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) | |
cuerda |
1. adj. feminine singular of cuerdo | |
2. n-f. rope, cord, string | |
3. n-f. (geometry, architecture, aeronautics) chord | |
4. n-f. (music) string (of a musical stringed instrument) | |
5. n-f. clockwork | |
6. n-f. historical synonym of cordel (a traditional unit of distance) | |
7. n-f. (Caribbean, historical) cuerda (unit of land area) | |
cuerdo |
1. adj. sane | |
2. adj. prudent | |
estaba |
1. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of estar | |
estar |
1. v. to be (have a temporary or permanent location in space) | |
¿Dónde estás? - Where are you? | |
Estoy en casa. - I am at home. | |
2. v. to be (denotes a copula, in a transient fashion) | |
El tiempo estaba frío/caliente. - The weather was cold/hot back then. | |
¿Estás feliz? - Are you happy right now? | |
3. v. to be (auxiliary verb for the progressive/continuous aspect, preceding the gerund of the verb) | |
Ella está cantando. - She is singing. | |
4. v. to be in a state (in a passive voice sense) | |
Los vasos están rotos. - The vases are broken. (In passive voice with estar, unlike haber, its past participle agrees with number and gender of the subject) | |
Llegaron y vieron que el hotel estaba abandonado. - They arrived and saw the hotel was abandoned. | |
5. v. to be, stay (denotes a copula, in a transient fashion) | |
Estense callados y quietos. - Stay quiet and not moving. | |
6. v. to be to be done, to be (still) undone: | |
Esto todavía está por hacer. - This is still to be done. | |
Lo peor está por llegar. - The worst part is yet to come. | |
7. v. to be in a long-term state (in specific idioms) | |
estar muerto/a - to be dead | |
estar casado/a - to be married (can also be ser casado) | |
estar chico/a - to be short (colloquially) | |
floja |
1. adj. feminine singular of flojo | |
flojo |
1. adj. loose | |
El tornillo lo veo muy flojo. - I see the screw is very loose. | |
2. adj. lazy | |
Pero qué flojo eres... Anda, ¡levántate! - You're so lazy... C'mon, get up! | |
3. adj. weak (not potent) | |
El restaurante tenía café muy flojo. - The restaurant had very weak coffee. | |