| 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 | |
| tan |
| 1. adv. so, as | |
| Eres tan rico como te sientes. - You are as rich as you feel. | |
| 2. det. such, such a | |
| ¡Ese tipo es tan patán! - That guy is such a jerk! | |
| pequeña |
| 1. adj. feminine singular of pequeño | |
| pequeño |
| 1. adj. small; little | |
| Tengo un gatito pequeñito. - I have a small kitten. | |
| Como |
| 1. Proper noun. Como (city and capital of Como) | |
| 2. adv. as (to such an extent or degree) | |
| No es tan alta como nosotras. - She's not as tall as us. | |
| 3. adv. like, about (approximately) | |
| Hemos esperado como media hora. - We've waited like half an hour. | |
| 4. conj. as (introducing a basis of comparison or equality) | |
| ¿Tienes tanta hambre como yo? - Are you as hungry as I am? | |
| 5. conj. as, since (being that) | |
| Como nunca vio mi mensaje, vamos sin ella. - Since she never saw my message, we're going without her. | |
| 6. conj. how (in which way) | |
| Me gusta como hablas. - I like how you talk. | |
| 7. conj. (followed by the subjunctive) if, unless (under the condition that) | |
| Como llegues tarde otra vez, ¡te mato! - If you arrive late again, I'll kill you! | |
| 8. prep. as (in the manner or role specified) | |
| Mis ahijados me ven como un tío. - My godchildren see me as an uncle. | |
| 9. prep. such as (for example) | |
| Algunos países de Asia, como Laos y Vietnam... - Some countries in Asia, such as Laos and Vietnam... | |
| 10. prep. like (similar to, reminiscent of) | |
| Llevan gafas redondas como las de John Lennon. - They wear round glasses like John Lennon's. | |
| 11. v. first-person singular present indicative of comer | |
| comer |
| 1. v. to eat | |
| ¿Cómo como? ¿Cómo cómo como? ¡Como como como! (classroom example of written accent) - How do I eat? What do you mean, how do I eat? I eat like I eat! | |
| 2. v. (colloquial) to eat away, corrode | |
| 3. v. to capture a piece | |
| 4. v. (double entendre, Mexico) to have sexual intercourse (because of similarity to coger) | |
| 5. n-m. eating, food | |
| quitárselo uno de su comer - to deprive oneself of something for the benefit of others | |
| el comer fuera es muy común - eating out is very common | |
| ...necesario para el alma como el comer para el cuerpo - ...necessary for the soul like food for the body | |
| 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) | |
| Media |
| 1. Proper noun. (historical) Media | |
| 2. n-f. half (one of two equal parts of any whole) | |
| 3. n-f. historical synonym of cuarto, half-fanega (a traditional unit of dry measure equivalent to about 27.8 L) | |
| 4. n-f. stocking (long thin leggings worn by women) | |
| 5. n-f. (usually in plural) pantyhose (stockings connected at the top and pulled up to the waist) | |
| 6. n-f. (most of Latin America, Philippines) sock (short unisex cloth covering for feet) | |
| 7. n-f. (mathematics) mean, average (the arithmatic middle in a set of values) | |
| media geométrica - geometric mean | |
| 8. n-f. (anatomy) midline (the medial line of the human body) | |
| 9. n-f. (usually with 'y') half past (especially as an indication that it is exactly 30 minutes after the hour) | |
| Son las cinco y media. - It’s half past five. | |
| Empezamos a LA media en punto. - We started at precisely half past LA time. | |
| 10. adj. feminine singular of medio | |
| 11. v. informal second-person singular affirmative imperative of mediar | |
| mediar |
| 1. v. to mediate | |
| 2. v. to center, to give a central, medium or average value | |
| medio |
| 1. adj. half (of or related to one of two equal divisions of a whole) | |
| media hora - half hour | |
| media manzana - half an apple | |
| 2. adj. (inexact) half (of or related to any large proportion of a whole) | |
| Medio Nueva York fue a los toros. - Half of New York went to the bullfight. | |
| 3. adj. middle (placed more or less halfway between two positions, times, or alternatives) | |
| clase media - middle class | |
| 4. adj. average (of or related to the arithmatic middle in a set of values) | |
| velocidad media - average speed | |
| 5. adj. average (of or related to a representative example of a group) | |
| el español medio - the average Spaniard... your typical Spaniard... | |
| 6. adj. (art) tasteful, bourgeois (well decorated or executed but not sublime) | |
| 7. adj. (linguistics) mid (of or related to the position of vowel articulation between open and closed) | |
| 8. adj. (grammar) middle, mediopassive (of or related to grammatical voices neither active nor passive) | |
| 9. adj. (Chile, slang) impressive (extremely large or good) | |
| ¡Media bolsa! - Such a huge bag! What an awesome bag! Whatta bag! | |
