| 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 | |
| desayuno |
| 1. n-m. breakfast | |
| Para mi desayuno, tomo pan. - For my breakfast, I have bread. | |
| 2. v. first-person singular present indicative of desayunar | |
| desayunar |
| 1. v. to break a fast | |
| 2. v. to have (for) breakfast | |
| Desayuno a las siete y media. - I breakfast at 7:30. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| las |
| 1. art. the | |
| 2. pron. accusative of ellas and ustedes (when referring to more than one woman); them, you all (formal) | |
| 3. pron. feminine plural pronoun | |
| las que no hablan - those (women) who do not speak | |
| 4. n. plural of la | |
| 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) | |
| nueve |
| 1. num. nine | |
| 2. n-m. the digit or figure 9 | |
| 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. | |
| Media |
| 1. Proper noun. (historical) Media | |
| 2. n-f. half (one of two equal parts of any whole) | |
| 3. n-f. historical synonym of cuarto, half-fanega (a traditional unit of dry measure equivalent to about 27.8 L) | |
| 4. n-f. stocking (long thin leggings worn by women) | |
| 5. n-f. (usually in plural) pantyhose (stockings connected at the top and pulled up to the waist) | |
| 6. n-f. (most of Latin America, Philippines) sock (short unisex cloth covering for feet) | |
| 7. n-f. (mathematics) mean, average (the arithmatic middle in a set of values) | |
| media geométrica - geometric mean | |
| 8. n-f. (anatomy) midline (the medial line of the human body) | |
| 9. n-f. (usually with 'y') half past (especially as an indication that it is exactly 30 minutes after the hour) | |
| Son las cinco y media. - It’s half past five. | |
| Empezamos a LA media en punto. - We started at precisely half past LA time. | |
| 10. adj. feminine singular of medio | |
| 11. v. informal second-person singular affirmative imperative of mediar | |
| mediar |
| 1. v. to mediate | |
| 2. v. to center, to give a central, medium or average value | |
| medio |
| 1. adj. half (of or related to one of two equal divisions of a whole) | |
| media hora - half hour | |
| media manzana - half an apple | |
| 2. adj. (inexact) half (of or related to any large proportion of a whole) | |
| Medio Nueva York fue a los toros. - Half of New York went to the bullfight. | |
| 3. adj. middle (placed more or less halfway between two positions, times, or alternatives) | |
| clase media - middle class | |
| 4. adj. average (of or related to the arithmatic middle in a set of values) | |
| velocidad media - average speed | |
| 5. adj. average (of or related to a representative example of a group) | |
| el español medio - the average Spaniard... your typical Spaniard... | |
| 6. adj. (art) tasteful, bourgeois (well decorated or executed but not sublime) | |
| 7. adj. (linguistics) mid (of or related to the position of vowel articulation between open and closed) | |
| 8. adj. (grammar) middle, mediopassive (of or related to grammatical voices neither active nor passive) | |
| 9. adj. (Chile, slang) impressive (extremely large or good) | |
| ¡Media bolsa! - Such a huge bag! What an awesome bag! Whatta bag! | |
| 10. adv. half, incompletely (indicating an action interrupted or only partially done) | |
| medio vestido - half-dressed | |
| 11. adv. half, kind of (particularly used to partially soften negative descriptions) | |
| Es medio idiota. - He’s a bit of an idiot... He’s kind of an idiot... | |
| 12. n-m. half (one of two equal parts of any whole) | |
| 13. n-m. (math) half (any fraction with a denominator of 2) | |
| 14. n-m. (historical) medio, half-celemin (a traditional unit of dry measure equivalent to about 2.3 L) | |
| 15. n-m. (historical) medio (the usual container used to measure medios) | |
| 16. n-m. (historical, Guatemala, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela) medio, half-real (a former coin) | |
| 17. n-m. (historical, Dominican Republic) medio, half-peso (a former coin) | |
| 18. n-m. (historical, Ecuador) medio, half-sucre (a former coin) | |
| 19. n-m. (historical, Panama) medio, half-balboa (a former coin) | |
| 20. n-m. (historical, Bolivia) medio, half-boliviano (a former coin) | |
| 21. n-m. (historical, Mexico) medio, half-octavo (a former coin equal to frac, 1, 16) real | |
| 22. n-m. (slang) medio (following decimalization, the notional amount of frac, 6, 1, 4) centavos as half of the notional amount of a frac, 1, 8-peseta real and | |
| 23. n-m. middle (the part of anything located halfway between its ends or extremes in time or along one dimension in space) | |
| Se despertó en medio de la noche. - She awoke in the middle of the night. | |
| 24. n-m. (sports) midfielder, halfback (a person forming part of the middle or central defensive or offensive line, especially in soccer) | |
| 25. n-m. spiritualism synonym of médium, t=medium (a person claiming to the ability to communicate with the dead) | |
| 26. n-m. (politics, business) cut (the payment demanded to permit or facilitate some action, especially as a bribe) | |
| 27. n-m. (philosophy) middle term (the general category that appears in both premises and disappears in the conclusion) | |
| 28. n-m. (math, usually in the plural) mean (the second and third terms of a proportion) | |
| 29. n-m. (inexact) center, heart (the innermost part of anything with regard to all dimensions) | |
| Alemania está en medio de Europa. - Germany is in the middle of Europe. | |
| en medio de la nada - in the middle of nowhere | |
| 30. n-m. (often in the plural) method, way, means (the actions or things by which some goal is achieved or intended to be achieved, something serving some purpose) | |
| El fin justifica los medios. - The end justifies the means. | |
| por todos los medios - by any means | |
| Se mejoraron los medios de transporte. - Means of transport were improved. | |
| 31. n-m. synonym of diligencia, t=diligence, hard work (as the generally effective means to achieve any goal) | |
| 32. n-m. (usually in the plural) medium (a means of communication, especially mass communication) | |
| 33. n-m. (physics) medium (the physical space and substance through which some phenomenon occurs) | |
| La velocidad de la luz depende del medio. - The speed of light depends on the medium. | |
| 34. n-m. (art) medium (the physical substances with which art is made) | |
| ¿Cuál es tu medio de pintura favorito? - What's your favorite painting medium? | |
| 35. n-m. environment (the circumstances that affect a person or animal's development) | |
| 36. n-m. society (the circumstances in which a person or group of people lives) | |
| 37. n-m. (usually in the plural) circle (a particular segment of society) | |
| medios aristocráticos - aristocratic circles... the aristocracy... | |
| 38. n-m. habitat (the circumstances in which an animal or group of animals lives) | |
| 39. v. first-person singular present indicative of mediar | |
