espacio |
1. n-m. space (distance between things) | |
2. n-m. space (physical extent across two or three dimensions) | |
3. n-m. space (physical extent in all directions; the universe beyond the earth's atmosphere) | |
4. n-m. space (the near-vacuum in which celestial bodies are situated) | |
5. n-m. space (the physical and psychological area one needs) | |
6. n-m. space (an area with set boundaries) | |
7. n-m. space; course; period (an undefined period of time) | |
8. n-m. space (a gap in text between words, lines, etc.) | |
9. n-m. (typography) space (a piece of metal type used to separate words) | |
10. v. first-person singular present indicative of espaciar | |
espaciar |
1. v. to space; to spread out | |
2. v. to range (from) | |
cerrado |
1. adj. shut, closed | |
El baúl está cerrado. - The trunk is shut. | |
Gracias por mantener la boca cerrada. - Thanks for keeping your mouth shut. | |
2. adj. closed off (qual, personality trait) | |
3. n-m. synonym of cercado | |
4. Participle. past participle of cerrar | |
cerrar |
1. v. to close, to shut | |
No olvides cerrar la puerta. - Don't forget to close the door. | |
2. v. to shut down, to close down | |
Quieren cerrar tu negocio. - They're trying to shut your business down. | |
3. v. to turn off, to shut off (to rotate a tap or valve so as to interrupt the outflow of liquid or gas) | |
cerrar el grifo - to turn off the tap | |
cerrar la luz - to turn off the lights | |
4. v. to enclose | |
5. v. to lock, to lock up | |
6. v. to seal, to close (e.g. a deal, a breach, a rift) | |
7. v. to close up, to close off (e.g. a wound) | |
8. v. to close, to conclude, to end | |
9. v. to close (itself) (qual, e.g., a store, a door) | |
10. v. to close off (oneself) | |
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 | |
lenguaje |
1. n-m. language (the ability to communicate using words) | |
2. n-m. language (a body of words, and set of methods of combining them, understood by a community) | |
3. n-m. language (the expression of thought (the communication of meaning) in a specified way) | |
lenguaje sencillo - simple language | |
lenguaje corporal - body language | |
4. n-m. vocabulary | |
militar |
1. adj. military | |
2. n. soldier | |
3. n. any person serving in the military | |
4. v. to participate actively in a political organization, especially in the military | |
significa |
1. v. third-person singular present indicative of significar | |
significar |
1. v. to signify | |
2. v. to mean | |
3. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to stand out | |
se significa por su inteligencia - He stands out for his intelligence. | |
4. v. (indtr, .takes a reflexive pronoun) to speak out, to assert (to voice one's opinion) | |
significarse en contra de la guerra - to speak out against the war | |
obra |
1. n-f. work, usually literary or artistic | |
2. n-f. construction | |
3. v. third-person singular present indicative of obrar | |
obrar |
1. v. to act, to behave | |
2. v. to work (to function correctly) | |
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 | |
campaña |
1. n-f. campaign | |
2. n-f. countryside | |
3. n-f. (heraldry) base | |
cerrada |
1. adj. feminine singular of cerrado | |
2. Participle. feminine singular of cerrado | |
cerrado |
1. adj. shut, closed | |
El baúl está cerrado. - The trunk is shut. | |
Gracias por mantener la boca cerrada. - Thanks for keeping your mouth shut. | |
2. adj. closed off (qual, personality trait) | |
3. n-m. synonym of cercado | |
4. Participle. past participle of cerrar | |
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 | |
usualmente |
1. adv. usually | |
consta |
1. v. informal second-person singular affirmative imperative of constar | |
constar |
1. v. to be or seem evident, clear, obvious | |
A mí me consta que hoy día hace mucho frío. - It seems to me that it's very cold today. | |
Consta que es así. - It is clear that it's so. | |
2. v. to be written, to be on record | |
Eso consta en las actas. - This is recorded in the minutes. | |
3. v. (indtr, de) to consist | |
Esta novela consta de tres partes. - This novel consists of three parts. | |
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 | |
parapeto |
1. n-m. parapet, breastwork | |
2. v. first-person singular present indicative of parapetar | |
parapetar |
1. v. to shield, hide, protect | |
2. v. to take cover; to take refuge | |
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. | |
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 | |
O |
1. Letter. the 16th letter of the Spanish alphabet | |
2. n. abbreviation of oeste; west | |
3. conj. or | |
¿Quieres un café o algo más? - Do you want a coffee or something else? | |
4. conj. either … or | |
(ant-lite, ni, alt1=ni … ni) | |
más |
1. adv. more; -er (used to make comparisons) | |
Teresa es más lista que su hermano. - Teresa is more clever than her brother. | |
Hay más de cien personas aquí. - There are more than a hundred people here. | |
2. adv. (with definite article) most; -est (used to make superlatives) | |
Teresa es la más inteligente de la clase. - Teresa is the most intelligent in her class. | |
la cosa más grande - the biggest thing | |
3. adv. furthermore | |
4. adv. in addition | |
5. adv. else | |
algo más - something/anything else | |
nadie más - nobody else | |
6. adv. used with qué to express emphasis | |
¡Qué paisaje más hermoso! - What a pretty landscape! | |
¡Qué niño más tonto! - What a silly boy! | |
7. det. more, any more | |
8. det. most | |
9. conj. (mathematics) plus | |
uno más uno es igual a dos - one plus one is equal to two | |
banquetas |
1. n. plural of banqueta | |
banqueta |
1. n-f. (furniture) footstool | |
2. n-f. (furniture) small bench | |
3. n-f. (Guatemala, Mexico, Philippines) sidewalk | |