| entre |
| 1. prep. between | |
| Entre tú y yo... - Between you and me... | |
| 2. prep. among, amongst, from | |
| Los estudiantes pueden elegir entre una amplia gama de clases. - Students may choose from a wide range of classes. | |
| 3. prep. divided by | |
| Diez entre cinco son dos. - Ten divided by five is two. | |
| 4. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of entrar | |
| entrar |
| 1. v. to enter | |
| 2. v. to come in, to get in, to go in, to get inside, to come on in | |
| 3. v. to break in | |
| 4. v. to join, to enter, to start | |
| 5. v. to access, to log in | |
| 6. v. to fit | |
| 7. v. to step in | |
| 8. v. to input, to enter (data, information) | |
| 9. v. to enter in, to enter into, to get into, to come into, to walk into, to step into, to slip into (entrar + en) | |
| 10. v. to break into (entrar + en) | |
| 11. v. to fit in, to fall in, to fall within (entrar + en) | |
| 12. v. (colloquial transitive) to make a move (on someone) | |
| 13. v. (soccer, sports) tackle (to attempt to take away a ball) | |
| 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) | |
| puerta |
| 1. n-f. door (portal of entry into a building) | |
| 2. n-f. gate (doorlike structure outside a house) | |
| 3. n-f. gate (passageway in an airport) | |
| 4. n-f. doorway, doorstep, gateway | |
| 5. n-f. (sports) goal (area into which players attempt to put an object) | |
| 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. | |
| 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) | |
| sala |
| 1. n-f. room (a separate part of a building) | |
| sala de estar - living room | |
| 2. n-f. large hall | |
| 3. n-f. ward (section of a hospital) | |
| 4. n-f. courtroom | |
| 5. v. third-person singular present indicative of salar | |
| salar |
| 1. n-m. a salt pan | |
| 2. v. to salt | |
| primera |
| 1. n-f. lowest gear in a motor vehicle | |
| 2. n-f. first class | |
| 3. adj. feminine singular of primero | |
| primero |
| 1. n-m. former (in contrast to the latter), first, first one | |
| 2. n-m. one of the five bids in the card game of Primero, consisting of a combination of four cards in the hand | |
| 3. adj. (ordinal) first, first up | |
| 4. adj. top (head) | |
| Mi sobrino se graduó como el primero de su clase. - My nephew graduated at the top of his class. | |
| 5. adj. chief, fundamental | |
| 6. adj. prime, initial, front | |
| Sería un lugar primero para el establecimiento humano. - It would be a prime place for human settlement. | |
| Mira la primera plana. - Check out the front page. | |
| 7. adv. first, first of all, firstly | |
| 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 | |
| un |
| 1. art. a | |
| 2. num. (before the noun) apocopic form of uno one | |
| pasillo |
| 1. n-m. hallway, corridor | |
| El baño está por el pasillo. - The bathroom is just down the hall. | |
| 2. n-m. aisle | |
| Yo prefería un asiento de pasillo en el vuelo si no le importa. - I'd prefer an aisle seat on the flight if you don't mind. | |
| 3. n-m. (music genre, Latin America) pasillo | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| cual |
| 1. adv. (formal, literary) like, as, in the manner of | |
| 2. pron. (formal, literary) suchlike, like (which), such as | |
| Tal vez podrías probar de otra manera, cual es simplemente ignorarlo. - Maybe you could try another way, like to simply ignore it. | |
| En cuanto a películas, me interesan mucho las de terror, cuales son la mayoría de las que se venden en esta tienda. - As for movies, I'm very interested in horrors, suchlike are the majority of | |
| el cual |
| 1. pron. (for a person) who, whom | |
| Gracias a los cuales no hicieron caso de mis recordatorios, no tendremos conexión a Internet en la casa hasta el mes que viene. - Thanks to those who ignored my reminders, we won't have connect | |
| 2. pron. (for an object) which | |
| Esa noche, sentado junto a un árbol en el bosque, a través del cual vagaba incontables veces, me sentí como si estuviera más lejos que cerca de lo que yo era hasta algún momento perdido, con el | |
| 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 | |
| veía |
| 1. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of ver | |
| ver |
| 1. v. to see, to spot | |
| Vine, vi, vencí. - I came, I saw, I conquered. | |
| Sí, con mis propios ojos, lo vi robar el dinero. - Yes, with my own eyes, I saw him steal the money. | |
| 2. v. to see, to look at, to view (perceive) | |
| Hmm. Ya veo... - Hmm. I see... | |
| Tal experiencia única en la vida cambiará tu manera de ver el mundo. - Such a once in a lifetime experience will change the way that you look at or see or view the world. | |
| 3. v. to see, to tell, to observe | |
| Puedo ver que no eres como el resto. - I can tell you aren't like the rest of them. | |
| 4. v. to see, to check (verify) | |
| Déjenme ver si hay moros en la costa. - Let me check if the coast is clear. | |
| 5. v. to watch | |
| ver la televisión - to watch television | |
| 6. v. to look, to seem | |
