del |
1. contraction. of the, from the (+ a masculine noun in singular). | |
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 | |
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 | |
dormitorio |
1. n-m. bedroom | |
2. n-m. (colloquial) dormitory | |
salía |
1. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of salir | |
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) | |
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 | |
Luz |
1. Proper noun. given name, female | |
2. n-f. light | |
la luz extinguida - the extinguished light | |
3. n-f. (anatomy) lumen | |
4. n-f. (figurative usually in the plural) brightness, intelligence | |
Vas a llegar con menos luces. - You're going to get there with less intellect. | |
5. n-f. (figurative) focus, point of view, understanding | |
Debes verlo bajo una nueva luz. (You must see it from a new point of view.) | |
6. n-f. (electricity) electric power | |
Se fue la luz. (The lights went out. (There is a blackout.)) | |
7. n-f. (architecture) span | |
tenue |
1. adj. tenuous, thin, weak | |
2. adj. faint, dim, wispy, soft, subdued, pale | |
Ella vio una luz tenue en la distancia. - She saw a dim light off in the distance. | |