| 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 | |
| mecánica |
| 1. n-f. female equivalent of mecánico | |
| 2. n-f. mechanics | |
| 3. n-f. (physics) mechanics | |
| 4. n-f. machinery | |
| 5. adj. feminine singular of mecánico | |
| mecánico |
| 1. adj. mechanical | |
| 2. n-m. mechanic | |
| ondulatoria |
| 1. adj. feminine singular of ondulatorio | |
| 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 | |
| punto |
| 1. n-m. point (a specific spot, location, or place) | |
| 2. n-m. point (a unit of scoring) | |
| Tienes cinco puntos. - You have five points. | |
| Ese artículo cuesta tres puntos. - That item costs three points. | |
| 3. n-m. (grammar) point (a full stop or period) | |
| 4. n-m. (math) point (a decimal mark) | |
| 5. n-m. (sewing) stitch (a single pass of a needle in sewing or surgery suture) | |
| 6. n-m. bombshell (a great surprise or shock) | |
| 7. n-m. (historical) punto, Spanish point (a traditional small unit of length, equivalent to about 0.16 mm) | |
| 8. interj. that's it! | |
| 9. v. first-person singular present indicative of puntar | |
| puntar |
| 1. v. to point, to mark with points | |
| 2. v. to add vowel markings, to Hebrew or Arabic script | |
| más |
| 1. adv. more; -er (used to make comparisons) | |
| Teresa es más lista que su hermano. - Teresa is more clever than her brother. | |
| Hay más de cien personas aquí. - There are more than a hundred people here. | |
| 2. adv. (with definite article) most; -est (used to make superlatives) | |
| Teresa es la más inteligente de la clase. - Teresa is the most intelligent in her class. | |
| la cosa más grande - the biggest thing | |
| 3. adv. furthermore | |
| 4. adv. in addition | |
| 5. adv. else | |
| algo más - something/anything else | |
| nadie más - nobody else | |
| 6. adv. used with qué to express emphasis | |
| ¡Qué paisaje más hermoso! - What a pretty landscape! | |
| ¡Qué niño más tonto! - What a silly boy! | |
| 7. det. more, any more | |
| 8. det. most | |
| 9. conj. (mathematics) plus | |
| uno más uno es igual a dos - one plus one is equal to two | |
| bajo |
| 1. adj. short (of little height) | |
| 2. adj. low, ground (situated close to the ground) | |
| 3. adj. low, bottom, poor (not high in status, amount or quality) | |
| 4. adj. (music) bass | |
| 5. adj. base, mean, low, despicable | |
| 6. adv. low | |
| 7. adv. down (location) | |
| 8. adv. down, quietly, softly (volume) | |
| 9. n-m. (music) bass (sound, voice or instrument) | |
| 10. prep. under (in both literal and figurative senses) | |
| No hay nada nuevo bajo el sol. - There's nothing new under the sun. | |
| 11. v. first-person singular present indicative of bajar | |
| bajar |
| 1. v. to go down, come down | |
| 2. v. to get off, to get down, to climb down, to step down, to get out (e.g., of/from a platform or vehicle) | |
| Bajé del taxi. - I got out of the taxi. | |
| Bajaron del árbol. - They climbed down the tree. | |
| 3. v. (colloquial) to kill (a person) | |
| 4. v. to descend | |
| 5. v. (computing) to download | |
| Estoy bajando libros. - I am downloading books. | |
| 6. v. to lower, reduce, fall | |
| 7. v. to drop, lower, put down, turn down, move down (an object, the volume, etc.) | |
| ¡Baja la música! - Turn that music down! | |
| 8. v. to lose (e.g., weight) | |
| Bajaré de peso. - I will lose weight. | |
| 9. v. to take down, bring down | |
| 10. v. to dim (the lights) | |
| 11. v. to let down (one's guard) | |
| 12. v. to wash down (accompany food) | |
| 13. v. to get off, to get down | |
| 14. v. (computing, reflexive) to download (for one's own private use) | |
| 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 | |
| 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) | |
| de la |
| 1. art. of the | |
| perturbación |
| 1. n-f. perturbation, disturbance, disruption, agitation | |
| 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 | |
| una |
| 1. n-f. feminine of uno | |
| a la una, a las dos y a las tres - after three...one, two, three | |
| 2. art. feminine singular of un | |
| 3. det. feminine singular of uno | |
| 4. pron. one (an indefinite plural pronoun using a singular feminine item, used for females) | |
| 5. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of unir | |
| unir |
| 1. v. to unite, join | |
| ¡Únete al sindicato! (Join up with the union!) | |
| 2. v. to merge, conflate | |
| un |
| 1. art. a | |
| 2. num. (before the noun) apocopic form of uno one | |
| onda |
| 1. n-f. wave (on the surface of a liquid) | |
| 2. n-f. any other wave (including technological use) | |
| 3. n-f. (Chile) style, fashion | |
| 4. n-f. vibe or mood | |
