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 | |
mejor |
1. adj. better | |
2. adj. better off | |
3. adj. improved | |
4. adj. (definite) best | |
5. adj. (definite) top, highest, finest (e.g. highest quality, highest bidder, top of one's class, in top form, finest food and wine, finest hotel, etc.) | |
6. adv. better | |
matemático |
1. adj. mathematical (relating to mathematics) | |
Es un problema matemático. - It's a mathematical problem. | |
2. n-m. mathematician | |
Mi padre es matemático. - My father is a mathematician. | |
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 | |
mundo |
1. n-m. world, earth (human collective existence) | |
El mundo cambia rápidamente. - The world is rapidly changing. | |
Ella es la persona más feliz del mundo. - She is the happiest person on earth | |
2. n-m. world, globe (the Earth) | |
3. n-m. world (a planet, especially one which is inhabitable) | |
4. n-m. world (an individual or group perspective or social setting) | |
tal |
1. adj. such | |
No hay tal cosa como los monstruos. - There's no such thing as monsters. | |
vez |
1. n-f. time, instance | |
una vez - once | |
a veces - sometimes | |
Lo hizo dos veces. - He did it twice. | |
cada vez que te veo - every time that I see you | |
2. n-f. (Spain) place (in a queue) | |
3. n-f. (Spain) turn (a chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) | |
4. n-f. (in the plural) place, stead | |
hacer las veces de - to serve as | |
tal vez |
1. adv. maybe, perhaps | |
esté |
1. v. formal second-person singular 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) | |
ahora |
1. adv. now (at the present time) | |
2. adv. just now, just a moment ago (in the past) | |
3. adv. very soon, in a moment (in the future) | |
4. adv. (usually preceded by de) of nowadays, of today, latter-day | |
La juventud de ahora entiende esto y más. - Today's youth understands this and more. | |
5. adv. (Latin America) today | |
Ahora me levanté temprano y con ánimo. - Today I woke up early and full of energy. | |
Te veré ahora en la noche. - I'll see you later today in the evening. | |
6. adv. however, on the other hand | |
Te quiero mucho. Ahora eso no quiere decir que haré lo que digas. - I love you. However, that doesn't mean I'll do what(ever) you say. | |
7. adv. (correlative, literary) sometimes...other times | |
Ahora dice una cosa, ahora dice lo contrario. - She sometimes says one thing, and then other times she says the opposite. | |
8. conj. (correlative, literary) now...now, whether...or... | |
Ahora en la sala, ahora en el comedor, había un desastre por doquier. - Whether you looked at the kitchen, or the dining room, there was a disaster everywhere. | |
empujando |
1. v. gerund of empujar | |
empujar |
1. v. to push, to shove, to jostle | |
2. v. to nudge (push into action by pestering or annoying a person) | |
Le empujó con el codo de una manera muy dolorosa. - She nudged him with her elbow in a very painful manner. | |
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 | |
carretilla |
1. n-f. wheelbarrow (small vehicle used to carry a load and pulled or pushed by hand) | |
2. n-f. forklift (a small industrial vehicle with a power-operated fork-like pronged platform that can be raised and lowered for insertion under a load, often on pallets, to be lifted and moved) | |