| 10. adv. half, incompletely (indicating an action interrupted or only partially done) | |
| medio vestido - half-dressed | |
| 11. adv. half, kind of (particularly used to partially soften negative descriptions) | |
| Es medio idiota. - He’s a bit of an idiot... He’s kind of an idiot... | |
| 12. n-m. half (one of two equal parts of any whole) | |
| 13. n-m. (math) half (any fraction with a denominator of 2) | |
| 14. n-m. (historical) medio, half-celemin (a traditional unit of dry measure equivalent to about 2.3 L) | |
| 15. n-m. (historical) medio (the usual container used to measure medios) | |
| 16. n-m. (historical, Guatemala, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela) medio, half-real (a former coin) | |
| 17. n-m. (historical, Dominican Republic) medio, half-peso (a former coin) | |
| 18. n-m. (historical, Ecuador) medio, half-sucre (a former coin) | |
| 19. n-m. (historical, Panama) medio, half-balboa (a former coin) | |
| 20. n-m. (historical, Bolivia) medio, half-boliviano (a former coin) | |
| 21. n-m. (historical, Mexico) medio, half-octavo (a former coin equal to frac, 1, 16) real | |
| 22. n-m. (slang) medio (following decimalization, the notional amount of frac, 6, 1, 4) centavos as half of the notional amount of a frac, 1, 8-peseta real and | |
| 23. n-m. middle (the part of anything located halfway between its ends or extremes in time or along one dimension in space) | |
| Se despertó en medio de la noche. - She awoke in the middle of the night. | |
| 24. n-m. (sports) midfielder, halfback (a person forming part of the middle or central defensive or offensive line, especially in soccer) | |
| 25. n-m. spiritualism synonym of médium, t=medium (a person claiming to the ability to communicate with the dead) | |
| 26. n-m. (politics, business) cut (the payment demanded to permit or facilitate some action, especially as a bribe) | |
| 27. n-m. (philosophy) middle term (the general category that appears in both premises and disappears in the conclusion) | |
| 28. n-m. (math, usually in the plural) mean (the second and third terms of a proportion) | |
| 29. n-m. (inexact) center, heart (the innermost part of anything with regard to all dimensions) | |
| Alemania está en medio de Europa. - Germany is in the middle of Europe. | |
| en medio de la nada - in the middle of nowhere | |
| 30. n-m. (often in the plural) method, way, means (the actions or things by which some goal is achieved or intended to be achieved, something serving some purpose) | |
| El fin justifica los medios. - The end justifies the means. | |
| por todos los medios - by any means | |
| Se mejoraron los medios de transporte. - Means of transport were improved. | |
| 31. n-m. synonym of diligencia, t=diligence, hard work (as the generally effective means to achieve any goal) | |
| 32. n-m. (usually in the plural) medium (a means of communication, especially mass communication) | |
| 33. n-m. (physics) medium (the physical space and substance through which some phenomenon occurs) | |
| La velocidad de la luz depende del medio. - The speed of light depends on the medium. | |
| 34. n-m. (art) medium (the physical substances with which art is made) | |
| ¿Cuál es tu medio de pintura favorito? - What's your favorite painting medium? | |
| 35. n-m. environment (the circumstances that affect a person or animal's development) | |
| 36. n-m. society (the circumstances in which a person or group of people lives) | |
| 37. n-m. (usually in the plural) circle (a particular segment of society) | |
| medios aristocráticos - aristocratic circles... the aristocracy... | |
| 38. n-m. habitat (the circumstances in which an animal or group of animals lives) | |
| 39. v. first-person singular present indicative of mediar | |
| Luna |
| 1. Proper noun. Earth's Moon | |
| La Luna es el único satélite natural de la Tierra. - The Moon is the Earth's only natural satellite. | |
| 2. Proper noun. given name, female, usage=modern | |
| 3. Proper noun. surname, from=Aragonese | |
| 4. n-f. moon | |
| 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 | |
| una |
| 1. n-f. feminine of uno | |
| a la una, a las dos y a las tres - after three...one, two, three | |
| 2. art. feminine singular of un | |
| 3. det. feminine singular of uno | |
| 4. pron. one (an indefinite plural pronoun using a singular feminine item, used for females) | |
| 5. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of unir | |
| unir |
| 1. v. to unite, join | |
| ¡Únete al sindicato! (Join up with the union!) | |
| 2. v. to merge, conflate | |
| un |
| 1. art. a | |
| 2. num. (before the noun) apocopic form of uno one | |
| uña |
| 1. n-f. fingernail, toenail, nail | |
| 2. n-f. claw, hoof, stinger | |
