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 | |
cuarto |
1. adj. (ordinal) fourth | |
2. n-m. fourth (in a series) | |
3. n-m. fourth, quarter (one of four equal divisions of a whole) | |
4. n-m. quarter-hour (one of four equal divisions of an hour) | |
5. n-m. (historical) watch (one of the four approximately equal divisions of the night, especially for shifts of watchmen) | |
6. n-m. (military) watch (one of the four equal divisions of soldiers, guards, police, &c. for routine patrols) | |
7. n-m. English or American quart (a unit of liquid measure equal to (frac, 1, 4) galón, equivalent to about 0.95 L) | |
8. n-m. (historical) cuarto, quarter-sack (a traditional unit of dry measure equal to frac, 1, 4) saco, equivalent to about 27.8 L | |
9. n-m. quarter (one of the four main divisions of the body of quadrapeds and birds) | |
10. n-m. (historical) quarter (one of the four main divisions of the body of criminals for public display) | |
11. n-m. (sewing) quarter (one of four main pieces of cloth used to tailor a garment) | |
12. n-m. (astronomy) quarter (one of the four main phases of a heavenly body as it waxes and wanes in the sky) | |
cuarto creciente - first quarter | |
cuarto menguante - last quarter | |
13. n-m. (genealogy) line, lineage (any of the four main lines of ancestry through one's various grandparents) | |
14. n-m. quarters (various structures used for dwelling) | |
15. n-m. synonym of sala, t=room | |
16. n-m. synonym of habitación, t=bedroom | |
17. n-m. synonym of piso, t=apartment | |
18. n-m. watch, shift (the time that a soldier, guard, police, etc. spends on patrol) | |
19. n-m. lot (a piece of real estate, especially one of the divisions of a large piece of land being put to sale) | |
20. n-m. service (particularly to a king or queen) | |
cuarto militar de su majestad Bob VII. - military service to His Majesty Bob VII | |
21. n-m. (chiefly in the plural) well-proportioned limbs (especially in discussion of art and horses) | |
22. n-m. (historical) cuarto (a former copper Spanish coin) | |
23. n-m. Andalusian, Dominican Republic, slang, in the plural synonym of dinero, t=money | |
24. n-m. slang, in the plural synonym of dinero, t=a fortune | |
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 | |
baño |
1. n-m. bath | |
2. n-m. bathroom | |
3. n-m. toilet | |
4. v. first-person singular present indicative of bañar | |
bañar |
1. v. to bathe (to clean a person by immersion in water or using water; to give someone a bath) | |
2. v. to soak, to dip in | |
3. v. to bathe oneself | |
Voy a bañarme esta noche. - I am going to bathe (myself) tonight. | |
cuarto de baño |
1. n-m. bathroom | |
Mi cuarto de baño está al lado de mi dormitorio. - My bathroom is next to my bedroom. | |
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) | |
al |
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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. | |
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 | |
final |
1. adj. final (last, ultimate) | |
2. adj. final (conclusive, decisive) | |
3. n-m. end (the terminal point of something in space or time) | |
4. n-f. (sports) final (the last round, game or match in a contest, after which the winner is determined) | |
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 | |
pasillo |
1. n-m. hallway, corridor | |
El baño está por el pasillo. - The bathroom is just down the hall. | |
2. n-m. aisle | |
Yo prefería un asiento de pasillo en el vuelo si no le importa. - I'd prefer an aisle seat on the flight if you don't mind. | |
3. n-m. (music genre, Latin America) pasillo | |