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 | |
estos |
1. det. masculine plural of este | |
2. pron. (demonstrative) Alternative spelling of éstos, , these ones | |
este |
1. det. this | |
2. pron. Alternative spelling of éste | |
3. interj. uh, well (space filler in a conversation) | |
4. n-m. east | |
es |
1. v. third-person singular present indicative of ser; (he/she/it/one) is | |
2. n. plural of e | |
ser |
1. v. to be (essentially or identified as) | |
Yo soy de los Estados Unidos. - I am from the United States. | |
Errar es humano. - To err is human. | |
2. v. to be (in the passive voice sense) | |
La guitarra fue tocada. - The guitar was played. | |
3. v. to exist; to occur | |
La fiesta será mañana. - The party will be tomorrow. | |
4. n-m. a being, organism | |
5. n-m. nature, essence | |
6. n-m. value, worth | |
te |
1. pron. dative of tú: to you, for you | |
Te voy a hacer tus calzones.... - I’m going to make your britches | |
2. pron. accusative of tú: you | |
3. pron. : yourself | |
tiempos |
1. n. plural of tiempo | |
tiempo |
1. n-m. (also, physics) time | |
No tengo tiempo. - I don't have time. / I haven't got time. | |
2. n-m. a while, period of time, long time, length of time, indeterminate amount of time | |
¿Cuánto tiempo hace que vives aquí? - How long have you been living here? | |
Amiga, ha pasado demasiado tiempo. - Too much time has passed. | |
Hace tiempo que yo no tomaba un buen trago. - It's been a while since I've had a good drink. | |
3. n-m. tense | |
El verbo camina está en tiempo presente. - The verb camina is in the present tense. | |
4. n-m. weather | |
¿Qué tiempo hace? - What is the weather like? / How is the weather? | |
Hace buen tiempo. - The weather is fine. | |
arduos |
1. adj. masculine plural of arduo | |
arduo |
1. adj. very difficult | |
2. adj. arduous | |
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 | |
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) | |
economía |
1. n-f. economy | |
2. n-f. economics | |
deberías |
1. v. informal second-person singular conditional of deber | |
deber |
1. v. to owe | |
Debo mucho dinero. (I owe a lot of money.) | |
2. v. (auxiliary) must, to need to, to have to (rarely used in the conditional with this meaning) | |
Debo estudiar. (I must study.) | |
Eso debe haber sido muy difícil. - That must have been really hard. | |
3. v. (auxiliary) should, to ought to, to be supposed to, to be to | |
Debería haber un plan en marcha. - There should be a plan in place. | |
La gente no debería mensajear y conducir. - People aren't supposed to text and drive. | |
Deberías disculparte. - You ought to apologize. | |
Usted debe despertarse antes del amanecer. - You are to be up before sunrise. | |
Los niños deberían dormir un poco. - The children should get some sleep. | |
4. v. (auxiliary) should have (in the preterite; having haber follow "deber" is optional and not required) | |
Debiste esperarme. - You should have waited for me. | |
Debiste haberme esperado. - You should have waited for me. | |
5. v. (auxiliary) shall (future tense usually) | |
6. v. to be due to, to be attributable to, to be the result of, to be caused by | |
7. v. (with de and infinitive) probably or most likely do or happen something (add a degree of insecurity to the verb) | |
Debes de viajar por avión, China está muy lejos. (You should probably travel by plane, China is very far away.) | |
8. n-m. obligation, duty | |
9. n-m. debt | |
10. n-m. should, ought (modal noun) | |
11. n-m. (usually in the plural) homework | |
invertir |
1. v. to invest (to spend money, time, or energy on something) | |
2. v. to invert | |
un |
1. art. a | |
2. num. (before the noun) apocopic form of uno one | |
poco |
1. det. little, not much | |
Bebí poca agua. - I drank little water. | |
Nos casamos hace poco tiempo. - We got married a little time ago. | |
2. det. few, not many | |
Muy pocas personas hacen eso. - Very few people do that. | |
3. det. un-, not | |
poco saludable - unhealthy | |
4. adv. little (not much) | |
Comí poco. - I ate little / I didn’t eat much. | |
5. n-m. little (a small amount) | |
Hablo un poco (de) inglés. - I speak a little English. | |
6. n-m. a short time, a little while | |
hace poco - a little while ago | |
dentro de poco - in a little bit | |
un poco |
1. adv. (modifying an adjective) a bit, a little, kind of, slightly, somewhat, kinda | |
Es un poco tarde para almorzar. - It's kind of late for lunch. | |
2. adv. (modifying a verb) some, a bit, a little | |
Estoy tratando de dormir un poco aquí. - I'm trying to sleep a bit here. | |
3. adv. a little bit, a little, a bit, some (when followed by de) | |
Sólo necesitan un poco de orientación. - They just need a little bit of guidance. | |
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 | |
tus |
1. det. plural of tu | |
tu |
1. det. (before the noun) apocopic form of tuyo, your | |
ingresos |
1. n. plural of ingreso | |
2. n. income | |
ingreso |
1. n-m. entrance, ingress | |
2. n-m. (in the plural) income | |
3. n-m. deposit | |
4. v. first-person singular present indicative of ingresar | |
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 | |
tu |
1. det. (before the noun) apocopic form of tuyo, your | |
Carrera |
1. Proper noun. a Spanish surname | |
2. n-f. race | |
Es una carrera contra el tiempo. - It's a race against time. | |
3. n-f. run (act of running) | |
4. n-f. (baseball) run | |
5. n-f. (academics) course of study | |
Es una carrera de cuatro años. - The course takes four years to complete. | |
Estoy haciendo la carrera de sociología. - I'm majoring in sociology. | |
6. n-f. career | |
El escándalo arruinó su carrera. - The scandal ruined his career. | |
7. n-f. run (line of knit stitches which have unravelled) | |
Tienes una carrera en las medias. - Your pantyhose has a run in it. | |
8. n-f. journey, fare (of a taxi) | |
9. n-f. path ((of a moving object)), trajectory | |
10. n-f. (Colombia) avenue generally in a north–south direction and vice versa, as opposed to a calle (east–west or vice versa) | |
11. n-f. female equivalent of carrero | |