| 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 | |
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| 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. | |
| habría |
| 1. v. third-person singular conditional of haber | |
| 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 | |
| asomado |
| 1. Participle. past participle of asomar | |
| asomar |
| 1. v. to show | |
| 2. v. to peep up; to peep out | |
| Se puede ver el sol asomando entre las nubes. - You can see the sun peeking through the clouds. | |
| 3. v. to come up; to come out | |
| 4. v. to go out; to appear | |
| Entre broma y broma, la verdad se asoma. - There is truth in humor. | |
| 5. v. to lean | |
| Se prohíbe asomarse al exterior. - It's forbidden to lean out of windows. | |
| 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) | |
| nariz |
| 1. n-f. nose (organ on face) | |
| 2. n-f. nose; smell (sense of smell) | |
| 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) | |
| nuestro |
| 1. pron. ours | |
| 2. det. our, ours, to us | |
| 3. det. (royal) our, ours, to us (as the royal we) | |
| cuarto |
| 1. adj. (ordinal) fourth | |
| 2. n-m. fourth (in a series) | |
| 3. n-m. fourth, quarter (one of four equal divisions of a whole) | |
| 4. n-m. quarter-hour (one of four equal divisions of an hour) | |
| 5. n-m. (historical) watch (one of the four approximately equal divisions of the night, especially for shifts of watchmen) | |
| 6. n-m. (military) watch (one of the four equal divisions of soldiers, guards, police, &c. for routine patrols) | |
| 7. n-m. English or American quart (a unit of liquid measure equal to (frac, 1, 4) galón, equivalent to about 0.95 L) | |
| 8. n-m. (historical) cuarto, quarter-sack (a traditional unit of dry measure equal to frac, 1, 4) saco, equivalent to about 27.8 L | |
| 9. n-m. quarter (one of the four main divisions of the body of quadrapeds and birds) | |
| 10. n-m. (historical) quarter (one of the four main divisions of the body of criminals for public display) | |
| 11. n-m. (sewing) quarter (one of four main pieces of cloth used to tailor a garment) | |
| 12. n-m. (astronomy) quarter (one of the four main phases of a heavenly body as it waxes and wanes in the sky) | |
| cuarto creciente - first quarter | |
| cuarto menguante - last quarter | |
| 13. n-m. (genealogy) line, lineage (any of the four main lines of ancestry through one's various grandparents) | |
| 14. n-m. quarters (various structures used for dwelling) | |
| 15. n-m. synonym of sala, t=room | |
| 16. n-m. synonym of habitación, t=bedroom | |
| 17. n-m. synonym of piso, t=apartment | |
| 18. n-m. watch, shift (the time that a soldier, guard, police, etc. spends on patrol) | |
| 19. n-m. lot (a piece of real estate, especially one of the divisions of a large piece of land being put to sale) | |
| 20. n-m. service (particularly to a king or queen) | |
| cuarto militar de su majestad Bob VII. - military service to His Majesty Bob VII | |
| 21. n-m. (chiefly in the plural) well-proportioned limbs (especially in discussion of art and horses) | |
| 22. n-m. (historical) cuarto (a former copper Spanish coin) | |
| 23. n-m. Andalusian, Dominican Republic, slang, in the plural synonym of dinero, t=money | |
| 24. n-m. slang, in the plural synonym of dinero, t=a fortune | |
