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 | |
poca |
1. n-f. (colloquial) tad; bit | |
2. det. feminine singular of poco | |
poco |
1. det. little, not much | |
Bebí poca agua. - I drank little water. | |
Nos casamos hace poco tiempo. - We got married a little time ago. | |
2. det. few, not many | |
Muy pocas personas hacen eso. - Very few people do that. | |
3. det. un-, not | |
poco saludable - unhealthy | |
4. adv. little (not much) | |
Comí poco. - I ate little / I didn’t eat much. | |
5. n-m. little (a small amount) | |
Hablo un poco (de) inglés. - I speak a little English. | |
6. n-m. a short time, a little while | |
hace poco - a little while ago | |
dentro de poco - in a little bit | |
agudeza |
1. n-f. sharpness, acuity | |
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) | |
experiencia |
1. n-f. experience | |
tal |
1. adj. such | |
No hay tal cosa como los monstruos. - There's no such thing as monsters. | |
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 | |
resulta |
1. v. informal second-person singular affirmative imperative of resultar | |
resultar |
1. v. to result, to turn out, to end up, to prove | |
Todo resultó bien. - Everything came out okay in the end. | |
Resultó ser cierto. - It turned out to be true. | |
Resulta que… - As it turns out… | |
2. v. to work out | |
3. v. to seem, to look | |
El piso resulta pequeño. - The flat seems small. | |
¿Te resulta familiar? - Sounds familiar? | |
Me resultó agotador. - It looked exhausting to me. | |
4. v. (Spain, colloquial) to be pretty | |
crédula |
1. adj. feminine singular of crédulo | |
crédulo |
1. adj. gullible | |
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. | |
fácil |
1. adj. easy, facile, simple (requiring little effort) | |
Quiero un trabajo fácil. - I want an easy task. | |
El proyecto se ve fácil de llevar a cabo. - The project seems easy to carry out. | |
2. adj. easy-to-use, user-friendly ((clipping of fácil de usar)) | |
3. adj. (slang) easy (being readily available for sex) | |
4. adj. (obsolete) gullible, credulous | |
5. adv. easily | |
Demasiado fácil lo dices. - You say that too easily. | |
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 | |
engañar |
1. v. to trick, to deceive, to hoodwink, to cheat | |
2. v. to blindside | |
3. v. to fool oneself, to kid oneself | |
No te engañes - Don't kid yourself. | |