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 | |
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 | |
esperar |
1. v. to hope for, hope to (qual, often with a verb in the subjunctive) | |
Espera que no sea necesario. - He hopes it won't be necessary. | |
(coi, esperar con interés, to look forward to, to eagerly await) | |
2. v. to expect, look for (qual, often with a verb in the indicative) | |
Espera que no sea fácil. - He expects it isn't easy. | |
3. v. to wait to, wait for, await | |
Por favor espera aquí. - Please wait here. | |
4. v. to wait, to hold on (reflexive for emphatic use) | |
5. v. to hope | |
6. v. to expect (qual, a baby) | |
7. v. to be expected, to expect (impersonal use) | |
8. v. to spare | |
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 | |
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 | |
ordenador |
1. n-m. (Spain) computer | |
consiguiera |
1. v. third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of conseguir | |
conseguir |
1. v. to achieve, succeed in, reach, accomplish, attain | |
2. v. to get, obtain, acquire, find, gain, procure, extract, get to | |
3. v. to ensure, secure | |
4. v. to bring about | |
5. v. to raise (e.g. funds or money) | |
6. v. to enlist (e.g. support, help or participation) | |
7. v. to score | |
leer |
1. v. to read | |
Quiero leer el periódico. - I want to read the newspaper. | |
Léase también la Orden General núm. 8. - Also read General Order No. 8. | |
2. v. , translation=(...) to such a pitch did his eagerness and infatuation go that he sold many an acre of tillage land to buy books of chivalry to read, and brought home as many of them as he could get. | |
solo |
1. adj. sole, only, unique, single | |
2. adj. lonely, lonesome | |
3. adj. alone, by oneself | |
4. adj. automatic; self-, by itself | |
La máquina se lava sola. - The machine washes itself.; The machine is self-washing. | |
5. adv. only, solely, just | |
Solo quiero salir. - I just want to leave. | |
No solo... sino también... - Not only... but also... | |
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. | |
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. | |
tardar |
1. v. to delay | |
2. v. to last | |
3. v. to be late | |