| estamos |
| 1. v. first-person plural present 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) | |
| llamando |
| 1. v. gerund of llamar | |
| llamar |
| 1. v. to summon, to call | |
| Te estuve llamando a voces. - I was summoning you by voice. | |
| Me llamó con la mano para que me acercase. - He summoned me with his hand in order to bring me near. | |
| 2. v. to call (on the telephone) | |
| Te llaman desde París. - They are calling you from Paris. | |
| Que me llamen a las siete. - May they call me at seven o'clock. | |
| Ha llamado a Maribel. - He has called Maribel. | |
| 3. v. to knock (on a door) | |
| Entren sin llamar. - Enter without knocking. | |
| 4. v. to ring (a doorbell) | |
| ¿Quién llama? - Who is ringing the doorbell? | |
| 5. v. to refer to | |
| ¿Cómo van a llamar al niño? - How are they going to refer to the child? | |
| Eso yo lo llamo un auténtico robo. - I refer to that as an authentic robbery. | |
| La llamó de todo. - He referred to her about everything. | |
| 6. v. to appeal; to attract | |
| El ejército llama a muchos jóvenes. - The army appeals to many youths. | |
| El chocolate no me llama demasiado. - Chocolate does not appeal to me too much. | |
| llamar la atención - to attract attention | |
| 7. v. to be called | |
| ¿Cómo te llamas? - How are you called? | |
| ¿Cómo se llama usted? - How are you called? | |
| Mi primo se llama Benjamín. - My cousin is called Benjamin. | |
| a |
| 1. prep. to | |
| 2. prep. by | |
| 3. prep. at | |
| 4. prep. ng-lite, Used before words referring to people, pets, or personified objects or places that function as direct objects: personal a. | |
| Lo busca a usted. - He is looking for you. | |
| 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) | |
| a la |
| 1. prep. a la; in the style or manner of | |
| policía |
| 1. n-f. Civility, polity, public order, police, fineness, neatness, urbanity | |
| 2. n-f. police, police department, police force, police service | |
| 3. n. police officer (a member of a police force) | |
