| 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 | |
| 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) | |
| caza |
| 1. n-f. (or un) hunting, hunt (act of finding and killing a wild animal; art of hunting) | |
| 2. n-f. persecution, hunting (act of pursuing in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict) | |
| 3. n-f. game (wild animals hunted for food; meat of these animals) | |
| 4. n-f. prey (animal hunted by another animal) | |
| 5. n-f. hunting ground (area used for hunting) | |
| 6. n-f. hunting party (group of people gathered to hunt together) | |
| 7. n-m. ellipsis of avión de caza, : fighter, fighter plane (military aircraft primarily designed to attack enemy aircraft) | |
| 8. v. third-person singular present indicative of cazar | |
| cazar |
| 1. v. to hunt | |
| 2. v. (football) to catch (a ball, said especially of the goalkeeper) | |
| acción |
| 1. n-f. action, act, deed (something done) | |
| 2. n-f. action (way of motion or functioning) | |
| 3. n-f. action (fast-paced activity) | |
| 4. n-f. (military) combat, action | |
| 5. n-f. (legal) general legal action; lawsuit | |
| 6. n-f. share (financial instrument) | |
| 7. interj. action (demanding the start of something) | |
| 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 | |
| batir |
| 1. v. to beat, to pound repeatedly | |
| batir las alas - to flap (of a bird) | |
| batir las palmas - to clap | |
| 2. v. to beat, whisk, whip | |
| 3. v. to beat, overcome (an opponent, record, etc.) | |
| 4. v. to coin (a word, etc.) | |
| un |
| 1. art. a | |
| 2. num. (before the noun) apocopic form of uno one | |
| terreno |
| 1. adj. (relational) ground; land; earth | |
| 2. adj. (relational) earthly | |
| 3. n-m. land | |
| 4. n-m. ground | |
| 5. n-m. grounds (qual, plural) | |
| 6. n-m. pitch | |
| pequeño |
| 1. adj. small; little | |
| Tengo un gatito pequeñito. - I have a small kitten. | |
| 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 | |
| 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. | |
| 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 | |
| las |
| 1. art. the | |
| 2. pron. accusative of ellas and ustedes (when referring to more than one woman); them, you all (formal) | |
| 3. pron. feminine plural pronoun | |
| las que no hablan - those (women) who do not speak | |
| 4. n. plural of la | |
| 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) | |
| presas |
| 1. adj. feminine plural of preso | |
| 2. n. plural of presa | |
| preso |
| 1. adj. imprisoned | |
| 2. n-m. prisoner | |
| salgan |
| 1. v. formal second-person plural imperative of salir | |
| salir |
| 1. v. to go out, to leave, to depart, to head out | |
| 2. v. to go out, to come out (to leave one's abode to go to public places) | |
| 3. v. to go out, date (be in a relationship) | |
| 4. v. to come out (e.g. from hiding), to come off (gloss, e.g. off the bench in a sport; off of a high place like a roof or ladder) | |
| 5. v. to exit, to leave, to walk out, to slip out | |
| 6. v. to step out (e.g. of a room, house or building) | |
| 7. v. to get off, to leave (e.g., get off work) | |
| 8. v. to get off (e.g. get off the plane, an island, someone's property, the street) (gloss, + de) | |
| 9. v. to get out (e.g. out of the way, out of the sun) (gloss, + de) | |
| 10. v. to go off (e.g. go off the grid, go off the air) (gloss, + de) | |
| 11. v. to log out, to quit, to exit (e.g. a web page or document) | |
| 12. v. to emerge, to come out | |
| 13. v. to come out (e.g., information, a movie) | |
| 14. v. to rise (the sun) | |
| 15. v. to climb out (e.g. a hole, a window, a canyon) | |
| 16. v. to escape, to break out | |
| 17. v. to run (e.g. a bus or other form of public transportation) | |
| 18. v. to come off, to go off (i.e. to project a certain quality) | |
| Solo espero que el gran evento salga sin problemas. - I just hope that the big event goes off without a hitch. | |
| 19. v. to appear, to look (on a painting, photo, movie, play, TV, platform, etc) | |
| En esta foto salgo bonita, por eso es la que muestro. - In this picture I look pretty, so, this is what I show. | |
| 20. v. to result, to arise as a consequence | |
| Luis salió herido de la pelea. - Luis became hurt from the fight. | |
| Aposté al 10 pero salió un 5. - I bet for 10 but it resulted 5. | |
| 21. v. to turn out, to work out, to go off | |
| Salió a su madre. - She turned out like her mother. | |
