| 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. | |
| un |
| 1. art. a | |
| 2. num. (before the noun) apocopic form of uno one | |
| collar |
| 1. n-m. necklace | |
| 2. n-m. an animal's collar, band or chain around its neck | |
| con |
| 1. prep. with | |
| 2. prep. on | |
| Yo cuento con ustedes. - I count on you. | |
| cuentas |
| 1. n. plural of cuenta | |
| 2. v. informal second-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. | |
| U |
| 1. Letter. the 22nd letter of the Spanish alphabet | |
| 2. conj. or | |
| otros |
| 1. det. masculine plural of otro | |
| 2. interj. masculine plural of otro | |
| 3. pron. plural of otro | |
| otro |
| 1. det. other, another | |
| Deme otro ejemplo. - Give me another example. | |
| 2. interj. "Not again!" or "What, again?" (also Otra vez! or Otra vez?) | |
| 3. pron. someone else; another person | |
| 4. pron. something else; another one | |
| objetos |
| 1. n. plural of objeto | |
| objeto |
| 1. n-m. object | |
| 2. n-m. objective; goal | |
| 3. v. first-person singular present indicative of objetar | |
| sobre |
| 1. prep. over, above, on, upon, atop | |
| La pluma de mi tía está sobre la mesa. - My aunt's pen is on the table. | |
| 2. prep. about | |
| Dime algo sobre ti. - Tell me something about yourself. | |
| 3. n-m. envelope | |
| 4. n-m. small packet; sachet | |
| 5. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of sobrar | |
| sobrar |
| 1. v. to be superfluous; to be left over or extra | |
| Les sobran los libros. - They have too many books. | |
| Me sobran diez dólares. - I have ten dollars left over. | |
| un |
| 1. art. a | |
| 2. num. (before the noun) apocopic form of uno one | |
| hilo |
| 1. n-m. thread, yarn, string | |
| 2. n-m. linen | |
| 3. n-m. edge of something sharp | |
| 4. n-m. crosshair, reticule | |
| 5. n-m. fish ellipsis of hilo de oro (type of stinging jellyfish, Guanacaste, Costa Rica) | |
| 6. n-m. (internet) thread (series of messages) | |
| 7. n-m. helix | |
| 8. v. first-person singular present indicative of hilar | |
| hilar |
| 1. v. to spin (as with thread) | |
| 2. v. to string together, put together (words, to make coherent sentences) | |
| 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) | |
| cadena |
| 1. n-f. chain (series of interconnected rings or links usually made of metal) | |
| 2. n-f. necklace (article of jewelry that is worn around the neck) | |
| 3. n-f. network (group of affiliated television stations) | |
| 4. n-f. (broadcasting, television, and radio) channel (specific radio frequency or band of frequencies) | |
| 5. n-f. (computing) string (ordered sequence of text characters stored consecutively in memory and capable of being processed as a single entity) | |
