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 | |
entrenador |
1. n-m. trainer | |
2. n-m. (Spain, football) manager (UK), coach (US) | |
(synonyms, director técnico, DT, q2=Latin America) | |
suspendió |
1. v. third-person singular preterit indicative of suspender | |
suspender |
1. v. to suspend | |
2. v. to flunk, to fail to pass an exam or class | |
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 | |
partido |
1. adj. broken | |
2. adj. (heraldry) divided into two equal parts vertically, per pale | |
3. adj. departed | |
4. adj. split | |
5. n-m. (politics) party | |
6. n-m. (sports) game, match (chiefly for soccer) | |
7. n-m. (hair) hair parting or part | |
8. n-m. advantage, benefit | |
9. n-m. a subdivision of Buenos Aires Province | |
10. Participle. past participle of partir | |
partir |
1. v. to divide, split | |
2. v. to go away, leave, depart | |
3. v. to crack up, have a laugh | |
4. v. to fall in love | |
5. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to crack open (e.g., one's head) | |
porque |
1. conj. because | |
muchos |
1. det. masculine plural of mucho | |
2. pron. masculine plural of mucho | |
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 | |
los |
1. art. the | |
¿Qué hacen los muchachos? - What do the boys do? | |
2. pron. accusative of ellos and ustedes (when referring to more than one man); them, you all (formal) | |
3. pron. plural masculine or neuter pronoun | |
los que no hablan - those who do not speak | |
jugadores |
1. n. plural of jugador | |
jugador |
1. n-m. player | |
2. n-m. gambler | |
estaban |
1. v. third-person plural imperfect indicative 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) | |
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 | |
baja |
1. n-f. casualty, loss | |
Tuvimos demasiadas bajas, por ese perdimos la guerra. - We had too many casualties, that is why we lost the war. | |
2. n-f. drop, fall, reduction | |
3. n-f. sick leave (absence for illness) | |
No se requiere de los jefes que paguen a sus empleados la baja por enfermedad. - Employers are not required to give their employees paid sick leave. | |
4. n-f. withdrawal, retirement | |
5. v. third-person singular present indicative of bajar | |
6. adj. feminine singular of bajo | |
bajar |
1. v. to go down, come down | |
2. v. to get off, to get down, to climb down, to step down, to get out (e.g., of/from a platform or vehicle) | |
Bajé del taxi. - I got out of the taxi. | |
Bajaron del árbol. - They climbed down the tree. | |
3. v. (colloquial) to kill (a person) | |
4. v. to descend | |
5. v. (computing) to download | |
Estoy bajando libros. - I am downloading books. | |
6. v. to lower, reduce, fall | |
7. v. to drop, lower, put down, turn down, move down (an object, the volume, etc.) | |
¡Baja la música! - Turn that music down! | |
8. v. to lose (e.g., weight) | |
Bajaré de peso. - I will lose weight. | |
9. v. to take down, bring down | |
10. v. to dim (the lights) | |
11. v. to let down (one's guard) | |
12. v. to wash down (accompany food) | |
13. v. to get off, to get down | |
14. v. (computing, reflexive) to download (for one's own private use) | |
bajo |
1. adj. short (of little height) | |
2. adj. low, ground (situated close to the ground) | |
3. adj. low, bottom, poor (not high in status, amount or quality) | |
4. adj. (music) bass | |
5. adj. base, mean, low, despicable | |
6. adv. low | |
7. adv. down (location) | |
8. adv. down, quietly, softly (volume) | |
9. n-m. (music) bass (sound, voice or instrument) | |
10. prep. under (in both literal and figurative senses) | |
No hay nada nuevo bajo el sol. - There's nothing new under the sun. | |
11. v. first-person singular present indicative of bajar | |
con |
1. prep. with | |
2. prep. on | |
Yo cuento con ustedes. - I count on you. | |
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) | |
gripe |
1. n-f. (disease) flu, influenza | |
Tengo la gripe. - I have the flu. | |