edificio |
1. n-m. building | |
donde |
1. adv. (in indirect questions) where, in what place | |
Deja los libros donde quieras. (Leave the books where you want.) | |
2. conj. (Chile, colloquial) because | |
3. conj. (Latin America, colloquial) if | |
4. prep. by, near to | |
Estamos donde la plaza mayor. - We're around by the main square. | |
5. prep. round (at the house of) | |
Cenamos donde Daniel. - We're having dinner (round) at Daniel's place. | |
6. pron. (relative) where, in what place | |
El lugar donde estamos es secreto. (The place where we are is secret.) | |
está |
1. v. informal second-person singular positive imperative of estar | |
estar |
1. v. to be (have a temporary or permanent location in space) | |
¿Dónde estás? - Where are you? | |
Estoy en casa. - I am at home. | |
2. v. to be (denotes a copula, in a transient fashion) | |
El tiempo estaba frío/caliente. - The weather was cold/hot back then. | |
¿Estás feliz? - Are you happy right now? | |
3. v. to be (auxiliary verb for the progressive/continuous aspect, preceding the gerund of the verb) | |
Ella está cantando. - She is singing. | |
4. v. to be in a state (in a passive voice sense) | |
Los vasos están rotos. - The vases are broken. (In passive voice with estar, unlike haber, its past participle agrees with number and gender of the subject) | |
Llegaron y vieron que el hotel estaba abandonado. - They arrived and saw the hotel was abandoned. | |
5. v. to be, stay (denotes a copula, in a transient fashion) | |
Estense callados y quietos. - Stay quiet and not moving. | |
6. v. to be to be done, to be (still) undone: | |
Esto todavía está por hacer. - This is still to be done. | |
Lo peor está por llegar. - The worst part is yet to come. | |
7. v. to be in a long-term state (in specific idioms) | |
estar muerto/a - to be dead | |
estar casado/a - to be married (can also be ser casado) | |
estar chico/a - to be short (colloquially) | |
localizado |
1. adj. located | |
2. Participle. past participle of localizar | |
localizar |
1. v. to find | |
2. v. to localize, locate | |
3. v. to be located, localized | |
dicho |
1. adj. mentioned, said, aforementioned | |
2. det. said | |
3. n-m. saying, expression | |
4. n-m. remark | |
5. n-m. proverb | |
6. n-m. marriage vow | |
7. Participle. past participle 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 | |
instituto |
1. n-m. institute | |
2. n-m. secondary school, senior school | |
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) | |
se |
1. pron. (third person (also used for usted and ustedes) reflexive direct or indirect object) oneself, himself, herself, itself, yourself; each other; one another | |
Juan se lava. - Juan washes himself. | |
Juan se lava la cara. - Juan to himself washes the face. | |
Juan y María se aman. - Juan and María love each other. | |
2. pron. (used to convey the meaning of the English passive voice in the third person and with) usted and ustedes | |
¿Cómo se llama? - How do you call yourself? | |
Se dice que... - It says itself that... | |
Aquí se habla español - One speaks Spanish here, Spanish speaks itself here. | |
3. pron. (used instead of indirect object pronouns) le and les (before the direct object pronouns lo, la, los, or las) | |
El samaritano se las dio. - The Samaritan gave them to him. | |
4. v. misspelling of sé | |
imparte |
1. v. third-person singular present indicative of impartir | |
impartir |
1. v. to impart | |
2. v. to give (classes, lessons) | |
3. v. to give, give out (orders) | |
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) | |
enseñanza |
1. n-f. teaching | |