dejar |
1. v. to leave (to place) | |
Dejé la cerveza arriba. - I left the beer upstairs. | |
2. v. to leave, to keep (to allow to continue) | |
Me gusta dejar la luz encendida. - I like to keep/leave the light on. | |
Supongo que podríamos dejar el restaurante abierto un poco más. - I suppose we could keep the restaurant open a little bit longer. | |
3. v. to leave (to cause, result in) | |
Su respuesta nos dejó convencidos. - His answer left us convinced. | |
4. v. to let, allow | |
Deja que se explique. - Let her explain herself. | |
Después de asear el área afectada, déjela secar. - After you clean the affected area, allow it to dry. | |
5. v. to let go, put down (to release from one's grasp) | |
6. v. to drop off | |
Ayer dejé un paquete muy importante. - Yesterday I dropped off a very important package. | |
7. v. to leave, to abandon, to dump | |
Su madre la dejó cuando tenía tres años. - Her mother left her when she was three. | |
La invitó a una cita muy agradable, y de repente de la nada, él la dejó. - He took her on a really nice date, and then suddenly out of nowhere, he dumped her. | |
8. v. to give up, to lay off, to kick (colloquial) | |
Van a dejar la bebida. - They're going to lay off drinking. | |
Estoy pensando en dejar el chocolate para la Cuaresma. - I am thinking of giving up chocolate for Lent. | |
Espero dejar ese hábito terrible para siempre. - I hope to kick that terrible habit for good. | |
9. v. to set, to put, to make (in certain phrases) | |
Quería dejar las cosas claras. - I wanted to set the record straight. | |
Usted tiene que dejar atrás el pasado. - You've got to put the past behind you. | |
El político emergente estaba decidido a dejar su huella. - The emerging politician was determined to make his mark. | |
10. v. (Spain, transitive, colloquial) to cut out (stop) | |
11. v. to leave off | |
12. v. (indtr, intr=1) to cease, stop (doing something) | |
Hace dos años dejaron de fumar. - Two years ago they stopped smoking. | |
Mi pareja no deja de sorprenderme. - My partner never ceases to amaze me. | |
13. v. (indtr, a, .reflexive) to be left, to be left to | |
14. v. to let (oneself), to let oneself go (gloss, cease to care about one's appearance) | |
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 | |
planta |
1. n-f. plant (organism of the kingdom Plantae) | |
2. n-f. plant (factory) | |
3. n-f. floor, level (of a high building) | |
Vivo en la primera planta - I live on the first floor. | |
4. n-f. sole (bottom of a shoe or boot) | |
5. n-f. (anatomy) sole | |
6. v. third-person singular present indicative of plantar | |
plantar |
1. v. to plant (put a plant or seeds into the ground) | |
2. v. to plant, place (an object in the ground) | |
3. v. to place, put | |
4. v. to stand up (not go to an agreed arrangement) | |
5. v. to smack, whack | |
6. v. to peck (kiss) | |
7. v. to put oneself, to settle | |
8. v. to stick to (an idea) | |
9. v. to stick (not take any more cards) | |
10. adj. (anatomy) plantar | |
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) | |
árbol |
1. n-m. tree (a perennial woody plant) | |
2. n-m. tree (any plant that is reminiscent of the above but not classified as a tree) | |
3. n-m. tree (any structure or construct having branches representing divergence or possible choices) | |
4. n-m. (nautical) mast (a tall, slim post or tower used to support the sails on a ship) | |
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 | |
dar |
1. v. to give, to give out | |
2. v. to hand over | |
3. v. to hit | |
Me han dado en la cabeza. - They hit me on my head. | |
4. v. to emit | |
5. v. to produce | |
6. v. to perform | |
7. v. to consider | |
Doy eso por menos que yo. - I consider that beneath me. | |
Yo lo doy por muerto. - I consider him dead. | |
8. v. (indtr, con) to encounter; to find with effort | |
Dimos con María. - We encountered Maria. | |
Dimos con el edificio después de tres horas. - We finally found the building after three hours. | |
9. v. to hit upon | |
10. v. (indtr, a, .colloquial, intr=1) to press, activate | |
darle al botón - to press the button | |
11. v. to ruin; mess up | |
Me dio la noche - It ruined the night for me | |
12. v. to occur | |
13. v. to grow naturally | |
El maíz se da en esta tierra. - Corn grows on this land. | |
14. v. to hit | |
El coche se dio con/contra un árbol. - The car hit a tree. | |
15. v. to assume | |
darse por vencido - to assume to be defeated | |
darse por muerto - to assume to be dead | |
16. v. to pretend to be, to present oneself as though one were | |
Se las da de enfermero pero nunca ha estudiado. - He pretends to be a nurse, but he's never studied. | |
17. v. to surrender | |
¿Te das? — Me doy. - Do you surrender? — I surrender. | |
18. v. to fuck (used with third person direct objects only) | |
Vos solo te la das. - You just fuck her. | |
Me quiero dar a José. - I want to fuck José. | |
19. v. to find someone sexually attractive (mostly to have a sexual encounter with) | |
Le re doy. | |
20. v. to announce, predict | |
Dan lluvia. - They announced rain. | |
fruto |
1. n-m. (botany) any fruit from a plant, whether sweet or not (like avocado or tomato), edible or not | |
2. n-m. any vegetable or produce that is grown | |
3. n-m. (economics) profit from an activity | |
4. n-m. result of an action, omission, attitude, etc. | |
5. n-m. (figuratively) offspring | |