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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
mes
1. n-m. month
Mi mes favorito es enero. - My favourite month is January.
que
1. conj. that
Él dice que está triste. - He says that he is sad.
2. conj. than
Llego más tarde que tú. - I am arriving later than you.
3. conj. (indicating a reason); because, for
¡Ve más lento, que es resbaloso! - Slow down, (for) it is slippery!
4. conj. (indicating desire or permission); may (used with the subjunctive)
Que te vaya bien. - May it go well for you.
Que Dios me perdone. - May God forgive me.
5. pron. who; that
la estrella que está en la película - the star who is in the movie
6. pron. that; whom
la mujer con la que yo hablé - the woman with whom I spoke
7. pron. that; which
la casa que yo quiero - the house that I want
8. prep. than
9. prep. like, as
10. part. to
viene
1. v. third-person singular present indicative of venir
venir
1. v. to come (to move towards the speaker)
ven aquí / ven acá - come here
2. v. to achieve orgasm; to cum; to ejaculate
hará
1. v. third-person singular future indicative of hacer
hacer
1. v. to do
¿Qué haces? - What are you doing?
No sé que hago. - I don't know what I'm doing.
Prefiero no hacerlo - I prefer not to do it.
2. v. to make (something)
Empecemos a hacer el pastel. - Let's start making the cake.
Le gustaba hacer poemas placenteros. - She liked to make pleasant poems.
3. v. to make (e.g. someone do something or feel a certain way.)
No sabe cómo hacerla feliz. - He doesn't know how to make her happy.
Lo hiciste llorar / Hiciste que llorara. - You made him cry.
4. v. to be
hace frío - it's cold
hace calor - it's hot
hace sol - it's sunny
hace viento - it's windy
5. v. to go (to release or excrete (urine, excrement))
hacer pis, pipí, el número uno - to pee
hacer caca, pupú, el número dos - to poo
6. v. (ambitransitive, optionally with de) to play (a part in a play)
hacer la princesa - to play the princess
hacer de princesa - to play a princess
hacer de Óscar - to play (the character of) Oscar
7. v. to become; to get
¡Hazte vegetariano! - Become vegetarian!
Me haré rico. - I will get rich.
Ese niño se hizo todo un hombre. - That boy became a real man.
8. v. to pretend being, play
hacerse el tonto - to pretend being a fool, play the fool
hacerse la víctima - to play the victim
Háganse los sofisticados si quieren, igual nadie les cree. - You can pretend to be sophisticated if you want, no one believes you anyway.
9. v. to play the fool
No te hagás: vos sabés lo que hiciste. - Don't play the fool, you know what you did.
10. v. to prep, adorn, do (a body part)
hacerse las uñas - to do one's nails
11. v. to get used to (chiefly in idioms)
El cuerpo se hace a las fatigas. - The body gets used to tiredness.
El caballo se hace al fuego. - A horse gets used to fire (for the Luminarias).
12. v. to arrive (said of a certain time), be now
Se hace tarde. - It's getting late.
Se hicieron las doce. - It was now/suddenly 12 o'clock.
13. n-m. task, action
Nos quedan muchos haceres. - We have a lot of tasks left.
cinco
1. num. five
2. n-m. a five
años
1. n. plural of año
año
1. n-m. year
el año pasado - last year
el año que viene - next year
el año vigente - the current year
va para un año que no te veo - it's been a year since I saw you
con los años me cuesta cada vez más estar feliz - over the years I find it harder and harder to be happy
dentro de un par de años - in a couple of years' time
el mejor año de mi vida - the best year of my life
todos los años es igual - it's the same thing year on year
en sus años mozo - in her childhood years
2. n-m. (a certain) age
Tengo veinte años. - I'm twenty years old.
Depende de los años que tenga. - It depends how old it is.
que
1. conj. that
Él dice que está triste. - He says that he is sad.
2. conj. than
Llego más tarde que tú. - I am arriving later than you.
3. conj. (indicating a reason); because, for
¡Ve más lento, que es resbaloso! - Slow down, (for) it is slippery!
4. conj. (indicating desire or permission); may (used with the subjunctive)
Que te vaya bien. - May it go well for you.
Que Dios me perdone. - May God forgive me.
5. pron. who; that
la estrella que está en la película - the star who is in the movie
6. pron. that; whom
la mujer con la que yo hablé - the woman with whom I spoke
7. pron. that; which
la casa que yo quiero - the house that I want
8. prep. than
9. prep. like, as
10. part. to
él
1. pron. he, him, masculine personal third person subject and disjunctive pronoun (used as a subject and after prepositions)
Él es mi hermano. - He is my brother.
Lo hice para él. - I did it for him.
2. pron. it, masculine non-personal third-person subject and disjunctive pronoun (used as a subject and after prepositions to refer to masculine nouns)
―¿Es esto un libro? ―Sí, él es. - ―Is this a book? ―Yes, it is.
¡Mi coche! ¿Qué le pasó a él? - My car! What happened to it?
empezó
1. v. third-person singular preterite indicative of empezar
empezar
1. v. to start, begin, to get started
2. v. (indtr, a) to start to
Hace poco que empezó a comer vegetales. - He recently started eating vegetables.
3. v. (indtr, por) to start by; to start with
Sugiero que empecemos por reconocer que necesitamos más ayuda. - I suggest that we start by acknowledging that we need more help.
En español, pocas palabras empiezan por la letra ñ. - In Spanish, few words begin with the letter ñ.
4. v. (indtr, con) to lead with, to open with
5. v. to be started
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.
tocar
1. v. to touch
2. v. to play (a musical instrument)
Ella toca el piano. - She plays the piano.
3. v. (impersonal, transitive) to be someone's time or turn
Ahora me toca jugar. - Now it's my turn to play.
te toca a ti - it's your turn
4. v. to knock
tocar la puerta - to knock on the door
5. v. to honk
tocar la bocina - to honk the horn
6. v. to ring
tocar un timbre - to ring a doorbell
7. v. to touch on (mention briefly)
8. v. to touch (affect emotionally)
9. v. to bunt
10. v. to comb or dress one's hair
11. v. to don a hat, scarf or other head covering
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
violín
1. n-m. violin (string instrument)
2. n-m. fiddle

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