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) | |
única |
1. adj. feminine singular of único | |
único |
1. adj. only; single; sole | |
lo único - the only thing | |
el único sobreviviente - the sole survivor | |
2. adj. unique, one-of-a-kind | |
3. adj. solitary alone, only one(s) | |
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 | |
coser |
1. v. to sew | |
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. | |
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) | |
mesa |
1. n-f. table | |
2. n-f. (by extension) dinner table | |
¡A la mesa! - Dinner is ready! | |
3. n-f. (landforms) mesa | |
4. n-f. desk (in an office) | |
5. n-f. bureau, committee | |
(coi, Mesa de la Cámara) | |
(coi, mesa electoral, polling station) | |
6. n-f. (business) board | |
(coi, mesa directiva, board of directors) | |
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 | |
normalmente |
1. adv. normally; usually; most of the time; customarily | |
Normalmente los viernes, desayuno la fruta, pero hoy, desayunaré los cereales. - Normally on Fridays, I eat fruit for breakfast, but today, I'll eat cereal. | |
no |
1. adv. no | |
2. adv. not | |
3. interj. eh? (used as a tag question, to emphasise what goes before or to request that the listener express an opinion about what has been said) | |
4. n-m. no | |
5. n-m. abbreviation of número; no. | |
comería |
1. v. third-person singular conditional of comer | |
comer |
1. v. to eat | |
¿Cómo como? ¿Cómo cómo como? ¡Como como como! (classroom example of written accent) - How do I eat? What do you mean, how do I eat? I eat like I eat! | |
2. v. (colloquial) to eat away, corrode | |
3. v. to capture a piece | |
4. v. (double entendre, Mexico) to have sexual intercourse (because of similarity to coger) | |
5. n-m. eating, food | |
quitárselo uno de su comer - to deprive oneself of something for the benefit of others | |
el comer fuera es muy común - eating out is very common | |
...necesario para el alma como el comer para el cuerpo - ...necessary for the soul like food for the body | |
es |
1. v. third-person singular present indicative of ser; (he/she/it/one) is | |
2. n. plural of e | |
ser |
1. v. to be (essentially or identified as) | |
Yo soy de los Estados Unidos. - I am from the United States. | |
Errar es humano. - To err is human. | |
2. v. to be (in the passive voice sense) | |
La guitarra fue tocada. - The guitar was played. | |
3. v. to exist; to occur | |
La fiesta será mañana. - The party will be tomorrow. | |
4. n-m. a being, organism | |
5. n-m. nature, essence | |
6. n-m. value, worth | |
e |
1. conj. and | |
Yo hablo francés e inglés. - I speak French and English. | |
esa |
1. det. feminine singular of ese | |
2. pron. Alternative spelling of ésa | |
ese |
1. det. (demonstrative) that | |
2. interj. (Mexico, informal) hello | |
3. pron. (demonstrative) Alternative spelling of ése | |
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 | |
coser |
1. v. to sew | |
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 | |
plato |
1. n-m. plate, dish (crockery) | |
2. n-m. dish (of food) | |
3. n-m. course (of a meal) | |
4. n-m. plate (of a gear) | |
5. n-m. (cycling) chainring | |
amarillo |
1. adj. yellow or golden coloured | |
2. adj. (heraldry) or | |
3. n-m. yellow | |
4. n-m. (colloquial) whitey (a state or bout of sickness, especially induced by cannabis use) | |