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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)
dilatación
1. n-f. expansion, dilatation, dilation
de
1. prep. of; 's; (used after the thing owned and before the owner)
Constitución española de 1812 - Spanish constitution of 1812
la cola del perro - the dog’s tail
2. prep. from (with the source or provenance of or at)
Soy de España. - I’m from Spain.
agua de manantial - springwater
3. prep. of (expressing composition, substance)
una mesa de madera - a wooden table
4. prep. about (concerning; with regard to)
Están hablando del pasado. - They're talking about the past.
tratarse de - to be about; to concern
5. prep. of, from (indicating cause)
Murió de hambre. - He died of hunger.
6. prep. of (indicates a quality or characteristic)
un hombre de fe - a man of faith
7. prep. from (with the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at)
el vuelo de Miami a Chicago - the flight from Miami to Chicago
8. prep. of (indicates the subject or cause of the adjective)
harto de - sick of; tired of
9. prep. from (with the separation, exclusion or differentiation of)
Nos protege del frío. - It protects us from the cold.
10. prep. than (in certain phrases)
más de - more than
menos de - less than, fewer than
11. prep. (used to construct compound nouns (with attributive nouns))
campamento de verano - summer camp
12. prep. (followed by the infinitive) (indicates a conditional desire)
De haberlo sabido, no lo habría dicho. - If I had known, I wouldn't have said it.
13. prep. indicates a time of day or period of someone's life
de día - during the daytime
de niño - as a child; during childhood
14. prep. (after a noun and before a verb) (indicates the purpose of an object)
goma de mascar - chewing gum
caña de pescar - fishing rod
los
1. art. the
¿Qué hacen los muchachos? - What do the boys do?
2. pron. accusative of ellos and ustedes (when referring to more than one man); them, you all (formal)
3. pron. plural masculine or neuter pronoun
los que no hablan - those who do not speak
cuerpos
1. n. plural of cuerpo
cuerpo
1. n-m. body (the physical structure of a human or animal)
2. n-m. body, torso
3. n-m. body, corpse
4. n-m. body (unified collection of information)
5. n-m. body (comparative viscosity of a liquid)
6. n-m. corps, body, organization (group of people with a common purpose)
7. n-m. (military, police) corps, force (e.g. army corps, police force)
8. n-m. (geometry) body (three-dimensional object)
9. n-m. (printing) body (shank of a type)
10. n-m. (algebra) field
(synonyms, campo)
por
1. prep. by (indicates the creator of a work)
La novela Cien años de soledad fue escrita por Gabriel García Márquez. - The novel One Hundred Years of Solitude was written by Gabriel García Márquez.
2. prep. for (indicates something given in an exchange)
Lo compré por cincuenta euros. - I bought this for fifty euros.
3. prep. through, out, via (indicating movement)
La mujer ve la puesta de sol por la ventana. - The woman watches the sunset through the window.
Supongo que nuestra huésped se fue por la puerta trasera porque no la he visto. - I guess our guest went out the back door because I haven't seen her.
4. prep. across (indicating movement)
El hombre camina por la calle. - The man walks across the street.
5. prep. about
6. prep. due to, because of, for, for the sake of, out of (to express cause or motive)
Él no pudo venir por eso. - He couldn't come due to that.
Por amor a su esposo, ella aguanta a sus suegros. - Out of love for her husband, she puts up with his in-laws.
7. prep. (used with directions) over
por allí - over there
8. prep. (mathematics) times, by, multiplied by
ocho por siete - eights times seven; eights by seven
9. prep. according to, for, regarding (to express opinion or something concerning someone)
Por mí, está bien. - For all I care, it's fine.
¡Bien por ti! - Good for you!
10. prep. via, through, by (indicating the means of something)
Por favor, devuelva este documento completado por correo electrónico. - Please, return this document completed via email.
11. prep. for (indicating duration)
Mi profesor se salió por la tangente por una hora entera. - My professor went off on a tangent for a whole hour.
12. prep. for, for the sake of, on behalf of (indicating doing something for someone's benefit)
No lo hago por ti. - I'm not doing it for your sake.
Ella irá a trabajar por mí mañana. - She will be filling in for me at work tomorrow.
13. prep. per, for each
Cuesta diez dólares por artículo. - It costs ten dollars per item.
14. prep. to (indicating something that has not yet passed)
Eso está por ver. - That remains to be seen.
La hora aún está por confirmar. - The time is yet to be confirmed.
15. prep. about to (indicating something that will soon happen)
Su hermana está por llegar del aeropuerto en cualquier momento. - Her sister is about to arrive from the airport any minute now.
