| 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. | |
| 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 | |
| alguien |
| 1. pron. someone, somebody | |
| 2. pron. anyone, anybody | |
| 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 | |
| vuelva |
| 1. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of volver | |
| volver |
| 1. v. to return, to revert, to get back | |
| Vuelvan a trabajar. / Vuelva al trabajo. - Get back to work. | |
| 2. v. to come back, go back | |
| 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 do again | |
| Volvió a olvidarse de la foto. - He forgot the photo again. | |
| 4. v. to turn | |
| 5. v. to become, to get | |
| Me estoy volviendo loco. - I am going crazy. | |
| 6. v. to make, to drive | |
| Esto me está volviendo loco. - This is driving me mad. | |
| Me vuelves loco. - You drive me crazy. | |
| 7. v. to turn | |
| 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 | |
| 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) | |
| pierda |
| 1. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of perder | |
| perder |
| 1. v. to lose | |
| 2. v. to miss, to miss out | |
| No quiero perderme nada. - I don't want to miss anything. | |
| 3. v. to waste | |
| 4. v. (sports) to be losing; to trail; to be down | |
| Los Cowboys pierden por solo siete. - The Cowboys are behind by only seven. | |
| 5. v. to get lost | |
| el |
| 1. art. (masculine singular definite article); the | |
| 2. art. feminine singular definite article used before nouns which start with a stressed 'a': | |
| el alma, las almas - the soul, the souls | |
| el hacha, las hachas - the axe, the axes | |
| juicio |
| 1. n-m. good judgement; reason | |
| no estar en su sano juicio - not be in one's right mind | |
| mantener el juicio - to stay sane | |
| 2. n-m. opinion, judgment | |
| 3. n-m. (legal) trial | |
| 4. n-m. (legal) verdict | |
| 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) | |
| cordura |
| 1. n-f. sanity | |
| 2. n-f. prudence | |
| 3. n-f. reason | |
| 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) | |
| razón |
| 1. n-f. reason | |
| Esa es precisamente la razón por la que te traje aquí. - That is precisely the reason I brought you here. | |
| 2. n-f. reasoning | |
| 3. n-f. (with tener) correctness, rectitude, a point | |
| Usted tiene razón. - You are correct. | |
| Tus padres tienen razón. Deberías escucharlos. - Your parents have a point. You should listen to them. | |
| 4. n-f. ratio | |
| 5. n-f. rate | |
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