| debemos |
| 1. v. first-person plural present indicative of deber | |
| deber |
| 1. v. to owe | |
| Debo mucho dinero. (I owe a lot of money.) | |
| 2. v. (auxiliary) must, to need to, to have to (rarely used in the conditional with this meaning) | |
| Debo estudiar. (I must study.) | |
| Eso debe haber sido muy difícil. - That must have been really hard. | |
| 3. v. (auxiliary) should, to ought to, to be supposed to, to be to | |
| Debería haber un plan en marcha. - There should be a plan in place. | |
| La gente no debería mensajear y conducir. - People aren't supposed to text and drive. | |
| Deberías disculparte. - You ought to apologize. | |
| Usted debe despertarse antes del amanecer. - You are to be up before sunrise. | |
| Los niños deberían dormir un poco. - The children should get some sleep. | |
| 4. v. (auxiliary) should have (in the preterite; having haber follow "deber" is optional and not required) | |
| Debiste esperarme. - You should have waited for me. | |
| Debiste haberme esperado. - You should have waited for me. | |
| 5. v. (auxiliary) shall (future tense usually) | |
| 6. v. to be due to, to be attributable to, to be the result of, to be caused by | |
| 7. v. (with de and infinitive) probably or most likely do or happen something (add a degree of insecurity to the verb) | |
| Debes de viajar por avión, China está muy lejos. (You should probably travel by plane, China is very far away.) | |
| 8. n-m. obligation, duty | |
| 9. n-m. debt | |
| 10. n-m. should, ought (modal noun) | |
| 11. n-m. (usually in the plural) homework | |
| realizar |
| 1. v. to carry out, to perform, to conduct, to implement (e.g. a change, a task, project, plan, inspection, experiment, procedures) | |
| realizar una encuesta - to conduct a survey | |
| 2. v. to make real, to realize (bring about) | |
| 3. v. to fulfil, to achieve, to accomplish | |
| 4. v. to make (e.g. a profit, a purchase, a visit, a trip) | |
| 5. v. to produce, to make (e.g. a film) | |
| 6. v. to engage in (e.g. an activity, work, exercise) | |
| este |
| 1. det. this | |
| 2. pron. Alternative spelling of éste | |
| 3. interj. uh, well (space filler in a conversation) | |
| 4. n-m. east | |
| es |
| 1. v. third-person singular present indicative of ser; (he/she/it/one) is | |
| 2. n. plural of e | |
| ser |
| 1. v. to be (essentially or identified as) | |
| Yo soy de los Estados Unidos. - I am from the United States. | |
| Errar es humano. - To err is human. | |
| 2. v. to be (in the passive voice sense) | |
| La guitarra fue tocada. - The guitar was played. | |
| 3. v. to exist; to occur | |
| La fiesta será mañana. - The party will be tomorrow. | |
| 4. n-m. a being, organism | |
| 5. n-m. nature, essence | |
| 6. n-m. value, worth | |
| te |
| 1. pron. dative of tú: to you, for you | |
| Te voy a hacer tus calzones.... - I’m going to make your britches | |
| 2. pron. accusative of tú: you | |
| 3. pron. : yourself | |
| plan |
| 1. n-m. plan | |
| 2. n-m. scheme (qual, systematic plan of future action) | |
| 3. n-m. intention | |
| 4. n-m. (colloquial) mood | |
| Vamos en plan rómantico. - We’re going in a romantic mood. | |
| 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. | |
| toda |
| 1. det. feminine singular of todo | |
| todo |
| 1. det. all, every | |
| todos los días - every day | |
| Todos somos jóvenes. - We are all young. | |
| todo tipo de - every type/kind/sort of; all kinds/sorts of | |
| 2. det. each, every | |
| Toda persona es un individuo. - Every person is an individual. | |
| 3. pron. everything | |
| todo lo que dijiste - everything that you said | |
| Costa |
| 1. Proper noun. (surname, from=Romance languages, non-Castilian, xlit=Costa), equivalent to the Spanish Cuesta | |
| 2. Proper noun. (surname, from=Occitan) | |
| 3. Proper noun. (surname, from=Catalan, Catalonian) | |
| 4. Proper noun. (surname, from=Galician) | |
| 5. n-f. coast, shore, coastline, shoreline | |
| 6. n-f. (in certain expressions) expense, costs | |
| vivir a costa de - to live on the expense of | |
| a toda costa - at all costs | |
