cualquiera |
1. pron. anyone, whoever, whomever | |
2. det. any, whatever, whichever | |
3. n-m. a person of no importance; a nobody, zero | |
4. n-f. (slang) a female prostitute | |
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 | |
muchos |
1. det. masculine plural of mucho | |
2. pron. masculine plural of mucho | |
mamíferos |
1. adj. masculine plural of mamífero | |
2. n. plural of mamífero | |
mamífero |
1. adj. mammalian | |
2. n-m. mammal | |
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 | |
gran |
1. adj. (before the noun) apocopic form of grande; great. | |
tamaño |
1. adj. as big or small; equivalent in size; so big/so small; such a big/small | |
2. n-m. size | |
adaptados |
1. adj. masculine plural of adaptado | |
2. Participle. masculine plural of adaptado | |
adaptar |
1. v. to adapt, to adjust, to tailor (to make suitable) | |
2. v. to adapt (to fit by alteration) | |
3. v. to adapt (to change so as to be adapted) | |
4. v. to suit, to fit | |
adaptad |
1. v. informal second-person plural positive imperative of adaptar | |
adaptar |
1. v. to adapt, to adjust, to tailor (to make suitable) | |
2. v. to adapt (to fit by alteration) | |
3. v. to adapt (to change so as to be adapted) | |
4. v. to suit, to fit | |
os |
1. pron. you, to you, for you; dative and accusative of vosotros | |
por |
1. prep. by (indicates the creator of a work) | |
La novela Cien años de soledad fue escrita por Gabriel García Márquez. - The novel One Hundred Years of Solitude was written by Gabriel García Márquez. | |
2. prep. for (indicates something given in an exchange) | |
Lo compré por cincuenta euros. - I bought this for fifty euros. | |
3. prep. through, out, via (indicating movement) | |
La mujer ve la puesta de sol por la ventana. - The woman watches the sunset through the window. | |
Supongo que nuestra huésped se fue por la puerta trasera porque no la he visto. - I guess our guest went out the back door because I haven't seen her. | |
4. prep. across (indicating movement) | |
El hombre camina por la calle. - The man walks across the street. | |
5. prep. about | |
6. prep. due to, because of, for, for the sake of, out of (to express cause or motive) | |
Él no pudo venir por eso. - He couldn't come due to that. | |
Por amor a su esposo, ella aguanta a sus suegros. - Out of love for her husband, she puts up with his in-laws. | |
7. prep. (used with directions) over | |
por allí - over there | |
8. prep. (mathematics) times, by, multiplied by | |
ocho por siete - eights times seven; eights by seven | |
9. prep. according to, for, regarding (to express opinion or something concerning someone) | |
Por mí, está bien. - For all I care, it's fine. | |
¡Bien por ti! - Good for you! | |
10. prep. via, through, by (indicating the means of something) | |
Por favor, devuelva este documento completado por correo electrónico. - Please, return this document completed via email. | |
11. prep. for (indicating duration) | |
Mi profesor se salió por la tangente por una hora entera. - My professor went off on a tangent for a whole hour. | |
12. prep. for, for the sake of, on behalf of (indicating doing something for someone's benefit) | |
No lo hago por ti. - I'm not doing it for your sake. | |
Ella irá a trabajar por mí mañana. - She will be filling in for me at work tomorrow. | |
13. prep. per, for each | |
Cuesta diez dólares por artículo. - It costs ten dollars per item. | |
14. prep. to (indicating something that has not yet passed) | |
Eso está por ver. - That remains to be seen. | |
La hora aún está por confirmar. - The time is yet to be confirmed. | |
15. prep. about to (indicating something that will soon happen) | |
Su hermana está por llegar del aeropuerto en cualquier momento. - Her sister is about to arrive from the airport any minute now. | |
16. prep. compared to; against; versus (indicating a comparison) | |
completo |
1. adj. full, complete | |
2. adj. completed | |
3. n-m. (Chile) hot dog | |
4. v. first-person singular present indicative of completar | |
completar |
1. v. to complete | |
por completo |
1. adv. (idiom) completely | |
al |
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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. | |
