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este
1. det. this
2. pron. Alternative spelling of éste
3. interj. uh, well (space filler in a conversation)
4. n-m. east
es
1. v. third-person singular present indicative of ser; (he/she/it/one) is
2. n. plural of e
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
te
1. pron. dative of tú: to you, for you
Te voy a hacer tus calzones.... - I’m going to make your britches
2. pron. accusative of tú: you
3. pron. : yourself
asunto
1. n-m. matter, issue
2. n-m. affair (a romantic relationship)
3. n-m. business
asumir
1. v. (of a duty or position) to assume, take on
asumir la culpa - to take the fall / blame
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
puso
1. v. third-person singular preterite indicative of poner
poner
1. v. to put, to put up, to place, to lay
Pon eso en su lugar. - Put that in its place.
Pongamos el plan a la espera por ahora. - Let's put the plan on hold for now.
Puse un anuncio en Craigslist. - I put up an ad on Craigslist.
2. v. to set, to set up (e.g. set an alarm, set up chairs)
Voy a poner la mesa (I'm going to set the table.)
3. v. to put on (e.g. put on a smile, a happy face, a brave face; put on a pot of coffee, put something on display)
4. v. to choose, to designate (for a job, charge or responsibility)
5. v. to make (e.g. make somebody nervous, jealous, sad, emotional, uncomfortable)
Basta. Me estás poniendo nerviosa. - Stop. You're making me nervous.
6. v. to make, to give (in certain phrases; e.g. to make available, give an injection, to give effect)
No pongas excusas. - Don't make excuses.
Permítanme poner un ejemplo. - Let me give an example.
7. v. to say, to read (statement: indicate in written form)
El letrero pone que está prohibido fumar. - The sign says smoking is not allowed.
8. v. to name, to give a nickname
Le voy a poner Rodrigo. - I will name him Rodrigo.
9. v. to bring (e.g. to bring online, to bring order to, to bring up to speed or date, to bring to light)
10. v. to lay (e.g. to lay eggs, lay the foundation or groundwork)
11. v. to turn, to turn on (e.g. to turn the other cheek, turn on music, to turn upside-down)
Mi ex-esposa manipuladora puso a mis propios amigos en mi contra. - My manipulative ex-wife turned my own friends against me.
12. v. to get (in certain phrases)
Necesitamos ponerlos de nuestra parte. - We need to get them on our side.
¿No arranca su coche? En unos minutos, puedo ponerlo en marcha, sin problemas. - Your car won't start? In a few minutes, I can get it running, no problem.
13. v. to call (in certain phrases; e.g. to call into question, call into doubt, call somebody's bluff)
14. v. to pay (attention)
15. v. to draw (e.g. to draw a line or set up a boundary)
16. v. to plant, to set up (e.g. plant one's feet, plant a bomb, set up explosives, plant a bug, set up a camera, plant a weapon)
17. v. (Mexico, slang) to contribute; to bring
Carlos pone la casa, yo pongo los refrescos. - Carlos contributes his house, I contribute beverages.
18. v. (electronics) to play
Ya se puso la canción en el radio dos veces. - The song already played on the radio twice.
Si Pedro pone la música demasiado fuerte, se va a quedar sordo. - If Pedro plays music too loud, he will end up deaf.
19. v. (Spain, colloquial, transitive) to turn on, make horny
Me pones mucho. - You really turn me on.
20. v. to put on, to don, to change into (clothing, shoes, accoutrements)
Me puse las gafas. (I put on my glasses.)
21. v. to get
¡Ponte pillo! / ¡Ponte listo! - Get clever!
¡Ponte de rodillas! - Get on your knees!
No me gusta ponerme en frente de la cámara. - I don't like getting in front of the camera.
22. v. (of a heavenly body) to set (i.e., to sink beneath the horizon)
¿A qué hora se pone el sol? - What time does the sun set?
23. v. to become, to get ("become" is used in reference to entering into a physical or emotional state) (gloss, e.g. become anxious, fashionable, naughty, nervous, offensive, pale, sad, serious, stern, tense
Se pone agresiva cuando alguien la toca. - She gets aggressive when anyone touches her.
