| fama |
| 1. n-f. reputation | |
| 2. n-f. fame | |
| O |
| 1. Letter. the 16th letter of the Spanish alphabet | |
| 2. n. abbreviation of oeste; west | |
| 3. conj. or | |
| ¿Quieres un café o algo más? - Do you want a coffee or something else? | |
| 4. conj. either … or | |
| (ant-lite, ni, alt1=ni … ni) | |
| reputación |
| 1. n-f. reputation | |
| que |
| 1. conj. that | |
| Él dice que está triste. - He says that he is sad. | |
| 2. conj. than | |
| Llego más tarde que tú. - I am arriving later than you. | |
| 3. conj. (indicating a reason); because, for | |
| ¡Ve más lento, que es resbaloso! - Slow down, (for) it is slippery! | |
| 4. conj. (indicating desire or permission); may (used with the subjunctive) | |
| Que te vaya bien. - May it go well for you. | |
| Que Dios me perdone. - May God forgive me. | |
| 5. pron. who; that | |
| la estrella que está en la película - the star who is in the movie | |
| 6. pron. that; whom | |
| la mujer con la que yo hablé - the woman with whom I spoke | |
| 7. pron. that; which | |
| la casa que yo quiero - the house that I want | |
| 8. prep. than | |
| 9. prep. like, as | |
| 10. part. to | |
| tiene |
| 1. v. third-person singular present indicative of tener | |
| tener |
| 1. v. to have, possess | |
| Ella tiene seis hermanos. - She has six brothers. | |
| Tengo una pluma. - I have a pen. | |
| 2. v. to have, possess, to be (a condition or quality) | |
| Usted tiene suerte. - You have luck. | |
| ¡Ten cuidado! - Have care! | |
| ¿Quién tiene razón? - Who has reason? | |
| 3. v. to hold, grasp | |
| Ten esto. - Hold this. | |
| 4. v. to contain, to hold (e.g. to "hold the power to", "hold the key", "hold a clue", "hold the truth", "have a hold on", "hold in store", "hold all the cards", "hold in high regard", etc.) | |
| Este tarro tiene las cenizas. - This jar contains the ashes. | |
| El estadio es enorme. Puede tener una capacidad de hasta cien mil espectadores. - The stadium is huge. It can hold up to one hundred thousand spectators. | |
| Solía pensar que ese libro tenía todas las respuestas. - I used to think that book held all the answers. | |
| 5. v. to have, feel (internally) | |
| Él le tiene mucho cariño a ella. - He has much admiration for her. | |
| Tengo frío. - I feel cold. | |
| Tenemos hambre. - We have hunger. | |
| 6. v. to make to feel | |
| Eso nos tiene tristes. - That makes us sad. | |
| 7. v. to have (a measure or age) | |
| Tiene tres metros de ancho. - It has three metres of width. | |
| Tengo veinte años. - I have twenty years. | |
| 8. v. (used with que) to have to | |
| Tengo que salir ahora. - I have to leave now. | |
| 9. v. to get (e.g. to get a minute, to get an idea, to get a chance, to get a concussion/bruise/headache, to get in an accident, to get a place, to get a view of, to get a meeting, to get a vision, etc.) | |
| Ese cadete necesita tenerlo bajo control. - That cadet needs to get it under control. | |
| 10. v. to keep, to bear (in certain phrases; e.g. to bear in mind, bear a resemblance, keep a journal/diary, keep around something or someone) | |
| Ten en cuenta que es más difícil de volver a subir al cañón que descenderlo. - Keep in mind that it's more difficult to go back up the canyon than to go down it. | |
| Pronto voy a comprobar sus billetes, así que ténganlos a manos. - I will soon be checking your tickets, so keep them handy. | |
| Ella tuvo diez hijos, todos partos naturales. - She bore ten children, all natural births. | |
| 11. v. to make (in a few select phrases) | |
| Ahora todo tiene sentido. - Now everything makes sense. | |
| 12. v. to be taken (usually has deber for an auxiliary verb when used) | |
| 13. v. attention, Expressions that may need to be explained: | |
| 14. v. tener en cuenta | |
| 15. v. tener prisa | |
| 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 | |
| persona |
| 1. n-f. person (an individual; usually a human being) | |
| O |
| 1. Letter. the 16th letter of the Spanish alphabet | |
| 2. n. abbreviation of oeste; west | |
| 3. conj. or | |
| ¿Quieres un café o algo más? - Do you want a coffee or something else? | |
| 4. conj. either … or | |
| (ant-lite, ni, alt1=ni … ni) | |
| un |
| 1. art. a | |
| 2. num. (before the noun) apocopic form of uno one | |
| medio |
| 1. adj. half (of or related to one of two equal divisions of a whole) | |
| media hora - half hour | |
