en |
1. prep. in, at, on | |
Estoy en casa. - I'm at home. | |
Estoy sentado en la computadora. - I'm sitting at the computer. | |
en esta página - on this page | |
en la caja en la mesa - in the box on the table | |
2. prep. in (a time) | |
en la antigüedad - in antiquity | |
en 1999 - in 1999 | |
3. prep. in (a language) | |
No conozco esta palabra en francés. - I don't know this word in French. | |
en todos los idiomas - in all languages | |
4. prep. used after some verbs and translated by various prepositions in English | |
Pienso en ti. - I'm thinking of you. | |
5. prep. in (in various expressions) | |
en el sentido - in the sense | |
en nuestro afán - in our eagerness | |
albañilería |
1. n-f. the bricklaying or construction industry | |
palo |
1. n-m. stake, stick, wood | |
Mamá, me pegó con un palo. - Mom, he hit me with a stick. | |
2. n-m. (card games) suit | |
Las barajas suelen tener cuatro palos. - Decks usually have four suits. | |
3. n-m. hit, blow, strike (especially, with a stick) | |
4. n-m. (figurative) blow | |
5. n-m. (nautical) mast (a tall, slim post or tower used to support the sails on a ship) | |
6. n-m. (sports) post; goalpost; woodwork | |
7. n-m. (historical) execution by hanging or beheading | |
8. n-m. (music) style (of flamenco) | |
9. n-m. (colloquial El Salvador) tree | |
Ella está por el palo de hule. - She's by the rubber tree. | |
10. n-m. (slang) shot (a small serving of alcoholic spirits) | |
Sírvame un palo de ron. - Get me a shot of rum. | |
11. n-m. (vulgar, Latin America) penis | |
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. | |
madera |
1. n-f. wood | |
2. n-f. wooden plank, board | |
3. n-f. makings | |
No tiene madera de instigador. - He hasn't got the makings of an instigator. | |
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 | |
porra |
1. n-f. club, baton, truncheon, nightstick (a baton, or military staff of command, now especially the stick carried by a police officer) | |
2. n-f. (Spain) thick type of churro | |
(coord, churro) | |
3. n-f. (colloquial) sweepstake (about an event, e.g. a football match) | |
4. interj. no way! hell no! | |
5. adj. feminine singular of porro | |
porro |
1. n-m. (plant) leek | |
2. adj. (colloquial) stupid | |
3. n-m. (Mexico) a member of a criminal shock group, mainly targeting student protesters | |
4. n-m. joint, spliff (Jamaican, UK, Australia), blunt (US) (marijuana cigarette), reefer | |
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 | |
sirve |
1. v. third-person singular present indicative of servir | |
servir |
1. v. to serve (to be a servant or worker; to render service) | |
Es una empresa que sirve a los discapacitados. - It's a business that serves the disabled. | |
2. v. to serve (to be a servant for; to work for) | |
3. v. to be of use, to be good for | |
Hace diez años, la traducción automática no servía. - Ten years ago, automated translation was no good. | |
Este cuchillo sirve para cortar el pan. - This knife is good for cutting bread. | |
4. v. to serve (to usefully take the place of something else) | |
sirve como recordatorio - serves as a reminder | |
5. v. to serve (to be in military service) | |
6. v. to serve (to set down (food or drink) on the table to be eaten) | |
El camarero nos sirvió la comida de otra mesa. - The waiter served us another table's food. | |
7. v. to serve (to lead off with the first delivery over the net in tennis, volleyball, ping pong, badminton, etc.) | |
8. v. to help oneself to (to take something freely) | |
para |
1. prep. for, to (expressing a recipient) | |
La niña compró un regalo de navidad para su abuela. - The girl bought a Christmas gift for her grandmother. | |
Ahora me gustaría hacer un truco de magia para ustedes. - I'd now like to perform a magic trick for you all. | |
2. prep. to, in order to, so, for (expressing the intended purpose of an action) | |
Estudio cada noche sin descanso para conseguir un trabajo decente al fin de todo esto. - I study every night tirelessly so that I get a decent job at the end of all this. | |
Voy a salir temprano para evitar el tráfico. - I am going to leave early to avoid traffic. | |
3. prep. by, due, due on, due by (expressing a deadline) | |
Necesito tu decisión para fin de mes. - I need your decision by the end of the month. | |
Sus proyectos de grupo son para el viernes sin excepción. - Your group projects are due on Friday without exception. | |
4. prep. for (expressing contrast from what is expected) | |
Para un turista americano, él es en realidad bastante respetuoso. - For an American tourist, he is actually pretty respectful. | |
5. prep. for, to, in one's opinion, as far as one is concerned (expressing an opinion, perception or perspective) | |
Para mí, la música es lo único bueno sobre esa película. - For me, the music was the only good thing about that film. | |
Para mi hermano, su esposa tiene toda la razón. - As far as my brother is concerned, his wife is totally in the right. | |
6. prep. for (expressing using one's efforts for a group or an authority figure such as a sports team or a company/boss) | |
Mi sobrino juega para el equipo de los Patos Poderosos. - My nephew plays for the Mighty Ducks' team. | |
Trabajamos para la misma jefe aunque no al mismo tiempo. - We worked for the same boss but not at the same time. | |
Ella trabajó para Microsoft durante años, pero ahora trabaja para Apple. - She worked for Microsoft for years, but now she works for Apple. | |
7. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of parir | |
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parar |
1. v. to stop, halt | |
2. v. to put up, stand up | |
3. v. to lift, raise | |
4. v. to stand up | |
5. v. to situate oneself | |
6. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun, Chile) see pararlas | |
machacar |
1. v. to crush | |
2. v. (basketball) to dunk | |
yeso |
1. n-m. plaster, gesso | |
2. n-m. gypsum | |
3. n-m. cast, plaster cast | |