| estuvo |
| 1. v. third-person singular preterite 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) | |
| colgada |
| 1. adj. feminine singular of colgado | |
| 2. Participle. feminine singular of colgado | |
| colgar |
| 1. v. to hang | |
| 2. v. to hang up (the telephone, etc.) | |
| 3. v. (computing) to upload | |
| 4. v. (+ con) to hang out with, relax with | |
| 5. v. to freeze, to hang (to come a sudden halt, stop working) | |
| colgado |
| 1. adj. hanging | |
| 2. adj. (colloquial) crazy | |
| 3. adj. (colloquial) frustrated, left behind, deceived | |
| 4. adj. (colloquial) stoned (on drugs) | |
| 5. Participle. past participle of colgar | |
| casi |
| 1. adv. almost | |
| toda |
| 1. det. feminine singular of todo | |
| todo |
| 1. det. all, every | |
| todos los días - every day | |
| Todos somos jóvenes. - We are all young. | |
| todo tipo de - every type/kind/sort of; all kinds/sorts of | |
| 2. det. each, every | |
| Toda persona es un individuo. - Every person is an individual. | |
| 3. pron. everything | |
| todo lo que dijiste - everything that you said | |
| 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) | |
| noche |
| 1. n-f. night (the period between sunset and sunrise) | |
| por la noche - at night | |
| durante la noche - at night / overnight / at night time | |
| 2. n-f. evening (after sunset) | |
| 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 | |
| ese |
| 1. det. (demonstrative) that | |
| 2. interj. (Mexico, informal) hello | |
| 3. pron. (demonstrative) Alternative spelling of ése | |
| gancho |
| 1. n-m. (tools) hook, peg | |
| 2. n-m. (clothing) clothes hanger | |
| 3. n-m. difficult situation | |
| 4. n-m. (boxing) hook | |
| 5. n-m. (boxing) uppercut | |
| 6. n-m. pulling power | |
| 7. n-m. attracting object or argument (true or fraudulent) | |
| 8. n-m. tout | |
| grande |
| 1. adj. (after the noun or predicatively) big, large | |
| 2. adj. (before a plural noun) great | |
| 3. adj. (about human age) aged, old | |
| Mi papá ya es muy grande para hacer eso. - My dad is now a bit old to do that. | |
| 4. n. grandee | |
