| cuando |
| 1. adv. when | |
| 2. conj. when | |
| Ven cuando estés listo. - Come when you're ready. | |
| ella |
| 1. pron. she, her (used subjectively and after prepositions) | |
| 2. pron. it (used subjectively and after prepositions to refer to feminine nouns) | |
| Miró |
| 1. Proper noun. surname, from=Catalan | |
| 2. v. third-person singular preterit indicative of mirar | |
| mirar |
| 1. v. to look at (to try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes) | |
| 2. v. to watch (to look at, view, or observe for a period of time) | |
| Estábamos mirando la televisión. - We were watching TV. | |
| 3. v. to watch (to mind, attend, or guard) | |
| 4. v. to consider, think over (to think about seriously) | |
| 5. v. (used for emphasis); look | |
| ¡Mira qué linda! - How pretty! | |
| ¡Mirad! Este es el hombre quien hurta entre vosotros, a él se le debe atribuir esto. - Behold! This is the man who is stealing amongst you all, to him this must be attributed. | |
| ¡Mirad! Allí está el que os engaño, ¡agarradlo todos vosotros! - Look! There is the one who deceived you all, all of you, get him! | |
| 6. v. to seek, look for (to try to find) | |
| 7. v. to look (to try to see something, to pay attention with one’s eyes) | |
| 8. v. to face, overlook (to be oriented towards a certain direction or thing) | |
| 9. v. to look at oneself | |
| 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? | |
| cerró |
| 1. v. third-person singular preterite indicative of cerrar | |
| cerrar |
| 1. v. to close, to shut | |
| No olvides cerrar la puerta. - Don't forget to close the door. | |
| 2. v. to shut down, to close down | |
| Quieren cerrar tu negocio. - They're trying to shut your business down. | |
| 3. v. to turn off, to shut off (to rotate a tap or valve so as to interrupt the outflow of liquid or gas) | |
| cerrar el grifo - to turn off the tap | |
| cerrar la luz - to turn off the lights | |
| 4. v. to enclose | |
| 5. v. to lock, to lock up | |
| 6. v. to seal, to close (e.g. a deal, a breach, a rift) | |
| 7. v. to close up, to close off (e.g. a wound) | |
| 8. v. to close, to conclude, to end | |
| 9. v. to close (itself) (qual, e.g., a store, a door) | |
| 10. v. to close off (oneself) | |
| 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) | |
| puerta |
| 1. n-f. door (portal of entry into a building) | |
| 2. n-f. gate (doorlike structure outside a house) | |
| 3. n-f. gate (passageway in an airport) | |
| 4. n-f. doorway, doorstep, gateway | |
| 5. n-f. (sports) goal (area into which players attempt to put an object) | |
| 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. | |
| 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) | |
| dejó |
| 1. v. third-person singular preterit indicative of dejar | |
| dejar |
| 1. v. to leave (to place) | |
| Dejé la cerveza arriba. - I left the beer upstairs. | |
| 2. v. to leave, to keep (to allow to continue) | |
| Me gusta dejar la luz encendida. - I like to keep/leave the light on. | |
| Supongo que podríamos dejar el restaurante abierto un poco más. - I suppose we could keep the restaurant open a little bit longer. | |
| 3. v. to leave (to cause, result in) | |
| Su respuesta nos dejó convencidos. - His answer left us convinced. | |
| 4. v. to let, allow | |
| Deja que se explique. - Let her explain herself. | |
| Después de asear el área afectada, déjela secar. - After you clean the affected area, allow it to dry. | |
| 5. v. to let go, put down (to release from one's grasp) | |
| 6. v. to drop off | |
| Ayer dejé un paquete muy importante. - Yesterday I dropped off a very important package. | |
| 7. v. to leave, to abandon, to dump | |
| Su madre la dejó cuando tenía tres años. - Her mother left her when she was three. | |
| La invitó a una cita muy agradable, y de repente de la nada, él la dejó. - He took her on a really nice date, and then suddenly out of nowhere, he dumped her. | |
| 8. v. to give up, to lay off, to kick (colloquial) | |
| Van a dejar la bebida. - They're going to lay off drinking. | |
| Estoy pensando en dejar el chocolate para la Cuaresma. - I am thinking of giving up chocolate for Lent. | |
| Espero dejar ese hábito terrible para siempre. - I hope to kick that terrible habit for good. | |
| 9. v. to set, to put, to make (in certain phrases) | |
| Quería dejar las cosas claras. - I wanted to set the record straight. | |
| Usted tiene que dejar atrás el pasado. - You've got to put the past behind you. | |
| El político emergente estaba decidido a dejar su huella. - The emerging politician was determined to make his mark. | |
| 10. v. (Spain, transitive, colloquial) to cut out (stop) | |
| 11. v. to leave off | |
| 12. v. (indtr, intr=1) to cease, stop (doing something) | |
| Hace dos años dejaron de fumar. - Two years ago they stopped smoking. | |
| Mi pareja no deja de sorprenderme. - My partner never ceases to amaze me. | |
| 13. v. (indtr, a, .reflexive) to be left, to be left to | |
| 14. v. to let (oneself), to let oneself go (gloss, cease to care about one's appearance) | |
| encerrada |
| 1. adj. feminine singular of encerrado | |
| 2. Participle. feminine singular of encerrado | |
| encerrado |
| 1. adj. pent, shut-in, cooped up, locked up, locked down confined, holed up, shut away | |
| 2. adj. stuck, trapped (e.g. stuck in a room, office, elevator, etc.) | |
| 3. adj. encased, enclosed, closed in, sealed | |
| 4. adj. no longer available, discontinued | |
| 5. Participle. past participle of encerrar | |
| 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 | |
| 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) | |
| más |
| 1. adv. more; -er (used to make comparisons) | |
| Teresa es más lista que su hermano. - Teresa is more clever than her brother. | |
| Hay más de cien personas aquí. - There are more than a hundred people here. | |
| 2. adv. (with definite article) most; -est (used to make superlatives) | |
| Teresa es la más inteligente de la clase. - Teresa is the most intelligent in her class. | |
| la cosa más grande - the biggest thing | |
| 3. adv. furthermore | |
| 4. adv. in addition | |
| 5. adv. else | |
| algo más - something/anything else | |
| nadie más - nobody else | |
| 6. adv. used with qué to express emphasis | |
| ¡Qué paisaje más hermoso! - What a pretty landscape! | |
| ¡Qué niño más tonto! - What a silly boy! | |
| 7. det. more, any more | |
| 8. det. most | |
| 9. conj. (mathematics) plus | |
| uno más uno es igual a dos - one plus one is equal to two | |
| profunda |
| 1. adj. feminine singular of profundo | |
| profundo |
| 1. adj. profound | |
| 2. adj. deep | |
| oscuridad |
| 1. n-f. darkness | |
| 2. n-f. obscurity | |
| 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 | |
| armario |
| 1. n-m. cupboard, storage cabinet, wardrobe | |
| 2. n-m. wardrobe, closet (movable furniture for storing clothes) | |
| 3. n-m. locker | |