16. prep. compared to; against; versus (indicating a comparison)
medio
1. adj. half (of or related to one of two equal divisions of a whole)
media hora - half hour
media manzana - half an apple
2. adj. (inexact) half (of or related to any large proportion of a whole)
Medio Nueva York fue a los toros. - Half of New York went to the bullfight.
3. adj. middle (placed more or less halfway between two positions, times, or alternatives)
clase media - middle class
4. adj. average (of or related to the arithmatic middle in a set of values)
velocidad media - average speed
5. adj. average (of or related to a representative example of a group)
el español medio - the average Spaniard... your typical Spaniard...
6. adj. (art) tasteful, bourgeois (well decorated or executed but not sublime)
7. adj. (linguistics) mid (of or related to the position of vowel articulation between open and closed)
8. adj. (grammar) middle, mediopassive (of or related to grammatical voices neither active nor passive)
9. adj. (Chile, slang) impressive (extremely large or good)
¡Media bolsa! - Such a huge bag! What an awesome bag! Whatta bag!
10. adv. half, incompletely (indicating an action interrupted or only partially done)
medio vestido - half-dressed
11. adv. half, kind of (particularly used to partially soften negative descriptions)
Es medio idiota. - He’s a bit of an idiot... He’s kind of an idiot...
12. n-m. half (one of two equal parts of any whole)
13. n-m. (math) half (any fraction with a denominator of 2)
14. n-m. (historical) medio, half-celemin (a traditional unit of dry measure equivalent to about 2.3 L)
15. n-m. (historical) medio (the usual container used to measure medios)
16. n-m. (historical, Guatemala, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela) medio, half-real (a former coin)
17. n-m. (historical, Dominican Republic) medio, half-peso (a former coin)
18. n-m. (historical, Ecuador) medio, half-sucre (a former coin)
19. n-m. (historical, Panama) medio, half-balboa (a former coin)
20. n-m. (historical, Bolivia) medio, half-boliviano (a former coin)
21. n-m. (historical, Mexico) medio, half-octavo (a former coin equal to frac, 1, 16) real
22. n-m. (slang) medio (following decimalization, the notional amount of frac, 6, 1, 4) centavos as half of the notional amount of a frac, 1, 8-peseta real and
23. n-m. middle (the part of anything located halfway between its ends or extremes in time or along one dimension in space)
Se despertó en medio de la noche. - She awoke in the middle of the night.
24. n-m. (sports) midfielder, halfback (a person forming part of the middle or central defensive or offensive line, especially in soccer)
25. n-m. spiritualism synonym of médium, t=medium (a person claiming to the ability to communicate with the dead)
26. n-m. (politics, business) cut (the payment demanded to permit or facilitate some action, especially as a bribe)
27. n-m. (philosophy) middle term (the general category that appears in both premises and disappears in the conclusion)
28. n-m. (math, usually in the plural) mean (the second and third terms of a proportion)
29. n-m. (inexact) center, heart (the innermost part of anything with regard to all dimensions)
Alemania está en medio de Europa. - Germany is in the middle of Europe.
en medio de la nada - in the middle of nowhere
30. n-m. (often in the plural) method, way, means (the actions or things by which some goal is achieved or intended to be achieved, something serving some purpose)
El fin justifica los medios. - The end justifies the means.
por todos los medios - by any means
Se mejoraron los medios de transporte. - Means of transport were improved.
31. n-m. synonym of diligencia, t=diligence, hard work (as the generally effective means to achieve any goal)
32. n-m. (usually in the plural) medium (a means of communication, especially mass communication)
33. n-m. (physics) medium (the physical space and substance through which some phenomenon occurs)
La velocidad de la luz depende del medio. - The speed of light depends on the medium.
34. n-m. (art) medium (the physical substances with which art is made)
¿Cuál es tu medio de pintura favorito? - What's your favorite painting medium?
35. n-m. environment (the circumstances that affect a person or animal's development)
36. n-m. society (the circumstances in which a person or group of people lives)
37. n-m. (usually in the plural) circle (a particular segment of society)
medios aristocráticos - aristocratic circles... the aristocracy...
38. n-m. habitat (the circumstances in which an animal or group of animals lives)
39. v. first-person singular present indicative of mediar
mediar
1. v. to mediate
2. v. to center, to give a central, medium or average value
del
1. contraction. of the, from the (+ a masculine noun in singular).
de
1. prep. of; 's; (used after the thing owned and before the owner)
Constitución española de 1812 - Spanish constitution of 1812
la cola del perro - the dog’s tail
2. prep. from (with the source or provenance of or at)
Soy de España. - I’m from Spain.
agua de manantial - springwater
3. prep. of (expressing composition, substance)
una mesa de madera - a wooden table
4. prep. about (concerning; with regard to)
Están hablando del pasado. - They're talking about the past.
tratarse de - to be about; to concern
5. prep. of, from (indicating cause)
Murió de hambre. - He died of hunger.