| Todo va a salir muy bien. - Everything's going to work out just fine. | |
| Sólo espero que el gran evento salga sin problemas. - I just hope that the big event goes off without a hitch. | |
| me sale imposible (hacer algo) - it turned out impossible | |
| 22. v. to be out, to get out (e.g. of a deal, of a situation) | |
| Mira, sé que negociamos eso, pero quiero salirme. - Look, I know that we negotiated that, but I want out. | |
| 23. v. to come off (i.e. to project a certain quality) | |
| Ella siempre ha salido como una persona amistosa. - She has always come off as a friendly person. | |
| Ese tipo en el parque simplemente se salió como muy raro y espeluznante. - That guy at the park just came off very strange and creepy. | |
| 24. v. to pop out (e.g. a contact lens, a cork, someone popping out of a dark space) | |
| 25. v. to get away with (+ con) | |
| 26. v. to get out, to go out (e.g. get out of control, get out of hand, go out of sync) | |
| 27. v. to go off, to turn off (go off script, on a tangent, go off the road/track/path) | |
| 28. v. to rock, rule (be fantastic) | |
| 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. | |
| 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 | |
| zona |
| 1. n-f. zone, district, area | |
| donde |
| 1. adv. (in indirect questions) where, in what place | |
| Deja los libros donde quieras. (Leave the books where you want.) | |
| 2. conj. (Chile, colloquial) because | |
| 3. conj. (Latin America, colloquial) if | |
| 4. prep. by, near to | |
| Estamos donde la plaza mayor. - We're around by the main square. | |
| 5. prep. round (at the house of) | |
| Cenamos donde Daniel. - We're having dinner (round) at Daniel's place. | |
| 6. pron. (relative) where, in what place | |
| El lugar donde estamos es secreto. (The place where we are is secret.) | |
| están |
| 1. v. third-person plural present indicative of estar | |
| estar |
| 1. v. to be (have a temporary or permanent location in space) | |
| ¿Dónde estás? - Where are you? | |
| Estoy en casa. - I am at home. | |
| 2. v. to be (denotes a copula, in a transient fashion) | |
| El tiempo estaba frío/caliente. - The weather was cold/hot back then. | |
| ¿Estás feliz? - Are you happy right now? | |
| 3. v. to be (auxiliary verb for the progressive/continuous aspect, preceding the gerund of the verb) | |
| Ella está cantando. - She is singing. | |
| 4. v. to be in a state (in a passive voice sense) | |
| Los vasos están rotos. - The vases are broken. (In passive voice with estar, unlike haber, its past participle agrees with number and gender of the subject) | |
| Llegaron y vieron que el hotel estaba abandonado. - They arrived and saw the hotel was abandoned. | |
| 5. v. to be, stay (denotes a copula, in a transient fashion) | |
| Estense callados y quietos. - Stay quiet and not moving. | |
| 6. v. to be to be done, to be (still) undone: | |
| Esto todavía está por hacer. - This is still to be done. | |
| Lo peor está por llegar. - The worst part is yet to come. | |
| 7. v. to be in a long-term state (in specific idioms) | |
| estar muerto/a - to be dead | |
| estar casado/a - to be married (can also be ser casado) | |
| estar chico/a - to be short (colloquially) | |
| esperando |
| 1. v. gerund of esperar | |
| esperar |
| 1. v. to hope for, hope to (qual, often with a verb in the subjunctive) | |
| Espera que no sea necesario. - He hopes it won't be necessary. | |
| (coi, esperar con interés, to look forward to, to eagerly await) | |
| 2. v. to expect, look for (qual, often with a verb in the indicative) | |
| Espera que no sea fácil. - He expects it isn't easy. | |
| 3. v. to wait to, wait for, await | |
| Por favor espera aquí. - Please wait here. | |
| 4. v. to wait, to hold on (reflexive for emphatic use) | |
| 5. v. to hope | |
| 6. v. to expect (qual, a baby) | |
| 7. v. to be expected, to expect (impersonal use) | |
| 8. v. to spare | |
| los |
| 1. art. the | |
| ¿Qué hacen los muchachos? - What do the boys do? | |
| 2. pron. accusative of ellos and ustedes (when referring to more than one man); them, you all (formal) | |
| 3. pron. plural masculine or neuter pronoun | |
| los que no hablan - those who do not speak | |
| cazadores |
| 1. adj. masculine plural of cazador | |
| 2. n. plural of cazador | |
| cazador |
| 1. adj. hunting | |
| 2. n-m. hunter | |
| 3. n-m. light infantryman | |
| 4. n-m. light cavalryman | |
| 5. n-m. rifleman | |
