eran |
1. v. third-person plural imperfect indicative of ser | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
gran |
1. adj. (before the noun) apocopic form of grande; great. | |
cola |
1. n-f. (anatomy) tail | |
2. n-f. line (US), queue (UK) | |
3. n-f. (aviation) empennage, aircraft tail | |
4. n-f. (clothing) train (long back section of a gown) | |
5. n-f. (astronomy) coma (a comet's tail) | |
6. n-f. (computing, informatics) queue | |
7. n-f. (slightly, obscene) ass, the buttocks | |
8. n-f. (slightly, obscene) the penis | |
9. n-f. (Chile, LGBT, sometimes pejorative) gayboy, homo | |
10. n-f. (adhesive) glue (natural) | |
11. n-f. drink ellipsis of bebida de cola, (cola) | |
12. n-f. (nut) kola | |
13. n-f. (tree) kola tree | |
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 | |
pavo |
1. n-m. turkey | |
2. n-m. peacock | |
3. n-m. (slang) buck (dollar) | |
4. n-m. (slang) euro | |
5. n-m. (slang) moron, airhead, dummy, dope (dumb man) | |
real |
1. adj. real | |
2. adj. royal, regal | |
3. n-m. real (unit of currency) | |
4. n-m. (Spain, historical, colloquial) a quarter of a peseta | |
pavo real |
1. n-m. peacock | |
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. | |
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 | |
quedaron |
1. v. second-person plural preterit indicative of quedar | |
quedar |
1. v. to be (as a result of something) | |
quedar de acuerdo - to be in agreement (as a result of a discussion) | |
quedar embarazada - get pregnant | |
Quedo contento con el coche. - I am pleased with the car (after buying it). | |
Las ciudades quedaron destruidas por la guerra. - The cities were destroyed as a result of the war. | |
2. v. to be situated; to be located (used with only static objects, such as buildings) | |
Queda muy lejos. - It is too far. | |
Queda por allí. - It's over there. | |
Nuestra tienda queda en la Alameda Central. - Our store is located on Central Boulevard. | |
3. v. to be left; to remain | |
¿Queda un poco de pastel? - Is there a little pie left? | |
Me quedan muchas tareas por hacer. - There is a lot of homework left for me to do. | |
4. v. to fit, to suit; to look good (clothes) | |
Esos pantalones ya no te quedan. - Those pants don't fit you anymore. | |
No me queda bien este gorro - This hat doesn't look good on me. | |
5. v. to turn out, e.g. well or poorly | |
quedar bien; quedar mal - turn out well; turn out badly | |
¡Le quedó excelente su maqueta! - Her miniature mockup turned out well! | |
6. v. to agree on | |
quedar en - agree on | |
Quedamos en encontrarnos mañana. - We agreed to meet tomorrow. | |
7. v. to agree to meet up (for drinks) | |
Quedamos con Daniel. - We agreed to meet up with Daniel. | |
8. v. to die | |
Ya quedé. - (It is certain) I am dead (e.g. in a videogame). | |
Ya vas a quedar si sigues tomando tanto. - You're going to fall dead if you keep drinking (alcohol) like this. | |
9. v. to turn out, become, go (usually used for negative, physical descriptions) | |
quedarse calvo - go bald | |
quedarse ciego - go blind | |
quedarse corto - come out short | |
quedarse limpio - go broke | |
quedarse embarazada - get pregnant | |
quedarse triste - become sad | |
10. v. to stay; to remain, to stick | |
quedarse atrás - stay behind, lag behind | |
¡quédate aquí! - stay here! | |
¿Te quedaste en casa todo el fin de semana? - Did you stay at home the whole weekend? | |
Me quedaré con el mismo dentista que siempre he tenido. - I'll stick with the same dentist I've always had. | |
11. v. to keep, take (become the possessor of something) | |
quedarse (con) algo - keep something | |
Me quedo con este. - I'll take this one. | |
¿Puedo quedármelo? - Can I keep it? | |
12. v. to play for a fool | |
quedarse con Anna - play Anna for a fool | |
13. v. to kid, to pull someone's leg | |
ahí |
1. adv. there: used to designate a place near the listener | |
2. adv. that (in certain phrases) | |
Ahí es como... - That's how... | |
Ahí es cuando... - That's when... | |
Ahí es donde... - That's where... | |
hasta |
1. adv. even | |
Hasta yo me enteré del asunto. - Even I heard about the matter. | |
2. prep. until | |
3. prep. up to, to the point of, as much as | |
4. prep. even | |
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) | |
medianoche |
1. n-f. midnight | |
Me voy a dormir a medianoche - I go to sleep at midnight | |
2. n-f. a small meat pie | |
3. n-f. (Cuba) a type of sandwich with spherical shaped roles and meats ranging from Sobrasada sausage, York ham or chorizo, containing cheese and even sometimes pieces of a Spanish omelette | |
4. n-f. (Cuba) a roll used for said sandwich | |
5. n-f. (Mexico) hot dog bun | |