| 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) | |
| salir |
| 1. v. to go out, to leave, to depart, to head out | |
| 2. v. to go out, to come out (to leave one's abode to go to public places) | |
| 3. v. to go out, date (be in a relationship) | |
| 4. v. to come out (e.g. from hiding), to come off (gloss, e.g. off the bench in a sport; off of a high place like a roof or ladder) | |
| 5. v. to exit, to leave, to walk out, to slip out | |
| 6. v. to step out (e.g. of a room, house or building) | |
| 7. v. to get off, to leave (e.g., get off work) | |
| 8. v. to get off (e.g. get off the plane, an island, someone's property, the street) (gloss, + de) | |
| 9. v. to get out (e.g. out of the way, out of the sun) (gloss, + de) | |
| 10. v. to go off (e.g. go off the grid, go off the air) (gloss, + de) | |
| 11. v. to log out, to quit, to exit (e.g. a web page or document) | |
| 12. v. to emerge, to come out | |
| 13. v. to come out (e.g., information, a movie) | |
| 14. v. to rise (the sun) | |
| 15. v. to climb out (e.g. a hole, a window, a canyon) | |
| 16. v. to escape, to break out | |
| 17. v. to run (e.g. a bus or other form of public transportation) | |
| 18. v. to come off, to go off (i.e. to project a certain quality) | |
| Solo espero que el gran evento salga sin problemas. - I just hope that the big event goes off without a hitch. | |
| 19. v. to appear, to look (on a painting, photo, movie, play, TV, platform, etc) | |
| En esta foto salgo bonita, por eso es la que muestro. - In this picture I look pretty, so, this is what I show. | |
| 20. v. to result, to arise as a consequence | |
| Luis salió herido de la pelea. - Luis became hurt from the fight. | |
| Aposté al 10 pero salió un 5. - I bet for 10 but it resulted 5. | |
| 21. v. to turn out, to work out, to go off | |
| Salió a su madre. - She turned out like her mother. | |
| Todo va a salir muy bien. - Everything's going to work out just fine. | |
| Sólo espero que el gran evento salga sin problemas. - I just hope that the big event goes off without a hitch. | |
| me sale imposible (hacer algo) - it turned out impossible | |
| 22. v. to be out, to get out (e.g. of a deal, of a situation) | |
| Mira, sé que negociamos eso, pero quiero salirme. - Look, I know that we negotiated that, but I want out. | |
| 23. v. to come off (i.e. to project a certain quality) | |
| Ella siempre ha salido como una persona amistosa. - She has always come off as a friendly person. | |
| Ese tipo en el parque simplemente se salió como muy raro y espeluznante. - That guy at the park just came off very strange and creepy. | |
| 24. v. to pop out (e.g. a contact lens, a cork, someone popping out of a dark space) | |
| 25. v. to get away with (+ con) | |
| 26. v. to get out, to go out (e.g. get out of control, get out of hand, go out of sync) | |
| 27. v. to go off, to turn off (go off script, on a tangent, go off the road/track/path) | |
| 28. v. to rock, rule (be fantastic) | |
| 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. | |
| un |
| 1. art. a | |
| 2. num. (before the noun) apocopic form of uno one | |
| líquido |
| 1. adj. liquid | |
| 2. n-m. liquid | |
| abriéndole |
| 1. v. Compound of the first-person participle form of abrir, abriendo and the pronoun le | |
| un |
| 1. art. a | |
| 2. num. (before the noun) apocopic form of uno one | |
| conducto |
| 1. n-m. duct | |
| 2. n-m. pipeline | |
| 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) | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| el que |
| 1. conj. that | |
| Me extraña el que no hayan dicho nada de eso. - It’s strange to me that they have said nothing about that. | |
| 2. pron. (for a person) who, whom, that | |
| Eres el hombre al que amo. - You are the man that/who I love. | |
| Estamos buscando a la mujer para la que compraste un ramo de flores en nuestra tienda. - We're looking for the women for whom you bought a bouquet of flowers at our store. | |
| 3. pron. (for an object) (that) which, what | |
| Esta es la casa de la que hablé, en la que vivía mi hermano hasta que se mudó a Aragón hace unos cuantos años. - This is the house that I talked about, the one that my brother lived in until he | |
| No creo que haya ninguna razón convincente por la que debería hablar contigo. - I don't think there's any convincing reason for which I should talk with you. | |
| pueda |
| 1. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of poder | |
| poder |
| 1. v. to be able, can | |
| ¿Puedes acompañarme mañana? - Could you come with me tomorrow? | |
| No puedes salir ya que no tienes permiso. - You can't go out since you're not allowed. | |
| No puedo hablar francés. - I can't speak French. | |
| Podría ayudar si me dejaran. - I could help you if you would let me. | |
| 2. v. (El Salvador, colloquial, reflexive) to be familiar with something, or with somebody's personality | |
| ¿Te podés el número de tu prima? - Do you know your cousin's phone number? | |
| Como entrenador, tengo que poderme bien a todos mis jugadores. - As a coach, I must know my players really well. | |
| 3. n-m. power, reign | |
| 4. n-m. authorization | |
| 5. n-m. proxy (written certificate of authority to act for another) | |
| fluir |
| 1. v. to flow | |
