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 | |
amor |
1. n-m. love | |
2. n-m. love affair | |
es |
1. v. third-person singular present indicative of ser; (he/she/it/one) is | |
2. n. plural of e | |
ser |
1. v. to be (essentially or identified as) | |
Yo soy de los Estados Unidos. - I am from the United States. | |
Errar es humano. - To err is human. | |
2. v. to be (in the passive voice sense) | |
La guitarra fue tocada. - The guitar was played. | |
3. v. to exist; to occur | |
La fiesta será mañana. - The party will be tomorrow. | |
4. n-m. a being, organism | |
5. n-m. nature, essence | |
6. n-m. value, worth | |
e |
1. conj. and | |
Yo hablo francés e inglés. - I speak French and English. | |
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 | |
pelea |
1. n-f. fight, brawl | |
2. n-f. struggle (physical) | |
3. n-f. quarrel, argument | |
4. n-f. (boxing) fight, bout | |
5. v. informal second-person singular affirmative imperative of pelear | |
pelear |
1. v. to fight (to contend in physical conflict) | |
2. v. to fight, to argue | |
3. v. to fight for, to struggle against | |
4. v. to mutually fight | |
5. v. to discord or dispute; to become enemies | |
6. v. to lose or stop, temporally or definitively, a friendship, partnership, etc. | |
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 | |
comienza |
1. v. third-person singular present indicative of comenzar | |
comenzar |
1. v. to begin, to commence | |
Yo me senté sobre un banco en el jardín, y comencé a leer un libro interesante. - I sat on a bench in the garden, and I started to read an interesting book. | |
Usted puede comenzar. - You may commence. | |
entre |
1. prep. between | |
Entre tú y yo... - Between you and me... | |
2. prep. among, amongst, from | |
Los estudiantes pueden elegir entre una amplia gama de clases. - Students may choose from a wide range of classes. | |
3. prep. divided by | |
Diez entre cinco son dos. - Ten divided by five is two. | |
4. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of entrar | |
entrar |
1. v. to enter | |
2. v. to come in, to get in, to go in, to get inside, to come on in | |
3. v. to break in | |
4. v. to join, to enter, to start | |
5. v. to access, to log in | |
6. v. to fit | |
7. v. to step in | |
8. v. to input, to enter (data, information) | |
9. v. to enter in, to enter into, to get into, to come into, to walk into, to step into, to slip into (entrar + en) | |
10. v. to break into (entrar + en) | |
11. v. to fit in, to fall in, to fall within (entrar + en) | |
12. v. (colloquial transitive) to make a move (on someone) | |
13. v. (soccer, sports) tackle (to attempt to take away a ball) | |
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 | |
mujer |
1. n-f. woman | |
2. n-f. wife | |
Y |
1. Letter. the 26th letter of the Spanish alphabet | |
2. conj. and | |
3. conj. (in names of number) and | |
setenta y seis - seventy-six | |
4. conj. (in arithmetic) plus, and | |
uno y uno son dos - one plus one is two | |
5. conj. (informal) well | |
¡Y por supuesto! - Well, of course! | |
6. conj. (informal) what about, how about, where is/are the | |
Pero, ¿y el concierto? ¿Ya no vamos? - But what about the concert? Are we not going anymore? | |
¿Y la niña? ¿Está a salvo? - How about the girl? Is she safe? | |
¿Y los archivos? Debo echarles un vistazo. - Where are the files? I should take a look at them. | |
un |
1. art. a | |
2. num. (before the noun) apocopic form of uno one | |
hombre |
1. n-m. man, (adult male human) | |
Sé (un) hombre! - Man up! | |
2. n-m. man, (all humans collectively); mankind, humankind | |
3. n-m. (anthropology, archaeology, paleontology) man, (individual of the species Homo sapiens, the genus Homo, or the subtribe Hominina) | |
4. n-m. (colloquial) husband | |
5. n-m. (gay slang) top | |
6. n-m. a 17th century card game also called ombre | |
7. interj. man! | |
8. interj. hey! | |
9. interj. oh, come on! | |
Y |
1. Letter. the 26th letter of the Spanish alphabet | |
2. conj. and | |
3. conj. (in names of number) and | |
setenta y seis - seventy-six | |
4. conj. (in arithmetic) plus, and | |
uno y uno son dos - one plus one is two | |
5. conj. (informal) well | |
¡Y por supuesto! - Well, of course! | |
6. conj. (informal) what about, how about, where is/are the | |
Pero, ¿y el concierto? ¿Ya no vamos? - But what about the concert? Are we not going anymore? | |
¿Y la niña? ¿Está a salvo? - How about the girl? Is she safe? | |
¿Y los archivos? Debo echarles un vistazo. - Where are the files? I should take a look at them. | |
nunca |
1. adv. never | |
Nunca he probado la langosta. (I've never tasted lobster.) | |
2. adv. ever | |
Estamos mejor que nunca. (We're better than ever.) | |
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 | |
termina |
1. v. third-person singular present indicative of terminar | |
terminar |
1. v. to finish, to end, to terminate, to be over, to wrap up, to finish up, to finish off, to finish out, to complete, to conclude | |
2. v. to end up, to wind up, to turn out | |
3. v. to break up, to be done, to be through, to be over (a relationship - doesn't have to be romantic) | |
Si haces eso, ¡hemos terminados! ¡No volvería a hablar contigo nunca más! - If you do that, we are through! I would never speak to you again! | |
4. v. to end up with (qual, + con) | |
5. v. to put an end to, to be done with (qual, + con) (in the perfect tense) | |