| estaba |
| 1. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of estar | |
| estar |
| 1. v. to be (have a temporary or permanent location in space) | |
| ¿Dónde estás? - Where are you? | |
| Estoy en casa. - I am at home. | |
| 2. v. to be (denotes a copula, in a transient fashion) | |
| El tiempo estaba frío/caliente. - The weather was cold/hot back then. | |
| ¿Estás feliz? - Are you happy right now? | |
| 3. v. to be (auxiliary verb for the progressive/continuous aspect, preceding the gerund of the verb) | |
| Ella está cantando. - She is singing. | |
| 4. v. to be in a state (in a passive voice sense) | |
| Los vasos están rotos. - The vases are broken. (In passive voice with estar, unlike haber, its past participle agrees with number and gender of the subject) | |
| Llegaron y vieron que el hotel estaba abandonado. - They arrived and saw the hotel was abandoned. | |
| 5. v. to be, stay (denotes a copula, in a transient fashion) | |
| Estense callados y quietos. - Stay quiet and not moving. | |
| 6. v. to be to be done, to be (still) undone: | |
| Esto todavía está por hacer. - This is still to be done. | |
| Lo peor está por llegar. - The worst part is yet to come. | |
| 7. v. to be in a long-term state (in specific idioms) | |
| estar muerto/a - to be dead | |
| estar casado/a - to be married (can also be ser casado) | |
| estar chico/a - to be short (colloquially) | |
| constantemente |
| 1. adv. constantly | |
| con |
| 1. prep. with | |
| 2. prep. on | |
| Yo cuento con ustedes. - I count on you. | |
| ella |
| 1. pron. she, her (used subjectively and after prepositions) | |
| 2. pron. it (used subjectively and after prepositions to refer to feminine nouns) | |
| 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) | |
| hacía |
| 1. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of hacer | |
| hacer |
| 1. v. to do | |
| ¿Qué haces? - What are you doing? | |
| No sé que hago. - I don't know what I'm doing. | |
| Prefiero no hacerlo - I prefer not to do it. | |
| 2. v. to make (something) | |
| Empecemos a hacer el pastel. - Let's start making the cake. | |
| Le gustaba hacer poemas placenteros. - She liked to make pleasant poems. | |
| 3. v. to make (e.g. someone do something or feel a certain way.) | |
| No sabe cómo hacerla feliz. - He doesn't know how to make her happy. | |
| Lo hiciste llorar / Hiciste que llorara. - You made him cry. | |
| 4. v. to be | |
| hace frío - it's cold | |
| hace calor - it's hot | |
| hace sol - it's sunny | |
| hace viento - it's windy | |
| 5. v. to go (to release or excrete (urine, excrement)) | |
| hacer pis, pipí, el número uno - to pee | |
| hacer caca, pupú, el número dos - to poo | |
| 6. v. (ambitransitive, optionally with de) to play (a part in a play) | |
| hacer la princesa - to play the princess | |
| hacer de princesa - to play a princess | |
| hacer de Óscar - to play (the character of) Oscar | |
| 7. v. to become; to get | |
| ¡Hazte vegetariano! - Become vegetarian! | |
| Me haré rico. - I will get rich. | |
| Ese niño se hizo todo un hombre. - That boy became a real man. | |
| 8. v. to pretend being, play | |
| hacerse el tonto - to pretend being a fool, play the fool | |
| hacerse la víctima - to play the victim | |
| Háganse los sofisticados si quieren, igual nadie les cree. - You can pretend to be sophisticated if you want, no one believes you anyway. | |
| 9. v. to play the fool | |
| No te hagás: vos sabés lo que hiciste. - Don't play the fool, you know what you did. | |
| 10. v. to prep, adorn, do (a body part) | |
| hacerse las uñas - to do one's nails | |
| 11. v. to get used to (chiefly in idioms) | |
| El cuerpo se hace a las fatigas. - The body gets used to tiredness. | |
| El caballo se hace al fuego. - A horse gets used to fire (for the Luminarias). | |
| 12. v. to arrive (said of a certain time), be now | |
| Se hace tarde. - It's getting late. | |
| Se hicieron las doce. - It was now/suddenly 12 o'clock. | |
| 13. n-m. task, action | |
| Nos quedan muchos haceres. - We have a lot of tasks left. | |
| dormir |