| media manzana - half an apple | |
| 2. adj. (inexact) half (of or related to any large proportion of a whole) | |
| Medio Nueva York fue a los toros. - Half of New York went to the bullfight. | |
| 3. adj. middle (placed more or less halfway between two positions, times, or alternatives) | |
| clase media - middle class | |
| 4. adj. average (of or related to the arithmatic middle in a set of values) | |
| velocidad media - average speed | |
| 5. adj. average (of or related to a representative example of a group) | |
| el español medio - the average Spaniard... your typical Spaniard... | |
| 6. adj. (art) tasteful, bourgeois (well decorated or executed but not sublime) | |
| 7. adj. (linguistics) mid (of or related to the position of vowel articulation between open and closed) | |
| 8. adj. (grammar) middle, mediopassive (of or related to grammatical voices neither active nor passive) | |
| 9. adj. (Chile, slang) impressive (extremely large or good) | |
| ¡Media bolsa! - Such a huge bag! What an awesome bag! Whatta bag! | |
| 10. adv. half, incompletely (indicating an action interrupted or only partially done) | |
| medio vestido - half-dressed | |
| 11. adv. half, kind of (particularly used to partially soften negative descriptions) | |
| Es medio idiota. - He’s a bit of an idiot... He’s kind of an idiot... | |
| 12. n-m. half (one of two equal parts of any whole) | |
| 13. n-m. (math) half (any fraction with a denominator of 2) | |
| 14. n-m. (historical) medio, half-celemin (a traditional unit of dry measure equivalent to about 2.3 L) | |
| 15. n-m. (historical) medio (the usual container used to measure medios) | |
| 16. n-m. (historical, Guatemala, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela) medio, half-real (a former coin) | |
| 17. n-m. (historical, Dominican Republic) medio, half-peso (a former coin) | |
| 18. n-m. (historical, Ecuador) medio, half-sucre (a former coin) | |
| 19. n-m. (historical, Panama) medio, half-balboa (a former coin) | |
| 20. n-m. (historical, Bolivia) medio, half-boliviano (a former coin) | |
| 21. n-m. (historical, Mexico) medio, half-octavo (a former coin equal to frac, 1, 16) real | |
| 22. n-m. (slang) medio (following decimalization, the notional amount of frac, 6, 1, 4) centavos as half of the notional amount of a frac, 1, 8-peseta real and | |
| 23. n-m. middle (the part of anything located halfway between its ends or extremes in time or along one dimension in space) | |
| Se despertó en medio de la noche. - She awoke in the middle of the night. | |
| 24. n-m. (sports) midfielder, halfback (a person forming part of the middle or central defensive or offensive line, especially in soccer) | |
| 25. n-m. spiritualism synonym of médium, t=medium (a person claiming to the ability to communicate with the dead) | |
| 26. n-m. (politics, business) cut (the payment demanded to permit or facilitate some action, especially as a bribe) | |
| 27. n-m. (philosophy) middle term (the general category that appears in both premises and disappears in the conclusion) | |
| 28. n-m. (math, usually in the plural) mean (the second and third terms of a proportion) | |
| 29. n-m. (inexact) center, heart (the innermost part of anything with regard to all dimensions) | |
| Alemania está en medio de Europa. - Germany is in the middle of Europe. | |
| en medio de la nada - in the middle of nowhere | |
| 30. n-m. (often in the plural) method, way, means (the actions or things by which some goal is achieved or intended to be achieved, something serving some purpose) | |
| El fin justifica los medios. - The end justifies the means. | |
| por todos los medios - by any means | |
| Se mejoraron los medios de transporte. - Means of transport were improved. | |
| 31. n-m. synonym of diligencia, t=diligence, hard work (as the generally effective means to achieve any goal) | |
| 32. n-m. (usually in the plural) medium (a means of communication, especially mass communication) | |
| 33. n-m. (physics) medium (the physical space and substance through which some phenomenon occurs) | |
| La velocidad de la luz depende del medio. - The speed of light depends on the medium. | |
| 34. n-m. (art) medium (the physical substances with which art is made) | |
| ¿Cuál es tu medio de pintura favorito? - What's your favorite painting medium? | |
| 35. n-m. environment (the circumstances that affect a person or animal's development) | |