| Te ves tan diferente desde la última vez que te vi. - You look so different since the last time I saw you. | |
| 7. v. to see oneself, to picture oneself | |
| Me veo así como un consejero, nada más. - I just see myself as an advisor, nothing more. | |
| 8. v. to find oneself, to be | |
| Nos vemos obligados a hacernos una pregunta difícil. - We are forced to ask ourselves a difficult question. | |
| 9. v. (reciprocal) to see one another | |
| Nos vemos! - We'll see each other!) | |
| se veía |
|
| verse |
| 1. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of versar | |
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| 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) | |
| artesa |
| 1. n-f. kneading trough | |
| 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 | |
| lavar |
| 1. v. to wash | |
| 2. v. to wipe, clear (disgrace, doubt, etc.) | |
| 3. v. to wash oneself | |
| 4. v. to wash a body part of oneself (e.g. hands, hair) | |
| 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. | |
| 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) | |
| entrada |
| 1. n-f. entrance | |
| 2. n-f. entry, entering, admission, entryway | |
| 3. n-f. (linear algebra) entry | |
| 4. n-f. driveway | |
| 5. n-f. ticket | |
| 6. n-f. entrance fee | |
| 7. n-f. gateway, gate | |
| 8. n-f. starter, appetizer, entrée (food) | |
| 9. n-f. (computing) computer port | |
| 10. n-f. (computing) input | |
| 11. n-f. (online) posting, blogpost | |
| 12. n-f. (sports) inning | |
| 13. n-f. (soccer, sports) tackle (a play where a player attempts to take control over the ball from an opponent) | |
| 14. n-f. (engineering) inlet, intake | |
| 15. n-f. (in plural) (area of) receding hairline | |
| 16. n-f. down payment | |
| 17. Participle. feminine singular of entrado | |
| feminine singular entrar |
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| 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 | |
| cocina |
| 1. n-f. kitchen | |
| 2. n-f. stove, cooker, range | |
| 3. n-f. cuisine | |
| Mi hermana como chef decidió especializarse en la cocina asiática. - My sister as a chef decided to specialize in Asian cuisine. | |
| 4. n-f. (Dominican Republic, slang) back seats of a bus | |
| 5. v. third-person singular present indicative of cocinar | |
| cocinar |
| 1. v. to cook | |
| cuya |
| 1. det. feminine singular of cuyo | |
| cuyo |
| 1. det. whose | |
| la mujer cuyos hijos son cocineros - the woman whose sons are cooks | |
| 2. n-m. (El Salvador) Alternative form of cuy | |
| reja |
| 1. n-f. grate, grating, grille | |
| 2. n-f. (in the plural) bars (especially of a prison cell) | |
| tras las rejas - behind bars | |
| 3. n-f. plowshare (or ploughshare) (soil-cutting bar of a plough) | |
| daba |
| 1. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of dar | |
| dar |
| 1. v. to give, to give out | |
| 2. v. to hand over | |
| 3. v. to hit | |
| Me han dado en la cabeza. - They hit me on my head. | |
| 4. v. to emit | |
| 5. v. to produce | |
| 6. v. to perform | |
| 7. v. to consider | |
| Doy eso por menos que yo. - I consider that beneath me. | |
| Yo lo doy por muerto. - I consider him dead. | |
| 8. v. (indtr, con) to encounter; to find with effort | |
| Dimos con María. - We encountered Maria. | |
| Dimos con el edificio después de tres horas. - We finally found the building after three hours. | |
| 9. v. to hit upon | |
| 10. v. (indtr, a, .colloquial, intr=1) to press, activate | |
| darle al botón - to press the button | |
| 11. v. to ruin; mess up | |
| Me dio la noche - It ruined the night for me | |
| 12. v. to occur | |
| 13. v. to grow naturally | |
| El maíz se da en esta tierra. - Corn grows on this land. | |
| 14. v. to hit | |
| El coche se dio con/contra un árbol. - The car hit a tree. | |
| 15. v. to assume | |
| darse por vencido - to assume to be defeated | |
| darse por muerto - to assume to be dead | |
| 16. v. to pretend to be, to present oneself as though one were | |
| Se las da de enfermero pero nunca ha estudiado. - He pretends to be a nurse, but he's never studied. | |
| 17. v. to surrender | |
| ¿Te das? — Me doy. - Do you surrender? — I surrender. | |
| 18. v. to fuck (used with third person direct objects only) | |
| Vos solo te la das. - You just fuck her. | |
| Me quiero dar a José. - I want to fuck José. | |
| 19. v. to find someone sexually attractive (mostly to have a sexual encounter with) | |
| Le re doy. | |
| 20. v. to announce, predict | |
| Dan lluvia. - They announced rain. | |
| al |
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| a |
| 1. prep. to | |
| 2. prep. by | |
| 3. prep. at | |
| 4. prep. ng-lite, Used before words referring to people, pets, or personified objects or places that function as direct objects: personal a. | |
| Lo busca a usted. - He is looking for you. | |
| 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 | |
| corredor |
| 1. n-m. corridor, hall | |
| 2. n-m. pass, passageway | |
| 3. adj. running | |
| 4. adj. (relational) ratite | |
| 5. n-m. runner | |
| 6. n-m. broker | |
