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 | |
pocos |
1. det. masculine plural of poco | |
2. n. plural of poco | |
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 | |
meses |
1. n. plural of mes | |
mes |
1. n-m. month | |
Mi mes favorito es enero. - My favourite month is January. | |
se |
1. pron. (third person (also used for usted and ustedes) reflexive direct or indirect object) oneself, himself, herself, itself, yourself; each other; one another | |
Juan se lava. - Juan washes himself. | |
Juan se lava la cara. - Juan to himself washes the face. | |
Juan y María se aman. - Juan and María love each other. | |
2. pron. (used to convey the meaning of the English passive voice in the third person and with) usted and ustedes | |
¿Cómo se llama? - How do you call yourself? | |
Se dice que... - It says itself that... | |
Aquí se habla español - One speaks Spanish here, Spanish speaks itself here. | |
3. pron. (used instead of indirect object pronouns) le and les (before the direct object pronouns lo, la, los, or las) | |
El samaritano se las dio. - The Samaritan gave them to him. | |
4. v. misspelling of sé | |
había |
1. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of haber. | |
haber |
1. v. (auxiliary) to have | |
He trabajado muy duro durante este mes. - I have worked very hard during this month. | |
Mi hermanito me pidió más chocolate, pero ya le había dado demasiado. - My little brother asked me for more chocolate, but I had already given him too much. | |
2. v. (obsolete) to hold, to possess | |
3. v. (impersonal, in third person singular only) to exist; “there is”, “there are” (hay); “there was”, “there were” (había) | |
No hay muchas personas aquí. - There aren't many people here. | |
En el cofre había un libro antiguo. - In the chest there was an antique book. | |
4. v. (dated, or formal) to have to (+ de + infinitive) | |
5. v. (Used only in the third-person existential form) to be necessary (+ que + infinitive) | |
Hay que proteger el mundo. - It is necessary to protect the world. | |
6. v. used to denote a past obligation | |
Haberla llamado. - You ought to have phoned her. | |
7. n-m. asset | |
8. n-m. history | |
9. n-m. credit side | |
convertido |
1. adj. converted | |
2. Participle. past participle of convertir | |
convertir |
1. v. to convert | |
2. v. to turn | |
3. v. to transform | |
4. v. + en to become, get, turn, transform | |
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 | |
agricultor |
1. adj. agricultural | |
2. n-m. farmer | |
independiente |
1. adj. independent (not contingent or depending on something else) | |
2. adj. independent, autonomous | |
aunque |
1. conj. though, although, even though, albeit | |
Aunque es importante, nadie lo considera así. - Although it is important, nobody considers it so. | |
Voy a juntarme con los amigos, aunque tengo mucho que hacer por la mañana - I'm going to meet up with friends, even though I have a lot to do in the morning. | |
2. conj. even if, irrespective of (followed by subjunctive verb form) | |
Mañana me voy aunque llueva. - I'm leaving tomorrow even if it rains. | |
Aunque se dé cuenta de que todavía no he hecho lo que pidió, espero que no se enoje. No es que no sepa que ya tengo muchas otras cosas que hacer. - Even if he realizes I still haven't done what | |
todavía |
1. adv. still, yet | |
¿Estás todavía escribiendo? - Are you still writing? | |
"¿Comenzaste?"; "Todavía no." - "Have you started?"; "Not yet.". | |
2. adv. even, still | |
Helado es todavía mejor. - Frozen is even better. | |
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. | |
era |
1. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of ser | |
2. n-f. era, age | |
la Nueva Era - New Age | |
3. n-f. (geology) era | |
4. n-f. threshing floor | |
5. n-f. tipple | |
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 | |
propietario |
1. adj. proprietary | |
2. adj. owning | |
3. n-m. owner, proprietor (of land or business) | |
4. n-m. landlord | |