| 36. n-m. society (the circumstances in which a person or group of people lives) | |
| 37. n-m. (usually in the plural) circle (a particular segment of society) | |
| medios aristocráticos - aristocratic circles... the aristocracy... | |
| 38. n-m. habitat (the circumstances in which an animal or group of animals lives) | |
| 39. v. first-person singular present indicative of mediar | |
| mediar |
| 1. v. to mediate | |
| 2. v. to center, to give a central, medium or average value | |
| 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 | |
| comunicación |
| 1. n-f. communication | |
| medio de comunicación |
| 1. n-m. (type of) media | |
| con |
| 1. prep. with | |
| 2. prep. on | |
| Yo cuento con ustedes. - I count on you. | |
| respecto |
| 1. n-m. respect, regard, connection, relation, relationship | |
| 2. v. first-person singular present indicative of respectar | |
| respectar |
| 1. v. to relate to; to be concerned or involved with | |
| 2. v. (dated) to respect (to have respect or consideration toward) | |
| 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. | |
| respecto a |
| 1. prep. as for; regarding; with regards to | |
| las |
| 1. art. the | |
| 2. pron. accusative of ellas and ustedes (when referring to more than one woman); them, you all (formal) | |
| 3. pron. feminine plural pronoun | |
| las que no hablan - those (women) who do not speak | |
| 4. n. plural of la | |
| 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) | |
| cosas |
| 1. n. plural of cosa | |
| 2. v. informal second-person singular present subjunctive of coser | |
| coser |
| 1. v. to sew | |
| cosa |
| 1. n-f. thing (object, concept) | |
| 2. n-f. (informal) thing (living being or creature) | |
| cosas hermosas - pretty little things | |
| 3. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of coser | |
| que |
| 1. conj. that | |
| Él dice que está triste. - He says that he is sad. | |
| 2. conj. than | |
| Llego más tarde que tú. - I am arriving later than you. | |
| 3. conj. (indicating a reason); because, for | |
| ¡Ve más lento, que es resbaloso! - Slow down, (for) it is slippery! | |
| 4. conj. (indicating desire or permission); may (used with the subjunctive) | |
| Que te vaya bien. - May it go well for you. | |
| Que Dios me perdone. - May God forgive me. | |
| 5. pron. who; that | |
| la estrella que está en la película - the star who is in the movie | |
| 6. pron. that; whom | |
| la mujer con la que yo hablé - the woman with whom I spoke | |
| 7. pron. that; which | |
| la casa que yo quiero - the house that I want | |
| 8. prep. than | |
| 9. prep. like, as | |
| 10. part. to | |
| cuenta |
| 1. n-f. count, tally | |
| 2. n-f. (mathematics) operation | |
| 3. n-f. bill | |
| Nos trae la cuenta, por favor - Bring us the bill, please | |
| 4. n-f. tab (e.g. at a bar or pub) | |
| 5. n-f. (computing) account | |
| 6. n-f. (sports) count (in boxing) | |
| 7. n-f. report | |
| dar cuenta (de) - to present a report (on) | |
| darse cuenta (de) - to present a report to oneself (on) | |
| 8. n-f. score (rivalry) | |
| 9. n-f. bead (small spherical object) | |
| 10. n-f. required or desired amount/number | |
| 11. v. third-person singular present indicative of contar | |
| contar |
| 1. v. to count; to tally | |
| 2. v. to tell (a story); narrate | |
| 3. v. to be (a certain number of years of age) | |
| Cuando contaba treinta años. - When he was thirty years of age | |
| 4. v. (indtr, con) to rely on | |
| 5. v. (indtr, con) to have available | |
| Contamos con suficiente personal para atenderle apropiadamente. - We have enough staff available to take good care of you. | |
| 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. | |
| Su |
| 1. Proper noun. given name, female, diminutive=Susana | |
| 2. det. (before the noun) apocopic form of suyo his, her, its, one's, their, your (formal) | |
| Vino con su amigo. (He came with his friend.) | |
| Habló a sus hijas. (She spoke to her daughters.) | |
| 3. det. (used to express an approximate number): about, approximately | |
| Pesa sus dos kilogramos. - It weighs its two kilograms. | |
| 4. det. (before the noun, formal) apocopic form of suyo t=your | |
| veracidad |
| 1. n-f. veracity, truthfulness | |
| U |
| 1. Letter. the 22nd letter of the Spanish alphabet | |
| 2. conj. or | |
| objetividad |
| 1. n-f. objectivity | |
