| 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. | |
| 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) | |
| 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. | |
| algo |
| 1. pron. something, anything | |
| Algo imprevisto ocurrió. - Something unexpected happened. | |
| Me parece algo de interés. - It seems like something interesting to me. | |
| Eso es algo natural. - It's something natural. | |
| 2. adv. rather, somewhat, kind of | |
| Me parece algo extraño. - It seems rather strange to me. | |
| carmesí |
| 1. adj. crimson | |
| 2. n-m. crimson | |