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 | |
medio |
1. adj. half (of or related to one of two equal divisions of a whole) | |
media hora - half hour | |
media manzana - half an apple | |
2. adj. (inexact) half (of or related to any large proportion of a whole) | |
Medio Nueva York fue a los toros. - Half of New York went to the bullfight. | |
3. adj. middle (placed more or less halfway between two positions, times, or alternatives) | |
clase media - middle class | |
4. adj. average (of or related to the arithmatic middle in a set of values) | |
velocidad media - average speed | |
5. adj. average (of or related to a representative example of a group) | |
el español medio - the average Spaniard... your typical Spaniard... | |
6. adj. (art) tasteful, bourgeois (well decorated or executed but not sublime) | |
7. adj. (linguistics) mid (of or related to the position of vowel articulation between open and closed) | |
8. adj. (grammar) middle, mediopassive (of or related to grammatical voices neither active nor passive) | |
9. adj. (Chile, slang) impressive (extremely large or good) | |
¡Media bolsa! - Such a huge bag! What an awesome bag! Whatta bag! | |
10. adv. half, incompletely (indicating an action interrupted or only partially done) | |
medio vestido - half-dressed | |
11. adv. half, kind of (particularly used to partially soften negative descriptions) | |
Es medio idiota. - He’s a bit of an idiot... He’s kind of an idiot... | |
12. n-m. half (one of two equal parts of any whole) | |
13. n-m. (math) half (any fraction with a denominator of 2) | |
14. n-m. (historical) medio, half-celemin (a traditional unit of dry measure equivalent to about 2.3 L) | |
15. n-m. (historical) medio (the usual container used to measure medios) | |
16. n-m. (historical, Guatemala, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela) medio, half-real (a former coin) | |
17. n-m. (historical, Dominican Republic) medio, half-peso (a former coin) | |
18. n-m. (historical, Ecuador) medio, half-sucre (a former coin) | |
19. n-m. (historical, Panama) medio, half-balboa (a former coin) | |
20. n-m. (historical, Bolivia) medio, half-boliviano (a former coin) | |
21. n-m. (historical, Mexico) medio, half-octavo (a former coin equal to frac, 1, 16) real | |
22. n-m. (slang) medio (following decimalization, the notional amount of frac, 6, 1, 4) centavos as half of the notional amount of a frac, 1, 8-peseta real and | |
23. n-m. middle (the part of anything located halfway between its ends or extremes in time or along one dimension in space) | |
Se despertó en medio de la noche. - She awoke in the middle of the night. | |
24. n-m. (sports) midfielder, halfback (a person forming part of the middle or central defensive or offensive line, especially in soccer) | |
25. n-m. spiritualism synonym of médium, t=medium (a person claiming to the ability to communicate with the dead) | |
26. n-m. (politics, business) cut (the payment demanded to permit or facilitate some action, especially as a bribe) | |
27. n-m. (philosophy) middle term (the general category that appears in both premises and disappears in the conclusion) | |
28. n-m. (math, usually in the plural) mean (the second and third terms of a proportion) | |
29. n-m. (inexact) center, heart (the innermost part of anything with regard to all dimensions) | |
Alemania está en medio de Europa. - Germany is in the middle of Europe. | |
en medio de la nada - in the middle of nowhere | |
30. n-m. (often in the plural) method, way, means (the actions or things by which some goal is achieved or intended to be achieved, something serving some purpose) | |
El fin justifica los medios. - The end justifies the means. | |
por todos los medios - by any means | |
Se mejoraron los medios de transporte. - Means of transport were improved. | |
31. n-m. synonym of diligencia, t=diligence, hard work (as the generally effective means to achieve any goal) | |
32. n-m. (usually in the plural) medium (a means of communication, especially mass communication) | |
33. n-m. (physics) medium (the physical space and substance through which some phenomenon occurs) | |
La velocidad de la luz depende del medio. - The speed of light depends on the medium. | |
