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 | |
pintor |
1. n-m. painter | |
se |
1. pron. (third person (also used for usted and ustedes) reflexive direct or indirect object) oneself, himself, herself, itself, yourself; each other; one another | |
Juan se lava. - Juan washes himself. | |
Juan se lava la cara. - Juan to himself washes the face. | |
Juan y María se aman. - Juan and María love each other. | |
2. pron. (used to convey the meaning of the English passive voice in the third person and with) usted and ustedes | |
¿Cómo se llama? - How do you call yourself? | |
Se dice que... - It says itself that... | |
Aquí se habla español - One speaks Spanish here, Spanish speaks itself here. | |
3. pron. (used instead of indirect object pronouns) le and les (before the direct object pronouns lo, la, los, or las) | |
El samaritano se las dio. - The Samaritan gave them to him. | |
4. v. misspelling of sé | |
volvió |
1. v. third-person singular preterite indicative of volver | |
volver |
1. v. to return, to revert, to get back | |
Vuelvan a trabajar. / Vuelva al trabajo. - Get back to work. | |
2. v. to come back, go back | |
Si realmente estás pensando en volver a aquel lugar sucio, debes haberte enloquecido totalmente. - If you're really thinking about going back to that filthy place, you must have gone totally cr | |
3. v. to do again | |
Volvió a olvidarse de la foto. - He forgot the photo again. | |
4. v. to turn | |
5. v. to become, to get | |
Me estoy volviendo loco. - I am going crazy. | |
6. v. to make, to drive | |
Esto me está volviendo loco. - This is driving me mad. | |
Me vuelves loco. - You drive me crazy. | |
7. v. to turn | |
hacia |
1. prep. toward, towards | |
Сaminaremos hacia el centro de la ciudad. (We'll walk towards the center of the city.) | |
El cohete se dirige hacia la luna. - The rocket is heading towards the Moon. | |
Su |
1. Proper noun. given name, female, diminutive=Susana | |
2. det. (before the noun) apocopic form of suyo his, her, its, one's, their, your (formal) | |
Vino con su amigo. (He came with his friend.) | |
Habló a sus hijas. (She spoke to her daughters.) | |
3. det. (used to express an approximate number): about, approximately | |
Pesa sus dos kilogramos. - It weighs its two kilograms. | |
4. det. (before the noun, formal) apocopic form of suyo t=your | |
Criado |
1. Proper noun. surname, from=occupations | |
2. n-m. servant | |
3. Participle. past participle of criar | |
criar |
1. v. to rear or raise (e.g., a child) | |
2. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to grow up | |
Nació en San Sebastián pero se crio en Tenerife. - S/he was born in San Sebastián but grew up in Tenerife. | |
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. | |
quien |
1. pron. who | |
La mujer con quien se casó - The woman whom he married | |
2. pron. (construed with a) whom | |
La persona a quien yo amo - The person whom I love | |
3. pron. whoever; whomever; anyone who | |
Quienes digan así… - Anyone who says that… | |
No te fíes de quien no dice la verdad. - Do not trust anyone who does not tell the truth. | |
4. pron. the one who | |
¿Eres tú quien ha de venir? - Are you the one who is to come? | |
¡Soy yo quien llama a la puerta! - I am the one who knocks! | |
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) | |
Luz |
1. Proper noun. given name, female | |
2. n-f. light | |
la luz extinguida - the extinguished light | |
3. n-f. (anatomy) lumen | |
4. n-f. (figurative usually in the plural) brightness, intelligence | |
Vas a llegar con menos luces. - You're going to get there with less intellect. | |
5. n-f. (figurative) focus, point of view, understanding | |
Debes verlo bajo una nueva luz. (You must see it from a new point of view.) | |
6. n-f. (electricity) electric power | |
Se fue la luz. (The lights went out. (There is a blackout.)) | |
7. n-f. (architecture) span | |
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 | |
Sol |
1. Proper noun. the Sun | |
2. Proper noun. clipping of Soledad | |
3. n-m. sun | |
4. n-m. sunlight | |
5. n-m. sunny side (of a place) | |
quítate del sol (get out of the sun) | |
6. n-m. daylight (the time between sunrise and sunset) | |
7. n-m. sol (a unit of currency, currently used in Peru) | |
8. n-m. sol (a musical note) | |
9. n-m. (chemistry) sol (a colloid suspension of a solid in a liquid) | |
obligaba |
1. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of obligar | |
obligar |
1. v. to force, to compel, to make (someone do something) | |
Por favor no me obligues a hacer esto. - Please don't make me do this. | |
2. v. to oblige, to obligate, to bind | |
La Carta de las Naciones Unidas obliga a todos los miembros de la organización a respetar el principio de la no discriminación. - The Charter of the United Nations binds all the members of the | |
3. v. to be bound, to be obliged, to be obligated | |
4. v. to force oneself or make oneself (do something) | |
5. v. to commit oneself | |
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. | |
parpadear |
1. v. to blink (light or eyes) | |
2. v. to bat one's eyelids, to flutter the eyelids | |