| 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 | |
| mi |
| 1. det. (before the noun) apocopic form of mío, my | |
| 2. n-f. mu; the Greek letter Μ, μ | |
| cabeza |
| 1. n-f. (anatomy) head | |
| 2. n-f. mind (in certain phrases) | |
| perder la cabeza - to lose one's mind | |
| No puedo quitarme a esa chica de la cabeza. - I can't get that girl out of my head. | |
| 3. n-m. (colloquial Andalusia) guy, dude, man | |
| no |
| 1. adv. no | |
| 2. adv. not | |
| 3. interj. eh? (used as a tag question, to emphasise what goes before or to request that the listener express an opinion about what has been said) | |
| 4. n-m. no | |
| 5. n-m. abbreviation of número; no. | |
| tengo |
| 1. v. first-person singular present indicative of tener | |
| tener |
| 1. v. to have, possess | |
| Ella tiene seis hermanos. - She has six brothers. | |
| Tengo una pluma. - I have a pen. | |
| 2. v. to have, possess, to be (a condition or quality) | |
| Usted tiene suerte. - You have luck. | |
| ¡Ten cuidado! - Have care! | |
| ¿Quién tiene razón? - Who has reason? | |
| 3. v. to hold, grasp | |
| Ten esto. - Hold this. | |
| 4. v. to contain, to hold (e.g. to "hold the power to", "hold the key", "hold a clue", "hold the truth", "have a hold on", "hold in store", "hold all the cards", "hold in high regard", etc.) | |
| Este tarro tiene las cenizas. - This jar contains the ashes. | |
| El estadio es enorme. Puede tener una capacidad de hasta cien mil espectadores. - The stadium is huge. It can hold up to one hundred thousand spectators. | |
| Solía pensar que ese libro tenía todas las respuestas. - I used to think that book held all the answers. | |
| 5. v. to have, feel (internally) | |
| Él le tiene mucho cariño a ella. - He has much admiration for her. | |
| Tengo frío. - I feel cold. | |
| Tenemos hambre. - We have hunger. | |
| 6. v. to make to feel | |
| Eso nos tiene tristes. - That makes us sad. | |
| 7. v. to have (a measure or age) | |
| Tiene tres metros de ancho. - It has three metres of width. | |
| Tengo veinte años. - I have twenty years. | |
| 8. v. (used with que) to have to | |
| Tengo que salir ahora. - I have to leave now. | |
| 9. v. to get (e.g. to get a minute, to get an idea, to get a chance, to get a concussion/bruise/headache, to get in an accident, to get a place, to get a view of, to get a meeting, to get a vision, etc.) | |
| Ese cadete necesita tenerlo bajo control. - That cadet needs to get it under control. | |
| 10. v. to keep, to bear (in certain phrases; e.g. to bear in mind, bear a resemblance, keep a journal/diary, keep around something or someone) | |
| Ten en cuenta que es más difícil de volver a subir al cañón que descenderlo. - Keep in mind that it's more difficult to go back up the canyon than to go down it. | |
| Pronto voy a comprobar sus billetes, así que ténganlos a manos. - I will soon be checking your tickets, so keep them handy. | |
| Ella tuvo diez hijos, todos partos naturales. - She bore ten children, all natural births. | |
| 11. v. to make (in a few select phrases) | |
| Ahora todo tiene sentido. - Now everything makes sense. | |
| 12. v. to be taken (usually has deber for an auxiliary verb when used) | |
| 13. v. attention, Expressions that may need to be explained: | |
| 14. v. tener en cuenta | |
| 15. v. tener prisa | |
| ningún |
| 1. det. (before the noun) apocopic form of ninguno t=not any | |
| pelo |
| 1. n-m. hair (a single hair) | |
| 2. n-m. hair (all hair on the head) | |
| 3. n-m. fur | |
| 4. v. first-person singular present indicative of pelar | |
| pelar |
| 1. v. to peel (fruits, vegetables) | |
| 2. v. to skin (an animal) | |
| 3. v. to shell (nuts, shellfish) | |
| 4. v. to unwrap | |
| 5. v. to pluck (a bird) | |
| 6. v. to cut the hair of | |
| 7. v. to spread negative gossip, run down, criticise somebody | |
| 8. v. to exfoliate | |
| 9. v. (colloquial) to steal | |
| 10. v. (colloquial) to fleece | |
| 11. v. to notice someone, to pay attention to someone | |
| 12. v. to matter | |
| Me la pela. - I don't give a fuck. | |
| 13. v. to have one's hair cut | |
| 14. v. to lose one's hair, to go bald | |
| 15. v. to peel (of skin, from the sun, etc.) | |
| 16. v. to fray (rope, wire) | |
| 17. v. to strip (to remove the insulation from a wire/cable) | |
| Hay que pelar el cable para poder conectarlo al conector. - The cable must be stripped to be able to connect it to the connector. | |
| 18. v. (Chile) to steal | |
| 19. v. (Chile) to flirt | |
| 20. v. (Chile) to make out with a stranger at a social event | |
