| 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 | |
| Su |
| 1. Proper noun. given name, female, diminutive=Susana | |
| 2. det. (before the noun) apocopic form of suyo his, her, its, one's, their, your (formal) | |
| Vino con su amigo. (He came with his friend.) | |
| Habló a sus hijas. (She spoke to her daughters.) | |
| 3. det. (used to express an approximate number): about, approximately | |
| Pesa sus dos kilogramos. - It weighs its two kilograms. | |
| 4. det. (before the noun, formal) apocopic form of suyo t=your | |
| desesperación |
| 1. n-f. desperation | |
| sentía |
| 1. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of sentir | |
| sentir |
| 1. v. to feel | |
| Por primera vez en mi vida, yo sentí verdadera paz. - For the first time in my life, I felt true peace. | |
| Ella sintió a su corazón latir rápidamente. - She felt her heart beating rapidly. | |
| Siento que deberías que estar aquí conmigo. - I feel that you are supposed to be here with me. | |
| 2. v. to regret, feel/be sorry | |
| Lo siento. - I'm sorry. | |
| 3. v. to hear | |
| 4. v. to feel (an emotion/state of being) | |
| Me siento un poco mal ahora por gritarle. - I feel kind of bad now for yelling at him. | |
| Me siento como si me conocieras. - I feel as though you know me. | |
| 5. n-m. feeling; mood | |
| 6. n-m. opinion | |
| transcurrir |
| 1. v. to pass by, to elapse | |
| 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 | |
| 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. | |
| sin |
| 1. prep. without | |
| (ant-lite, con) | |
| darse |
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| cuenta |
| 1. n-f. count, tally | |
| 2. n-f. (mathematics) operation | |
| 3. n-f. bill | |
| Nos trae la cuenta, por favor - Bring us the bill, please | |
| 4. n-f. tab (e.g. at a bar or pub) | |
| 5. n-f. (computing) account | |
| 6. n-f. (sports) count (in boxing) | |
| 7. n-f. report | |
| dar cuenta (de) - to present a report (on) | |
| darse cuenta (de) - to present a report to oneself (on) | |
| 8. n-f. score (rivalry) | |
| 9. n-f. bead (small spherical object) | |
| 10. n-f. required or desired amount/number | |
| 11. v. third-person singular present indicative of contar | |
| contar |
| 1. v. to count; to tally | |
| 2. v. to tell (a story); narrate | |
| 3. v. to be (a certain number of years of age) | |
| Cuando contaba treinta años. - When he was thirty years of age | |
| 4. v. (indtr, con) to rely on | |
| 5. v. (indtr, con) to have available | |
| Contamos con suficiente personal para atenderle apropiadamente. - We have enough staff available to take good care of you. | |
| darse cuenta |
| 1. v. (indtr, .idiomatic) to notice, to realize, to figure out, to pick up on | |
| Al fin me di cuenta de que estaba perdido. - I finally realized I was lost. | |
| Pocos pueden darse cuenta de sus defectos. - Few people can recognize their faults. | |
| 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 | |
| él |
| 1. pron. he, him, masculine personal third person subject and disjunctive pronoun (used as a subject and after prepositions) | |
| Él es mi hermano. - He is my brother. | |
| Lo hice para él. - I did it for him. | |
| 2. pron. it, masculine non-personal third-person subject and disjunctive pronoun (used as a subject and after prepositions to refer to masculine nouns) | |
| ―¿Es esto un libro? ―Sí, él es. - ―Is this a book? ―Yes, it is. | |
| ¡Mi coche! ¿Qué le pasó a él? - My car! What happened to it? | |
| Y |
| 1. Letter. the 26th letter of the Spanish alphabet | |
| 2. conj. and | |
| 3. conj. (in names of number) and | |
| setenta y seis - seventy-six | |
| 4. conj. (in arithmetic) plus, and | |
| uno y uno son dos - one plus one is two | |
| 5. conj. (informal) well | |
| ¡Y por supuesto! - Well, of course! | |
| 6. conj. (informal) what about, how about, where is/are the | |
| Pero, ¿y el concierto? ¿Ya no vamos? - But what about the concert? Are we not going anymore? | |
| ¿Y la niña? ¿Está a salvo? - How about the girl? Is she safe? | |
| ¿Y los archivos? Debo echarles un vistazo. - Where are the files? I should take a look at them. | |
