| 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 | |
| modo |
| 1. n-m. way, manner | |
| a mi modo de ver - the way I see it | |
| 2. n-m. (grammar) mood | |
| 3. n-m. (following "ni") (no) matter; (there is no) solution (but oh well) | |
| Ni modo, es un trabajo sucio pero alguien tiene que hacerlo. - No matter, it's a dirty job but somebody has to do it. | |
| 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 | |
| de modo que |
| 1. conj. (followed by a subjunctive) so that, in order that, in such a way as/that | |
| Él gritó de modo que todos pudieran oír. - He shouted so that everyone could hear. | |
| 2. conj. so | |
| Es una enfermedad mortal de modo que deben cambiar su estilo de vida para sobrevivir. - It's a deadly disease, so they must change their lifestyle in order to survive. | |
| no |
| 1. adv. no | |
| 2. adv. not | |
| 3. interj. eh? (used as a tag question, to emphasise what goes before or to request that the listener express an opinion about what has been said) | |
| 4. n-m. no | |
| 5. n-m. abbreviation of número; no. | |
| hace |
| 1. v. third-person singular present indicative of hacer | |
| 2. prep. ago (Note: unlike in English, hace precedes the number.) | |
| Él nos visitó hace tres años. - He visited us three years ago. | |
| Lo compré hace poco. - I bought it not long ago. | |
| Mi padre y yo no nos hablamos desde hace un año. - My father and I don't talk since one year ago. | |
| 3. prep. (followed by que) in, it has been...since (a past period of time) | |
| Hace un mes que no te veo. - I haven’t seen you in a month. | |
| Hace quince años que mis padres se casaron. - It has been fifteen years since my parents got married. | |
| Hace dos años que no viajo a Europa. - It has been two years since I traveled to Europe. | |
| hacer |
| 1. v. to do | |
| ¿Qué haces? - What are you doing? | |
| No sé que hago. - I don't know what I'm doing. | |
| Prefiero no hacerlo - I prefer not to do it. | |
| 2. v. to make (something) | |
| Empecemos a hacer el pastel. - Let's start making the cake. | |
| Le gustaba hacer poemas placenteros. - She liked to make pleasant poems. | |
| 3. v. to make (e.g. someone do something or feel a certain way.) | |
| No sabe cómo hacerla feliz. - He doesn't know how to make her happy. | |
| Lo hiciste llorar / Hiciste que llorara. - You made him cry. | |
| 4. v. to be | |
| hace frío - it's cold | |
| hace calor - it's hot | |
| hace sol - it's sunny | |
| hace viento - it's windy | |
| 5. v. to go (to release or excrete (urine, excrement)) | |
| hacer pis, pipí, el número uno - to pee | |
| hacer caca, pupú, el número dos - to poo | |
| 6. v. (ambitransitive, optionally with de) to play (a part in a play) | |
| hacer la princesa - to play the princess | |
| hacer de princesa - to play a princess | |
| hacer de Óscar - to play (the character of) Oscar | |
| 7. v. to become; to get | |
| ¡Hazte vegetariano! - Become vegetarian! | |
| Me haré rico. - I will get rich. | |
| Ese niño se hizo todo un hombre. - That boy became a real man. | |
| 8. v. to pretend being, play | |
| hacerse el tonto - to pretend being a fool, play the fool | |
| hacerse la víctima - to play the victim | |
| Háganse los sofisticados si quieren, igual nadie les cree. - You can pretend to be sophisticated if you want, no one believes you anyway. | |
| 9. v. to play the fool | |
| No te hagás: vos sabés lo que hiciste. - Don't play the fool, you know what you did. | |
| 10. v. to prep, adorn, do (a body part) | |
| hacerse las uñas - to do one's nails | |
| 11. v. to get used to (chiefly in idioms) | |
| El cuerpo se hace a las fatigas. - The body gets used to tiredness. | |
| El caballo se hace al fuego. - A horse gets used to fire (for the Luminarias). | |
| 12. v. to arrive (said of a certain time), be now | |
| Se hace tarde. - It's getting late. | |
| Se hicieron las doce. - It was now/suddenly 12 o'clock. | |
| 13. n-m. task, action | |
| Nos quedan muchos haceres. - We have a lot of tasks left. | |
| falta |
| 1. n-f. lack, shortage | |
| 2. n-f. fault | |
| 3. v. third-person singular present indicative of faltar | |
| 4. adj. feminine singular of falto | |
| faltar |
| 1. v. (indtr, a, intr=1) to be lacking, lack, not have | |
| Te falta imaginación. - Imagination lacks to you. | |
| 2. v. to remain | |
| ¿Cuánto tiempo falta? - How much time left? | |
| Falta un mes para mi cumpleaños. - My birthday is a month away. | |
| 3. v. to be absent, missing | |
| aún falta una persona - one person is still missing | |
| 4. v. (indtr, a) to miss (a date or an appointment) | |
| faltar al trabajo - to miss work | |
| enganchar |
| 1. v. to hook | |
| 2. v. to get (someone) in one's clutches | |
| 3. v. to get high (take drugs) | |
| 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 | |
| coche |
| 1. n-m. (chiefly Philippines, Mexico, Spain) car (a wheeled vehicle that moves independently) | |
| Mi coche tiene una avería. - My car has broken down. | |
| 2. n-m. carriage, coach (a wheeled vehicle, generally drawn by horse power) | |
| 3. n-m. (rail transport) car (a passenger-carrying unit in a subway or elevated train) | |
| 4. n-m. (Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Puerto Rico, Uruguay) baby carriage, pram | |
| 5. n-m. (slang) pig | |
