cuidar |
1. v. to take care of, to care for | |
A usted le sugiero que cuide a sus propios niños, y yo voy a preocuparme de los míos. - I suggest that you care for your own children and I'll worry about mine. | |
2. v. to look after, to look out for, to keep an eye on, to guard, to protect, to watch over, to watch out for (implies doing so with care) | |
Por favor, cuida de mi hija después de que muera. - Please, look out for my daughter after I'm gone. | |
El perro leal siempre cuida la casa. - The loyal dog always guards the house. | |
3. v. to mind, to watch, to pay attention | |
Por favor cuide su lengua, ¿de acuerdo? - Please watch your tongue, all right? | |
Creo que debes cuidar tus modales, muchacho. - I think you should mind your manners, boy. | |
4. v. to babysit | |
5. v. to keep, to sit on (e.g. one's house, keeping the place in order) | |
6. v. to nurse, to nurture, to tend, to tend to, to attend to (e.g. nurse back to health, to tend a garden or yard, tend to a herd or flock) | |
7. v. to take care, to take care of, to look after, to care for (oneself) | |
Cuídate! - Take care of yourself! | |
8. v. to be careful of/with, to beware, to watch out for, to be wary of (+ de) | |
atender |
1. v. to pay attention to (something); to attend to (something) | |
2. v. to care for (someone, especially the ill) | |
3. v. to comply with (some rule) | |
4. v. to pay attention; to mind | |
atender a alguien - to pay attention to someone | |
proteger |
1. v. to protect, to defend | |
amparar |
1. v. to safeguard | |
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) | |
defender |
1. v. to defend, to protect, to hold down (contra, t=against, de, t=from) | |
2. v. to stand up for, to stick up for | |
¿Y quién puede defendernos? - And who can defend us? | |
3. v. to uphold | |
defender la ley - to uphold the law | |
4. v. to prohibit | |
5. v. to claim | |
6. v. to fight back | |
7. v. to defend oneself, to protect oneself | |
8. v. to stand up for oneself, to stick up for oneself | |
9. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to fend off (+ de) | |
10. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to get by | |
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. | |
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 | |
persona |
1. n-f. person (an individual; usually a human being) | |
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) | |
cosa |
1. n-f. thing (object, concept) | |
2. n-f. (informal) thing (living being or creature) | |
cosas hermosas - pretty little things | |
3. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of coser | |
coser |
1. v. to sew | |