ellos |
1. pron. plural of él | |
vivían |
1. v. second-person plural imperfect indicative of vivir | |
vivir |
1. v. to live; to be alive | |
2. v. to make a living, to live (on) | |
Vive de migas, nada más. - He lives on crumbs, nothing more. | |
3. v. to live, reside, inhabit | |
Vive en la casa roja. - She lives in the red house. | |
La pobrecita vive con dos hermanas crueles. - The poor girl lives with two cruel sisters. | |
4. v. to experience, to live through | |
5. n-m. life; lifestyle | |
Gracias |
1. Proper noun. a colonial town in the Lempira department of Honduras | |
2. interj. thank you | |
3. n. thanks | |
el día de acción de gracias - Thanksgiving day | |
dar gracias - to give thanks | |
darle las gracias a alguien por algo - to give thanks to somebody | |
4. n. plural of gracia | |
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. | |
gracias a |
1. prep. thanks to | |
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) | |
a la |
1. prep. a la; in the style or manner of | |
ayuda |
1. n-f. help, aid | |
Muchas gracias por su ayuda. - Many thanks for your help. | |
2. n-f. assistance | |
3. n-f. guidance | |
4. n. helper | |
5. v. third-person singular present indicative of ayudares, he/she/it helps. | |
ayudar |
1. v. to help | |
¿Puedo ayudarle en algo? - Can I help you in any way? | |
Su preocupación no me ayuda nada. - His concern does not help me at all. | |
económica |
1. adj. feminine singular of económico | |
económico |
1. adj. economic | |
2. adj. economical | |
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 | |
abuelo |
1. n-m. grandfather | |
Su abuelo es simpático. - His grandfather is nice. | |
2. n-m. (colloquial affectionate) an elderly person | |
3. n-m. loose tufts of hair in the nape when one's hair is messed up | |