dicen |
1. v. third-person plural present indicative of decir | |
decir |
1. v. to say, to tell | |
Es un mentiroso. Nunca dice la verdad. - He's a liar. He never tells the truth. | |
¿Qué te dijeron? - What did they tell you? | |
2. v. to suggest | |
3. v. to show; to demonstrate | |
4. v. to call; to name | |
5. v. to be said, to say (qual, when a specific subject is not identified) | |
¿Cómo se dice __ en inglés? - How do you say __ in English? | |
6. v. to declare | |
7. n-m. saying | |
8. n-m. idle talk | |
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 | |
esa |
1. det. feminine singular of ese | |
2. pron. Alternative spelling of ésa | |
ese |
1. det. (demonstrative) that | |
2. interj. (Mexico, informal) hello | |
3. pron. (demonstrative) Alternative spelling of ése | |
fruta |
1. n-f. fruit (the seed-bearing part of a plant) | |
2. n-f. fruit (any sweet, edible part of a plant) | |
3. n-f. fruit (an end result, effect, or consequence) | |
hace |
1. v. third-person singular present indicative of hacer | |
2. prep. ago (Note: unlike in English, hace precedes the number.) | |
Él nos visitó hace tres años. - He visited us three years ago. | |
Lo compré hace poco. - I bought it not long ago. | |
Mi padre y yo no nos hablamos desde hace un año. - My father and I don't talk since one year ago. | |
3. prep. (followed by que) in, it has been...since (a past period of time) | |
Hace un mes que no te veo. - I haven’t seen you in a month. | |
Hace quince años que mis padres se casaron. - It has been fifteen years since my parents got married. | |
Hace dos años que no viajo a Europa. - It has been two years since I traveled to Europe. | |
hacer |
1. v. to do | |
¿Qué haces? - What are you doing? | |
No sé que hago. - I don't know what I'm doing. | |
Prefiero no hacerlo - I prefer not to do it. | |
2. v. to make (something) | |
Empecemos a hacer el pastel. - Let's start making the cake. | |
Le gustaba hacer poemas placenteros. - She liked to make pleasant poems. | |
3. v. to make (e.g. someone do something or feel a certain way.) | |
No sabe cómo hacerla feliz. - He doesn't know how to make her happy. | |
Lo hiciste llorar / Hiciste que llorara. - You made him cry. | |
4. v. to be | |
hace frío - it's cold | |
hace calor - it's hot | |
hace sol - it's sunny | |
hace viento - it's windy | |
5. v. to go (to release or excrete (urine, excrement)) | |
hacer pis, pipí, el número uno - to pee | |
hacer caca, pupú, el número dos - to poo | |
6. v. (ambitransitive, optionally with de) to play (a part in a play) | |
hacer la princesa - to play the princess | |
hacer de princesa - to play a princess | |
hacer de Óscar - to play (the character of) Oscar | |
7. v. to become; to get | |
¡Hazte vegetariano! - Become vegetarian! | |
Me haré rico. - I will get rich. | |
Ese niño se hizo todo un hombre. - That boy became a real man. | |
8. v. to pretend being, play | |
hacerse el tonto - to pretend being a fool, play the fool | |
hacerse la víctima - to play the victim | |
Háganse los sofisticados si quieren, igual nadie les cree. - You can pretend to be sophisticated if you want, no one believes you anyway. | |
9. v. to play the fool | |
No te hagás: vos sabés lo que hiciste. - Don't play the fool, you know what you did. | |
10. v. to prep, adorn, do (a body part) | |
hacerse las uñas - to do one's nails | |
11. v. to get used to (chiefly in idioms) | |
El cuerpo se hace a las fatigas. - The body gets used to tiredness. | |
El caballo se hace al fuego. - A horse gets used to fire (for the Luminarias). | |
12. v. to arrive (said of a certain time), be now | |
Se hace tarde. - It's getting late. | |
Se hicieron las doce. - It was now/suddenly 12 o'clock. | |
13. n-m. task, action | |
Nos quedan muchos haceres. - We have a lot of tasks left. | |
bien |
1. adv. well (adverbial form of bueno) | |
Toca bien el piano. - He plays the piano well. | |
2. adv. well, fine, okay (state of being satisfied with the status quo) | |
hasta aquí todo bien - so far so good | |
3. adv. properly | |
4. adv. willingly | |
5. adv. very | |
6. adv. as well | |
Bien podrías acabar con ello temprano. - You might as well get it over with early. | |
7. adj. (postpositive, colloquial) well-to-do; affluent; wealthy; upper-class | |
Amanda y Carlos vienen de una familia bien. - Amanda and Carlos come from a well-to-do family. | |
8. adj. (postpositive, colloquial) exclusive; upscale; high-class | |
Las colonias bienes están en las afueras de la ciudad. - The upscale neighborhoods are in the city suburbs. | |
9. n-m. good (as opposed to evil) | |
Es por el bien de toda la comunidad. - It's for the good of the whole community. | |
10. n-m. goodness | |
11. n-m. good, better (substantive) | |
para bien o para mal - for better or for worse | |
He vuelto para bien esta vez. - I'm back for good this time. | |
12. n-m. welfare, benefit | |
13. n-m. (plural) goods, property, possessions, assets, wealth, estate | |
14. n-m. (dated) darling | |
Despierta, mi bien. - Wake up, my darling. | |
para |
1. prep. for, to (expressing a recipient) | |
La niña compró un regalo de navidad para su abuela. - The girl bought a Christmas gift for her grandmother. | |
Ahora me gustaría hacer un truco de magia para ustedes. - I'd now like to perform a magic trick for you all. | |
2. prep. to, in order to, so, for (expressing the intended purpose of an action) | |
Estudio cada noche sin descanso para conseguir un trabajo decente al fin de todo esto. - I study every night tirelessly so that I get a decent job at the end of all this. | |
Voy a salir temprano para evitar el tráfico. - I am going to leave early to avoid traffic. | |
3. prep. by, due, due on, due by (expressing a deadline) | |
Necesito tu decisión para fin de mes. - I need your decision by the end of the month. | |
Sus proyectos de grupo son para el viernes sin excepción. - Your group projects are due on Friday without exception. | |
4. prep. for (expressing contrast from what is expected) | |
Para un turista americano, él es en realidad bastante respetuoso. - For an American tourist, he is actually pretty respectful. | |
5. prep. for, to, in one's opinion, as far as one is concerned (expressing an opinion, perception or perspective) | |
Para mí, la música es lo único bueno sobre esa película. - For me, the music was the only good thing about that film. | |
Para mi hermano, su esposa tiene toda la razón. - As far as my brother is concerned, his wife is totally in the right. | |
6. prep. for (expressing using one's efforts for a group or an authority figure such as a sports team or a company/boss) | |
Mi sobrino juega para el equipo de los Patos Poderosos. - My nephew plays for the Mighty Ducks' team. | |
Trabajamos para la misma jefe aunque no al mismo tiempo. - We worked for the same boss but not at the same time. | |
Ella trabajó para Microsoft durante años, pero ahora trabaja para Apple. - She worked for Microsoft for years, but now she works for Apple. | |
7. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of parir | |
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parar |
1. v. to stop, halt | |
2. v. to put up, stand up | |
3. v. to lift, raise | |
4. v. to stand up | |
5. v. to situate oneself | |
6. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun, Chile) see pararlas | |
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) | |
salud |
1. n-f. health | |
2. interj. bless you (said to somebody who has sneezed) | |
3. interj. cheers (the usual toast when drinking alcohol) | |
4. interj. (dated) greetings! | |