| 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 | |
| un |
| 1. art. a | |
| 2. num. (before the noun) apocopic form of uno one | |
| día |
| 1. n-m. day (any period of 24 hours) | |
| 2. n-m. day (a period from midnight to the following midnight) | |
| 3. n-m. day (rotational period of a planet) | |
| 4. n-m. day (the part of a day period which one spends at work, school, etc.) | |
| 5. n-m. day, daytime (the part of the day between sunrise and sunset) | |
| hay |
| there is, there are | |
| Hay dos tiendas que venden películas. - There are two stores that sell films. | |
| 1. there is, there are | |
| 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 | |
| veinticuatro |
| 1. num. twenty-four | |
| 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) | |
