| hay |
| there is, there are | |
| Hay dos tiendas que venden películas. - There are two stores that sell films. | |
| 1. there is, there are | |
| haber |
| 1. v. (auxiliary) to have | |
| He trabajado muy duro durante este mes. - I have worked very hard during this month. | |
| Mi hermanito me pidió más chocolate, pero ya le había dado demasiado. - My little brother asked me for more chocolate, but I had already given him too much. | |
| 2. v. (obsolete) to hold, to possess | |
| 3. v. (impersonal, in third person singular only) to exist; “there is”, “there are” (hay); “there was”, “there were” (había) | |
| No hay muchas personas aquí. - There aren't many people here. | |
| En el cofre había un libro antiguo. - In the chest there was an antique book. | |
| 4. v. (dated, or formal) to have to (+ de + infinitive) | |
| 5. v. (Used only in the third-person existential form) to be necessary (+ que + infinitive) | |
| Hay que proteger el mundo. - It is necessary to protect the world. | |
| 6. v. used to denote a past obligation | |
| Haberla llamado. - You ought to have phoned her. | |
| 7. n-m. asset | |
| 8. n-m. history | |
| 9. n-m. credit side | |
| ventanas |
| 1. n. plural of ventana | |
| ventana |
| 1. n-f. window (opening for light and air) | |
| 2. n-f. window frame | |
| 3. n-f. (computing) window (area on a computer screen) | |
| 4. n-f. nostril | |
| 5. n-f. small gap or opening; forest clearing | |
| en |
| 1. prep. in, at, on | |
| Estoy en casa. - I'm at home. | |
| Estoy sentado en la computadora. - I'm sitting at the computer. | |
| en esta página - on this page | |
| en la caja en la mesa - in the box on the table | |
| 2. prep. in (a time) | |
| en la antigüedad - in antiquity | |
| en 1999 - in 1999 | |
| 3. prep. in (a language) | |
| No conozco esta palabra en francés. - I don't know this word in French. | |
| en todos los idiomas - in all languages | |
| 4. prep. used after some verbs and translated by various prepositions in English | |
| Pienso en ti. - I'm thinking of you. | |
| 5. prep. in (in various expressions) | |
| en el sentido - in the sense | |
| en nuestro afán - in our eagerness | |
| 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 | |
| piso |
| 1. n-m. floor, ground (surface of the earth) | |
| 2. n-m. floor, story, storey (level of a building) | |
| 3. n-m. (Spain) flat, apartment | |
| 4. n-m. deck (level on a ship or vehicle) | |
| 5. n-m. (in compounds, in the plural) decker (bus, bed) | |
| autobús de dos pisos - double-decker bus | |
| 6. n-m. level, layer of a structure e.g. a cake | |
| 7. n-m. tier (layer of a cake) | |
| torta de tres pisos - three-tier cake | |
| 8. n-m. (Chile) footstool | |
| 9. n-m. (Chile) rug, carpet | |
| 10. n-m. (Spain) sole | |
| 11. n-m. step (action and effect of stepping on something) | |
| 12. v. first-person singular present indicative of pisar | |
| pisar |
| 1. v. to step; to walk; to tread | |
| 2. v. to step on; to walk on (something); to tread on (something) | |
| prohibido pisar el césped - prohibited to tread on the grass | |
| 3. v. (vulgar, Cuba, El Salvador, Dominican Republic, intransitive, transitive) to have sex, fuck | |
| ¡Pero si nosotros dos ya pisamos! - But we both did already fuck! | |
| Él la pisó con condón. - He fucked her with a condom. | |
| 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. | |
| puertas |
| 1. n. plural of puerta | |
| puerta |
| 1. n-f. door (portal of entry into a building) | |
| 2. n-f. gate (doorlike structure outside a house) | |
| 3. n-f. gate (passageway in an airport) | |
| 4. n-f. doorway, doorstep, gateway | |
| 5. n-f. (sports) goal (area into which players attempt to put an object) | |
| en |
| 1. prep. in, at, on | |
| Estoy en casa. - I'm at home. | |
| Estoy sentado en la computadora. - I'm sitting at the computer. | |
| en esta página - on this page | |
| en la caja en la mesa - in the box on the table | |
| 2. prep. in (a time) | |
| en la antigüedad - in antiquity | |
| en 1999 - in 1999 | |
| 3. prep. in (a language) | |
| No conozco esta palabra en francés. - I don't know this word in French. | |
| en todos los idiomas - in all languages | |
| 4. prep. used after some verbs and translated by various prepositions in English | |
| Pienso en ti. - I'm thinking of you. | |
| 5. prep. in (in various expressions) | |
| en el sentido - in the sense | |
| en nuestro afán - in our eagerness | |
| 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 | |
| techo |
| 1. n-m. ceiling | |
| 2. n-m. roof | |
| 3. v. first-person singular present indicative of techar | |
| techar |
| 1. v. to shingle; to roof | |
