| esto |
| 1. pron. singular of este (this) | |
| ¿Qué es esto? - What is this? | |
| era |
| 1. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of ser | |
| 2. n-f. era, age | |
| la Nueva Era - New Age | |
| 3. n-f. (geology) era | |
| 4. n-f. threshing floor | |
| 5. n-f. tipple | |
| 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 | |
| para |
| 1. prep. for, to (expressing a recipient) | |
| La niña compró un regalo de navidad para su abuela. - The girl bought a Christmas gift for her grandmother. | |
| Ahora me gustaría hacer un truco de magia para ustedes. - I'd now like to perform a magic trick for you all. | |
| 2. prep. to, in order to, so, for (expressing the intended purpose of an action) | |
| Estudio cada noche sin descanso para conseguir un trabajo decente al fin de todo esto. - I study every night tirelessly so that I get a decent job at the end of all this. | |
| Voy a salir temprano para evitar el tráfico. - I am going to leave early to avoid traffic. | |
| 3. prep. by, due, due on, due by (expressing a deadline) | |
| Necesito tu decisión para fin de mes. - I need your decision by the end of the month. | |
| Sus proyectos de grupo son para el viernes sin excepción. - Your group projects are due on Friday without exception. | |
| 4. prep. for (expressing contrast from what is expected) | |
| Para un turista americano, él es en realidad bastante respetuoso. - For an American tourist, he is actually pretty respectful. | |
| 5. prep. for, to, in one's opinion, as far as one is concerned (expressing an opinion, perception or perspective) | |
| Para mí, la música es lo único bueno sobre esa película. - For me, the music was the only good thing about that film. | |
| Para mi hermano, su esposa tiene toda la razón. - As far as my brother is concerned, his wife is totally in the right. | |
| 6. prep. for (expressing using one's efforts for a group or an authority figure such as a sports team or a company/boss) | |
| Mi sobrino juega para el equipo de los Patos Poderosos. - My nephew plays for the Mighty Ducks' team. | |
| Trabajamos para la misma jefe aunque no al mismo tiempo. - We worked for the same boss but not at the same time. | |
| Ella trabajó para Microsoft durante años, pero ahora trabaja para Apple. - She worked for Microsoft for years, but now she works for Apple. | |
| 7. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of parir | |
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| parar |
| 1. v. to stop, halt | |
| 2. v. to put up, stand up | |
| 3. v. to lift, raise | |
| 4. v. to stand up | |
| 5. v. to situate oneself | |
| 6. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun, Chile) see pararlas | |
| enloquecer |
| 1. v. to drive crazy, madden, drive insane, distract | |
| 2. v. to go crazy, to go nuts, to go insane, to go wild | |
| Si realmente estás pensando en volver a aquel lugar sucio, debes haberte enloquecido totalmente. - If you're really thinking about going back to that filthy place, you must have gone totally cr | |
| 3. v. to go crazy | |
| 4. v. to run amok | |
| completamente |
| 1. adv. completely | |
| 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. | |
| digo |
| 1. interj. I mean; used to explain or correct a previous utterance | |
| ¡Buf, qué aburrido! Digo, el placer fue mío. - How boring! I mean, the pleasure was all mine. | |
| 2. v. first-person singular present indicative of decir; I say, I tell | |
| decir |
| 1. v. to say, to tell | |
| Es un mentiroso. Nunca dice la verdad. - He's a liar. He never tells the truth. | |
| ¿Qué te dijeron? - What did they tell you? | |
| 2. v. to suggest | |
| 3. v. to show; to demonstrate | |
| 4. v. to call; to name | |
| 5. v. to be said, to say (qual, when a specific subject is not identified) | |
| ¿Cómo se dice __ en inglés? - How do you say __ in English? | |
| 6. v. to declare | |
| 7. n-m. saying | |
| 8. n-m. idle talk | |
| completamente |
| 1. adv. completely | |
| porque |
| 1. conj. because | |
| yo |
| 1. pron. First-person singular pronoun in the nominative case; I | |
| 2. n-m. (psychoanalysis) Freud's concept of the ego | |
| 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) | |
| ya |
| 1. adv. now | |
| Púlsalo ya. - Press it now. | |
| Preparados, listos, ya. - Ready, set, go. | |
| 2. adv. already, yet | |
| Ya lo hice. - I already did it. | |
| 3. adv. in the near future; soon | |
| 4. adv. immediately | |
| 5. adv. anymore; no longer | |
| 6. adv. (emphatic) (emphatic (similar to the use of English "so" or "oh" as an interjection)) | |
| ¡Ya lo sé! - I do know! | |
| 7. adv. (in negatives) only | |
| no ya... - not only... | |
| 8. adv. (before pero) yes | |
| ya, pero... - yes, but... | |
| 9. adv. (before que) since, now | |
| ya que... - now that... | |
| 10. adv. OK | |
| 11. conj. first (something) then (something else); first (something), now (something else) | |
| ¡Ya lluvia ya nieve! - First rain, now snow! | |
| 12. conj. whether (something) or (something else) | |
| ya sol ya lluvia - whether sun or rain | |
| 13. interj. come on!, let's go! | |
| 14. interj. (colloquial) (used to acknowledge or dismiss the previous statement) | |
| —Sabes que quedamos con Antonio esta tarde. —Ya. - "You know we're hanging out with Antonio tonight." "I know.". | |
| —No podrás venir, que trabajas ese día. —Ya, pero cerramos temprano los viernes. - "You can't come, you're working that day." "Right, but we close early on Fridays.". | |
| bastante |
| 1. adj. enough; sufficient | |
| Necesitas beber bastante agua. - You need to drink enough water. | |
| 2. adj. quite some; quite a bit (of) | |
| Toma bastante tiempo. - It takes quite some time. | |
| 3. adj. abundant | |
| 4. adv. quite, rather, pretty, fairly | |
| Es bastante claro. - It is quite clear. | |
| 5. adv. enough; sufficiently | |
| He trabajado bastante. - I have worked enough. | |
| 6. adv. quite a bit; to a considerable degree | |
| Lo conozco bastante. - I know him quite well. | |
| Ha llovido bastante la última semana. - It has rained quite a lot in the last week. | |
| bastan |
| 1. v. second-person plural present indicative of bastar | |
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| bastar |
| 1. v. to be enough; to suffice | |
| Cualquier lugar basta. - Any place will do. | |
| 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 | |
| loca |
| 1. n-f. female equivalent of loco | |
| 2. n-f. (pejorative) a madwoman | |
| 3. n-f. (slang) an effeminate man or boy | |
| 4. n-f. (slang) a very flirtatious homosexual man or boy | |
| 5. adj. feminine singular of loco | |
| loco |
| 1. adj. crazy, insane, mad, nuts (asserting that something is out of place in the head) | |
| David está muy loco. - David's really crazy. | |
| 2. adj. rash, risky, imprudent | |
| 3. adj. tremendous, terrific, huge, enormous | |
| 4. adj. overgrown, rambling | |
| 5. adj. loose (pipe fittings, pulley) | |
| 6. adj. sexy (only with "ser" e.g. "soy loco") | |
| 7. n-m. (pejorative) a crazy person; a madman | |
| 8. n-m. a highly affected homosexual; fruit | |
| 9. n-m. a plant in the genus Astragalus or Oxytropis | |
| 10. n-m. (Chile) Chilean edible gastropod mollusk that resembles abalone but is, in fact, a muricid | |