| 1. v. to sleep | |
| Duermo muy bien todas las noches. - I sleep very well every night. | |
| 2. v. to fall asleep | |
| ¿En qué piensas mientras te duermes? - What do you think of while you fall asleep? | |
| 3. v. to sleep in | |
| ¿Qué hora es? ¡Me he dormido! - What time is it? I've overslept! | |
| 4. v. (euphemistic) to die; to rest in death | |
| Y así la reina durmió para siempre. - And so rested the queen for forever. | |
| 5. v. to put to sleep (someone or something) | |
| Los durmió a todos usando un hechizo. - He put them all to sleep by using a spell. | |
| 6. v. (euphemistic, medicine) to anesthetize | |
| Solo un médico puede dormir a un paciente. - Only a doctor can anesthetize a patient. | |
| 7. v. (euphemistic, medicine) to euthanize, to put down (mainly for pets but also people) | |
| Ayer por la tarde durmieron a mi gato. - Yesterday evening my cat was put to sleep. | |
| 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 | |
| Su |
| 1. Proper noun. given name, female, diminutive=Susana | |
| 2. det. (before the noun) apocopic form of suyo his, her, its, one's, their, your (formal) | |
| Vino con su amigo. (He came with his friend.) | |
| Habló a sus hijas. (She spoke to her daughters.) | |
| 3. det. (used to express an approximate number): about, approximately | |
| Pesa sus dos kilogramos. - It weighs its two kilograms. | |
| 4. det. (before the noun, formal) apocopic form of suyo t=your | |
| habitación |
| 1. n-f. room (separate part of a building) | |
| 2. n-f. bedroom (room with a bed for sleeping) | |
| 3. n-f. habitation (the act of inhabiting) | |
| 4. n-f. habitat (place where an organism occurs) | |
| 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. | |
| frecuentemente |
| 1. adv. often, frequently | |
| le |
| 1. pron. to him, for him; dative of él | |
| Mi mamá va a escribirle una carta. - My mom is going to write him a letter. | |
| 2. pron. to her, for her; dative of ella | |
| Le dio un beso a Ana. - He gave Ana a kiss. | |
| 3. pron. to it, for it; dative of ello | |
| ¡Ponle esfuerzo! - Put some effort into it! | |
| 4. pron. to you, for you (formal); dative of usted | |
| ¿A usted le gustan los caballos? - Do you like horses? | |
| 5. pron. gender-neutral;neologism to them, for them (singular); dative of elle | |
| Le diré que te llame. - I will tell them to call you. | |
| hablaba |
| 1. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of hablar | |
| hablar |
| 1. v. to talk; to speak; to communicate using words | |
| Hablamos del proyecto. - We talk about the project. | |
| ¿Ya hablaste con él? - Did you already speak with him? | |
| 2. v. to speak (a language) | |
| Hablo inglés. - I speak English. | |
| Hablo bien el inglés. - I speak English well. | |
| No hablo inglés. - I don't speak English. | |
| No hablo bien el inglés. - I don't speak English well. | |
| 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 | |
| Su |
| 1. Proper noun. given name, female, diminutive=Susana | |
| 2. det. (before the noun) apocopic form of suyo his, her, its, one's, their, your (formal) | |
| Vino con su amigo. (He came with his friend.) | |
| Habló a sus hijas. (She spoke to her daughters.) | |
| 3. det. (used to express an approximate number): about, approximately | |
| Pesa sus dos kilogramos. - It weighs its two kilograms. | |
| 4. det. (before the noun, formal) apocopic form of suyo t=your | |
| suegro |
| 1. n-m. father-in-law (spouse's father) | |
| criticándolo |
| 1. v. Compound of the formal second-person singular (usted) participle form of criticar, criticando and the pronoun lo | |
| criticando |
| 1. v. gerund of criticar | |
| criticar |
| 1. v. to criticize | |
| lo |
| 1. pron. accusative of él, ello, and usted (when referring to a man); him, it, you (formal) | |
| lo veo - I see it | |
| 2. pron. impersonal neuter pronoun (clitic form of ello); it, that | |
| lo es - That’s it | |
| 3. art. neuter definite article used to make abstract nouns from adjectives; the | |
| lo pobre - the poorness / what is poor / the poor thing | |
