversation
entablar conversación - strike up conversation
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
se
1. pron. (third person (also used for usted and ustedes) reflexive direct or indirect object) oneself, himself, herself, itself, yourself; each other; one another
Juan se lava. - Juan washes himself.
Juan se lava la cara. - Juan to himself washes the face.
Juan y María se aman. - Juan and María love each other.
2. pron. (used to convey the meaning of the English passive voice in the third person and with) usted and ustedes
¿Cómo se llama? - How do you call yourself?
Se dice que... - It says itself that...
Aquí se habla español - One speaks Spanish here, Spanish speaks itself here.
3. pron. (used instead of indirect object pronouns) le and les (before the direct object pronouns lo, la, los, or las)
El samaritano se las dio. - The Samaritan gave them to him.
4. v. misspelling of sé
prolonga
1. v. third-person singular present indicative of prolongar
prolongar
1. v. to prolong, drag out
debido
1. adj. owed
2. adj. due
3. Participle. past participle of deber
deber
1. v. to owe
Debo mucho dinero. (I owe a lot of money.)
2. v. (auxiliary) must, to need to, to have to (rarely used in the conditional with this meaning)
Debo estudiar. (I must study.)
Eso debe haber sido muy difícil. - That must have been really hard.
3. v. (auxiliary) should, to ought to, to be supposed to, to be to
Debería haber un plan en marcha. - There should be a plan in place.
La gente no debería mensajear y conducir. - People aren't supposed to text and drive.
Deberías disculparte. - You ought to apologize.
Usted debe despertarse antes del amanecer. - You are to be up before sunrise.
Los niños deberían dormir un poco. - The children should get some sleep.
4. v. (auxiliary) should have (in the preterite; having haber follow "deber" is optional and not required)
Debiste esperarme. - You should have waited for me.
Debiste haberme esperado. - You should have waited for me.
5. v. (auxiliary) shall (future tense usually)
6. v. to be due to, to be attributable to, to be the result of, to be caused by
7. v. (with de and infinitive) probably or most likely do or happen something (add a degree of insecurity to the verb)
Debes de viajar por avión, China está muy lejos. (You should probably travel by plane, China is very far away.)
8. n-m. obligation, duty
9. n-m. debt
10. n-m. should, ought (modal noun)
11. n-m. (usually in the plural) homework
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.
debido a
1. prep. due to; because of
una
1. n-f. feminine of uno
a la una, a las dos y a las tres - after three...one, two, three
2. art. feminine singular of un
3. det. feminine singular of uno
4. pron. one (an indefinite plural pronoun using a singular feminine item, used for females)
5. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of unir
unir
1. v. to unite, join
¡Únete al sindicato! (Join up with the union!)
2. v. to merge, conflate
un
1. art. a
2. num. (before the noun) apocopic form of uno one
mutua
1. adj. feminine singular of mutuo
mutuo
1. adj. mutual
fascinación
1. n-f. fascination
con
1. prep. with
2. prep. on
Yo cuento con ustedes. - I count on you.
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
tema
1. n-m. theme; plot (of a book, film or other media)
Me gusta la serie porque el tema es complicado. - I like the series because the plot is complicated.
2. n-m. topic; matter; subject
el tema es que… - the thing is…
por el tema de - because of…
3. n-m. (linguistics) theme; topic
4. n-m. song, track
5. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of temer
temer
1. v. to fear
2. v. to dread
3. v. to be afraid, sorry; to suspect
Me temo que perderemos el juego. - I'm afraid we'll lose the game.
Me temo que sí. - I'm afraid so.
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)
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)
los
1. art. the
¿Qué hacen los muchachos? - What do the boys do?
2. pron. accusative of ellos and ustedes (when referring to more than one man); them, you all (formal)
3. pron. plural masculine or neuter pronoun
los que no hablan - those who do not speak
interlocutores
1. n. plural of interlocutor
interlocutor
1. n-m. interlocutor
2. n-m. negotiator

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