34. n-m. (art) medium (the physical substances with which art is made) | |
¿Cuál es tu medio de pintura favorito? - What's your favorite painting medium? | |
35. n-m. environment (the circumstances that affect a person or animal's development) | |
36. n-m. society (the circumstances in which a person or group of people lives) | |
37. n-m. (usually in the plural) circle (a particular segment of society) | |
medios aristocráticos - aristocratic circles... the aristocracy... | |
38. n-m. habitat (the circumstances in which an animal or group of animals lives) | |
39. v. first-person singular present indicative of mediar | |
mediar |
1. v. to mediate | |
2. v. to center, to give a central, medium or average value | |
acuático |
1. adj. aquatic | |
hasta |
1. adv. even | |
Hasta yo me enteré del asunto. - Even I heard about the matter. | |
2. prep. until | |
3. prep. up to, to the point of, as much as | |
4. prep. even | |
haber |
1. v. (auxiliary) to have | |
He trabajado muy duro durante este mes. - I have worked very hard during this month. | |
Mi hermanito me pidió más chocolate, pero ya le había dado demasiado. - My little brother asked me for more chocolate, but I had already given him too much. | |
2. v. (obsolete) to hold, to possess | |
3. v. (impersonal, in third person singular only) to exist; “there is”, “there are” (hay); “there was”, “there were” (había) | |
No hay muchas personas aquí. - There aren't many people here. | |
En el cofre había un libro antiguo. - In the chest there was an antique book. | |
4. v. (dated, or formal) to have to (+ de + infinitive) | |
5. v. (Used only in the third-person existential form) to be necessary (+ que + infinitive) | |
Hay que proteger el mundo. - It is necessary to protect the world. | |
6. v. used to denote a past obligation | |
Haberla llamado. - You ought to have phoned her. | |
7. n-m. asset | |
8. n-m. history | |
9. n-m. credit side | |
perdido |
1. adj. lost | |
2. Participle. past participle of perder | |
perder |
1. v. to lose | |
2. v. to miss, to miss out | |
No quiero perderme nada. - I don't want to miss anything. | |
3. v. to waste | |
4. v. (sports) to be losing; to trail; to be down | |
Los Cowboys pierden por solo siete. - The Cowboys are behind by only seven. | |
5. v. to get lost | |
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) | |
facultad |
1. n-f. school, college, department | |
2. n-f. power, authority, right | |
3. n-f. ability, gift | |
4. n-f. strength | |
5. v. informal second-person plural affirmative imperative of facultar | |
facultar |
1. v. to empower | |
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 | |
locomoción |
1. n-f. locomotion (the ability to move from place to place) | |
en |
1. prep. in, at, on | |
Estoy en casa. - I'm at home. | |
Estoy sentado en la computadora. - I'm sitting at the computer. | |
en esta página - on this page | |
en la caja en la mesa - in the box on the table | |
2. prep. in (a time) | |
en la antigüedad - in antiquity | |
en 1999 - in 1999 | |
3. prep. in (a language) | |
No conozco esta palabra en francés. - I don't know this word in French. | |
en todos los idiomas - in all languages | |
4. prep. used after some verbs and translated by various prepositions in English | |
Pienso en ti. - I'm thinking of you. | |
5. prep. in (in various expressions) | |
en el sentido - in the sense | |
en nuestro afán - in our eagerness | |
Tierra |
1. Proper noun. Earth | |
2. n-f. (geography) land, ground (the part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) | |
3. n-f. (geology) earth, soil (the unconsolidated mineral or organic material on the immediate surface of the earth) | |
4. n-f. land, terrain (an area of land or the particular features of it) | |
5. n-f. (agriculture, also, in the plural) land, terrain (reserved for growing crops) | |
6. n-f. homeland (one's country of birth) | |
7. n-f. land, country, nation, territory (a country or region) | |
8. n-f. (electricity) ground, earth (a connection electrically to the earth on equipment) | |
9. n-f. (alchemy) earth (one of the four or five classical elements) | |
10. Proper noun. (alt case, Tierra, t=Earth) (our planet, third from the Sun) | |
en tierra |
1. adv. grounded (unable to travel) | |