| pasaron |
| 1. v. second-person plural preterit indicative of pasar | |
| pasar |
| 1. v. to pass, to hand, to slip | |
| 2. v. to happen | |
| ¿qué pasa? - what's up? | |
| estas cosas pasan - these things happen | |
| Ya me ha pasado. - It has already happened to me. | |
| 3. v. to pass, to get past, to go past, to go by, to go over, to get through | |
| ¿Cómo pasaste la seguridad? - How did you get past security? | |
| ¡No pasarán! - They shall not pass! | |
| 4. v. to spend time | |
| pasarlo bien - to have a good time | |
| pásalo en grande - have a great time | |
| 5. v. to enter a room | |
| 6. v. to go too far, exaggerate | |
| 7. v. to exceed, surpass, go over | |
| 8. v. to ripen too much, become rotten, become off (food) | |
| 9. v. to pass (filter) | |
| 10. v. to strain, to sieve, to sift | |
| 11. v. to break the law, rule, order | |
| 12. v. to trespass (enter on someone's property without permission) | |
| 13. v. to puree (crush or grind food into a puree) | |
| 14. v. to omit, leave out | |
| ¡pasa de ellos! - pay no attention to them! | |
| 15. v. to send, transmit | |
| 16. v. to stand, tolerate, bear | |
| 17. v. to go through, to pass through, to swing by (+ por) | |
| 18. v. (with a + infinitive) to begin a process or action; (gloss, with ser) to become, to come to be | |
| 19. v. (Latin America) to pass an exam | |
| 20. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to stop by, to swing by | |
| 21. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to spend (time) | |
| minutos |
| 1. n. plural of minuto | |
| minuto |
| 1. n-m. minute (a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or (frac, 1, 60) hour) | |
| 2. n-m. minute (a unit of angle measure equal to 60 seconds or (frac, 1, 60) degree) | |
| 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 | |
| le |
| 1. pron. to him, for him; dative of él | |
| Mi mamá va a escribirle una carta. - My mom is going to write him a letter. | |
| 2. pron. to her, for her; dative of ella | |
| Le dio un beso a Ana. - He gave Ana a kiss. | |
| 3. pron. to it, for it; dative of ello | |
| ¡Ponle esfuerzo! - Put some effort into it! | |
| 4. pron. to you, for you (formal); dative of usted | |
| ¿A usted le gustan los caballos? - Do you like horses? | |
| 5. pron. gender-neutral;neologism to them, for them (singular); dative of elle | |
| Le diré que te llame. - I will tell them to call you. | |
| parecieron |
| 1. v. third-person plural preterite indicative of parecer | |
| parecer |
| 1. v. (impersonal) to seem, to see fit | |
| Me parece que... - It seems to me that... | |
| como mejor le parezca - as you see fit; as one sees fit | |
| 2. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to believe | |
| 3. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to think | |
| ¿Qué te parece si vamos al bar? - What do you think about going to a bar? | |
| 4. v. to strike (seem, appear, make an impression) | |
| Te voy a mandar una cosa que escribí el otro día, para ver que te parece. - I am going to send you something that I wrote the other day, in order to see how it strikes you. | |
| ¿Te parece que cambiemos el día para el martes? - How about we change the day to Tuesday? | |
| 5. v. to be like, to take after, to resemble | |
| 6. v. to perceive | |
| 7. n-m. opinion | |
| horas |
| 1. n. plural of hora | |
| hora |
| 1. n-f. hour (a time period of sixty minutes) | |
| Hay veinticuatro horas por el día. (There are twenty-four hours in a day.) | |
| 2. n-f. time (the moment, as indicated by a clock or similar device) | |
| ¿Qué hora es? (What time is it?) | |
| Ya es hora de ir. (It's time to go.) | |
| 3. n-f. high time (usually with "ya") | |
| Ya es hora de ser abiertos y honestos entre nosotros. - It's high time we be open and honest with each other. | |
| 4. n-f. (education) hour, period (of class) | |
| Tengo un examen a primera hora mañana. - I have a test during first period tomorrow. | |
| Tenemos juntos la tercera hora. - We have third period together. | |
| 5. n-f. (Spain, colloquial) appointment (e.g. with the doctor) | |
