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 | |
libro |
1. n-m. book | |
2. v. first-person singular present indicative of librar | |
librar |
1. v. to save, to rescue, to deliver, to preserve | |
2. v. to free, to exempt | |
3. v. to place, to put (hope, trust) | |
4. v. to issue (a check, a decree) | |
5. v. to make (an appointment) | |
6. v. to wage, to engage (battle, war) | |
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9. v. to give birth | |
10. v. to expel the placenta | |
11. v. to be free; to get off | |
habla |
1. n-f. speech (faculty of speech) | |
2. n-f. speaking (action) | |
3. v. informal second-person singular affirmative imperative of hablar | |
Habla. - He or she speaks. | |
(Usted) habla. - q=formal singular | |
¡Habla! - q=informal singular | |
hablar |
1. v. to talk; to speak; to communicate using words | |
Hablamos del proyecto. - We talk about the project. | |
¿Ya hablaste con él? - Did you already speak with him? | |
2. v. to speak (a language) | |
Hablo inglés. - I speak English. | |
Hablo bien el inglés. - I speak English well. | |
No hablo inglés. - I don't speak English. | |
No hablo bien el inglés. - I don't speak English well. | |
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 | |
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) | |
de la |
1. art. of the | |
vida |
1. n-f. life | |
¡Me salvó la vida! - He saved my life! | |
Tal vez esto te sorprenderá, pero en realidad no me gusta escucharte hablando de tu vida espantosa. - Maybe this will surprise you, but in reality I don't enjoy listening to you talk about your | |
2. n-f. lifestyle | |
3. n-f. livelihood; living | |
4. n-f. liveliness | |
5. n-f. lifespan; lifetime | |
6. n-f. a term of endearment; darling, sweetheart | |
Ven acá, mi vida. - Come here, sweetheart. | |
7. n-f. (la vida) the game (prostitution) | |
8. n-f. (computing) life (in a computer game) | |
la vida |
1. n-f. the game (prostitution) | |
rural |
1. adj. rural | |