| cualquier |
| 1. det. (before noun) apocopic form of cualquiera; any; whatever; whichever | |
| sustancia |
| 1. n-f. substance | |
| 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 | |
| sirva |
| 1. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of servir | |
| servir |
| 1. v. to serve (to be a servant or worker; to render service) | |
| Es una empresa que sirve a los discapacitados. - It's a business that serves the disabled. | |
| 2. v. to serve (to be a servant for; to work for) | |
| 3. v. to be of use, to be good for | |
| Hace diez años, la traducción automática no servía. - Ten years ago, automated translation was no good. | |
| Este cuchillo sirve para cortar el pan. - This knife is good for cutting bread. | |
| 4. v. to serve (to usefully take the place of something else) | |
| sirve como recordatorio - serves as a reminder | |
| 5. v. to serve (to be in military service) | |
| 6. v. to serve (to set down (food or drink) on the table to be eaten) | |
| El camarero nos sirvió la comida de otra mesa. - The waiter served us another table's food. | |
| 7. v. to serve (to lead off with the first delivery over the net in tennis, volleyball, ping pong, badminton, etc.) | |
| 8. v. to help oneself to (to take something freely) | |
| para |
| 1. prep. for, to (expressing a recipient) | |
| La niña compró un regalo de navidad para su abuela. - The girl bought a Christmas gift for her grandmother. | |
| Ahora me gustaría hacer un truco de magia para ustedes. - I'd now like to perform a magic trick for you all. | |
| 2. prep. to, in order to, so, for (expressing the intended purpose of an action) | |
| Estudio cada noche sin descanso para conseguir un trabajo decente al fin de todo esto. - I study every night tirelessly so that I get a decent job at the end of all this. | |
| Voy a salir temprano para evitar el tráfico. - I am going to leave early to avoid traffic. | |
| 3. prep. by, due, due on, due by (expressing a deadline) | |
| Necesito tu decisión para fin de mes. - I need your decision by the end of the month. | |
| Sus proyectos de grupo son para el viernes sin excepción. - Your group projects are due on Friday without exception. | |
| 4. prep. for (expressing contrast from what is expected) | |
| Para un turista americano, él es en realidad bastante respetuoso. - For an American tourist, he is actually pretty respectful. | |
| 5. prep. for, to, in one's opinion, as far as one is concerned (expressing an opinion, perception or perspective) | |
| Para mí, la música es lo único bueno sobre esa película. - For me, the music was the only good thing about that film. | |
| Para mi hermano, su esposa tiene toda la razón. - As far as my brother is concerned, his wife is totally in the right. | |
| 6. prep. for (expressing using one's efforts for a group or an authority figure such as a sports team or a company/boss) | |
| Mi sobrino juega para el equipo de los Patos Poderosos. - My nephew plays for the Mighty Ducks' team. | |
| Trabajamos para la misma jefe aunque no al mismo tiempo. - We worked for the same boss but not at the same time. | |
| Ella trabajó para Microsoft durante años, pero ahora trabaja para Apple. - She worked for Microsoft for years, but now she works for Apple. | |
| 7. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of parir | |
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| parar |
| 1. v. to stop, halt | |
| 2. v. to put up, stand up | |
| 3. v. to lift, raise | |
| 4. v. to stand up | |
| 5. v. to situate oneself | |
| 6. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun, Chile) see pararlas | |
| quitar |
| 1. v. to remove, to take away, to take down, to take off, to pull off, to pull out, to clear, to clear away, to strip, to strip away | |
| 2. v. to get rid of | |
| 3. v. to get off | |
| ¡Quitádmelo! (Get it off me!) | |
| 4. v. to deprive of, to take away from (qual, uses indirect object) | |
| 5. v. to take off, to remove, to disrobe, to doff (as clothes or accoutrements) | |
| quitarse la mascarilla (to take off the mask) | |
| 6. v. to be removed | |
| 7. v. to get rid of (something belonging to oneself) | |
| 8. v. to quit, give up (smoking etc) | |
| quitarse de fumar - to stop smoking | |
| 9. v. to move away, to get out of the way | |
| 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) | |
| reducir |
| 1. v. to reduce, to lower, to cut, to scale back | |
| 2. v. to narrow, to narrow down (e.g. suspects, a search, a gap, choices) | |
| 3. v. to whittle | |
| 4. v. to curtail (restrict) | |
| 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 | |
| mal |
| 1. adj. (before the noun) apocopic form of malo bad; evil | |
| 2. adj. amiss, awry, off, wrong | |
| Me di cuenta de que algo estaba mal. - I realized something was amiss. | |
| 3. adv. badly, poorly, ill | |
| No hables mal de los muertos. - Don't speak ill of the dead. | |
| Qué mal. - Too bad. / That's too bad. | |
| 4. adv. awry, amiss, wrong, wrongly | |
| Tu plan maestro salió mal bastante rápido - Your master plan went awry pretty quickly. | |
| 5. adv. hard (functions as an adverb in Spanish but translates as an adjective in English) | |
| Estoy pasándolo mal con todo ahora mismo. - I'm just having a hard time with everything right now. | |
| 6. n-m. evil, harm; a bad thing or situation | |
| de mal en peor - from bad to worse | |
| 7. n-m. disease, illness, ailment | |
| ... le curaremos, si es que su mal tiene cura... - ... we shall cure him, if his ailment has a cure... | |
| 8. n-m. worse (substantive) | |
| para bien o para mal - for better or for worse | |
| olor |
| 1. n-m. smell, scent, odor | |
| 2. n-m. (figurative) whiff (i.e. hint) | |
| 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 | |
| cuerpo |
| 1. n-m. body (the physical structure of a human or animal) | |
| 2. n-m. body, torso | |
| 3. n-m. body, corpse | |
| 4. n-m. body (unified collection of information) | |
| 5. n-m. body (comparative viscosity of a liquid) | |
| 6. n-m. corps, body, organization (group of people with a common purpose) | |
| 7. n-m. (military, police) corps, force (e.g. army corps, police force) | |
| 8. n-m. (geometry) body (three-dimensional object) | |
| 9. n-m. (printing) body (shank of a type) | |
| 10. n-m. (algebra) field | |
| (synonyms, campo) | |
