| 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) | |
| sentado |
| 1. adj. seated | |
| 2. adj. (figuratively) settled, established | |
| 3. adj. (figuratively) sensible, solid | |
| 4. Participle. past participle of sentar | |
| sentar |
| 1. v. to seat | |
| 2. v. to set, to establish, to lay | |
| Sin duda, esto va a sentar un precedente para eventos futuros. - Undoubtedly, this is going to set a precedent for future events. | |
| 3. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to sit down | |
| ¿Puedo sentarme? - May I sit down? | |
| ¡Siéntate! - Sit down! | |
| Siéntese en el piso. - Sit on the floor. | |
| Él se sienta en el sillón. - He sits down on the armchair. | |
| Siéntate en la esquina hasta que te digan a levantarte - Sit in the corner until you are told to get up. | |
| 4. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to settle down | |
| 5. v. to assert | |
| 6. v. to suit, to fit | |
| 7. v. to sit well | |
| 8. v. to report | |
| 9. v. (colloquial) to leave a mark on (the skin) | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| banca |
| 1. n-f. small bench | |
| 2. n-f. seat (in an elective body) | |
| 3. n-f. financial system | |
| 4. n-f. (Philippines) a small outrigger canoe boat used in the Philippines | |
| 5. n-f. (Philippines) a kind of large pitcher made of coarse clay | |
| 6. n-f. (Philippines) a small outrigger canoe boat used in the Philippines | |
| 7. n-f. (Philippines) a kind of large pitcher made of coarse clay | |
| con |
| 1. prep. with | |
| 2. prep. on | |
| Yo cuento con ustedes. - I count on you. | |
| los |
| 1. art. the | |
| ¿Qué hacen los muchachos? - What do the boys do? | |
| 2. pron. accusative of ellos and ustedes (when referring to more than one man); them, you all (formal) | |
| 3. pron. plural masculine or neuter pronoun | |
| los que no hablan - those who do not speak | |
| ojos |
| 1. n. plural of ojo | |
| ojo |
| 1. n-m. eye | |
| Dora tiene (los) ojos azules. - Dora has blue eyes. | |
| 2. n-m. keyhole | |
| 3. n-m. caution | |
| hay que andar con ojo - you need to be cautious | |
| 4. interj. look! watch out! | |
| cerrados |
| 1. adj. masculine plural of cerrado | |
| 2. n. plural of cerrado | |
| 3. Participle. masculine plural of cerrado | |
| cerrad |
| 1. v. informal second-person plural affirmative imperative 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) | |
| os |
| 1. pron. you, to you, for you; dative and accusative of vosotros | |