Se puso muy enfermo después de comerse la comida descompuesta. - He got very sick after eating the rotten food.
El jamón se puso seco. - The ham turned dry.
Ponte guapa para la fiesta. - Smarten up for the party.
24. v. to start doing something, to begin, to get down to (+ a + infinitive)
Se sentaron a la mesa y se pusieron a hablar en voz alta. - They sat down at the table and started talking loudly.
Por lo tanto, es hora de ponernos a trabajar. - So, it's time for us to get down to work.
Se puso a decirnos de las cosas que había visto. - He began telling us about the things he had seen.
Me pondré con ello inmediatamente. - I'll get on it right away.
25. v. to put oneself
No te pongas en peligro. - Do not put yourself in harm's way.
negro
1. n-m. black (the color perceived in the absence of light)
2. n-m. a black person
3. n-m. ghost writer
4. adj. black (absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless)
5. adj. black (of or relating to any of various ethnic groups having dark pigmentation of the skin)
6. adj. dirty
7. adj. sad
8. adj. clandestine
9. adj. (Spain) angry
está negro - he's in a rage
10. adj. (Latin America) ( mi ~) my darling, my honey
no
1. adv. no
2. adv. not
3. interj. eh? (used as a tag question, to emphasise what goes before or to request that the listener express an opinion about what has been said)
4. n-m. no
5. n-m. abbreviation of número; no.
sé
1. v. informal second-person singular positive imperative of ser
No lo sé. - I do not know.
2. v. informal second-person singular positive imperative of ser
¡Sé un voluntario! - Be a volunteer!
3. interj. (colloquial Chile Mexico) yes
saber
1. v. to know (a fact), to wit
Sé que volverá. - I know that it'll come back.
Lo siguiente que sé... - Next thing I know...
que yo sepa - as far as I know
Si tu supieras... - If you knew...
2. v. to know how to do something
Sabe hablar español. - He knows how to speak Spanish.
3. v. (in the preterite tense) to find out, to learn
4. v. to taste
Sabe a pollo. - It tastes like chicken.
5. v. to realize, to know (e.g. recognize)
El hombre no sabe lo talentoso que su hijo es. - The man doesn't realize how talented his son is.
6. v. to tell, to know (i.e. to discern or distinguish if something is the case)
Siempre es difícil saber si me mientes. - It's always hard to tell if you're lying to me.
7. v. (informal) to figure out
Todavía estamos tratando de saber qué acaba de pasar. - We're still trying to figure out what just happened.
8. v. to hear from (+ de)
No he sabido nada de ella en meses. - I haven't heard from her in months.
9. v. to hear of, to hear about, (+ de)
10. v. to learn of, to learn about, to find out about, to know about (+ de)
11. v. to be known
Ya se sabe que uno de los factores que aceleran esta enfermedad es el estrés. - It is known that one of the factors that speeds up this disease is stress.
12. v. to know (extremely well)
He oído que te sabes todas las líneas de la película de memoria. - I heard that you know all the lines of the movie by heart.
13. n-m. knowledge
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
no sé
1. Phrase. I don't know
qué
1. det. what; which (interrogative only)
¿Qué camisa quiere? - Which shirt do you want?
2. det. what; which
No sabía qué hacer - I didn't know what to do
3. adv. (before a noun) what a; such (used as an intensifier)
¡Qué lástima! - What a pity!
¡Qué suerte! - What luck!
¡Qué casa más bonita! - What a pretty house!
¡Qué mierda de tiempo! - What shitty weather!
4. adv. (before an adjective) how (used as a modifier to indicate surprise, delight, or other strong feelings)
¡Qué feo! - How ugly!
¡Qué alto! - He's so tall!
¡Qué guay! - That's so cool!
5. pron. what (interrogative only)
¿Qué ves? - What do you see?
no sé qué
1. n-m. (idiom) je ne sais quoi
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.

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