6. prep. of (indicates a quality or characteristic)
un hombre de fe - a man of faith
7. prep. from (with the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at)
el vuelo de Miami a Chicago - the flight from Miami to Chicago
8. prep. of (indicates the subject or cause of the adjective)
harto de - sick of; tired of
9. prep. from (with the separation, exclusion or differentiation of)
Nos protege del frío. - It protects us from the cold.
10. prep. than (in certain phrases)
más de - more than
menos de - less than, fewer than
11. prep. (used to construct compound nouns (with attributive nouns))
campamento de verano - summer camp
12. prep. (followed by the infinitive) (indicates a conditional desire)
De haberlo sabido, no lo habría dicho. - If I had known, I wouldn't have said it.
13. prep. indicates a time of day or period of someone's life
de día - during the daytime
de niño - as a child; during childhood
14. prep. (after a noun and before a verb) (indicates the purpose of an object)
goma de mascar - chewing gum
caña de pescar - fishing rod
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
calor
1. n-m. (energy) heat
Tengo calor. - I have heat.
Hace calor. - It makes heat.
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
observa
1. v. informal second-person singular affirmative imperative of observar
observar
1. v. to observe, to eye
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
varios
1. adj. masculine plural of vario
2. adj. various, several
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
lo
1. pron. accusative of él, ello, and usted (when referring to a man); him, it, you (formal)
lo veo - I see it
2. pron. impersonal neuter pronoun (clitic form of ello); it, that
lo es - That’s it
3. art. neuter definite article used to make abstract nouns from adjectives; the
lo pobre - the poorness / what is poor / the poor thing
mismo
1. adj. same; identical; one and the same; indicates that the two compared noun clauses both represent the one thing
2. adj. similar; alike; practically identical; indicates that the two compared noun clauses have one or more matching qualities
3. adj. (with a personal pronoun) self; myself; yourself; himself; herself; itself; ourselves; themselves; emphasises the identity or singularity of the modified noun phrase
yo mismo - I myself
No te hagas eso a ti mismo. - Don't do that to yourself.
4. adj. (with a possessive pronoun) own; emphasizes the owner or the exclusivity of ownership in a noun phrase with a possessive pronoun
gente de su misma clase - people of his own class
5. adv. right, exactly, immediately
ahora mismo - right now
aquí mismo - right here
ahí mismo - right there
lo mismo
1. adv. perhaps; maybe
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
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)
contracción
1. n-f. contraction
por
1. prep. by (indicates the creator of a work)
La novela Cien años de soledad fue escrita por Gabriel García Márquez. - The novel One Hundred Years of Solitude was written by Gabriel García Márquez.
2. prep. for (indicates something given in an exchange)
Lo compré por cincuenta euros. - I bought this for fifty euros.
3. prep. through, out, via (indicating movement)
La mujer ve la puesta de sol por la ventana. - The woman watches the sunset through the window.
Supongo que nuestra huésped se fue por la puerta trasera porque no la he visto. - I guess our guest went out the back door because I haven't seen her.
4. prep. across (indicating movement)
El hombre camina por la calle. - The man walks across the street.
5. prep. about
6. prep. due to, because of, for, for the sake of, out of (to express cause or motive)
Él no pudo venir por eso. - He couldn't come due to that.
Por amor a su esposo, ella aguanta a sus suegros. - Out of love for her husband, she puts up with his in-laws.
7. prep. (used with directions) over
por allí - over there
8. prep. (mathematics) times, by, multiplied by
ocho por siete - eights times seven; eights by seven
9. prep. according to, for, regarding (to express opinion or something concerning someone)
Por mí, está bien. - For all I care, it's fine.
¡Bien por ti! - Good for you!
10. prep. via, through, by (indicating the means of something)
Por favor, devuelva este documento completado por correo electrónico. - Please, return this document completed via email.
11. prep. for (indicating duration)
Mi profesor se salió por la tangente por una hora entera. - My professor went off on a tangent for a whole hour.
12. prep. for, for the sake of, on behalf of (indicating doing something for someone's benefit)
No lo hago por ti. - I'm not doing it for your sake.
Ella irá a trabajar por mí mañana. - She will be filling in for me at work tomorrow.
13. prep. per, for each
Cuesta diez dólares por artículo. - It costs ten dollars per item.
14. prep. to (indicating something that has not yet passed)
Eso está por ver. - That remains to be seen.
La hora aún está por confirmar. - The time is yet to be confirmed.
15. prep. about to (indicating something that will soon happen)
Su hermana está por llegar del aeropuerto en cualquier momento. - Her sister is about to arrive from the airport any minute now.
16. prep. compared to; against; versus (indicating a comparison)
medio
1. adj. half (of or related to one of two equal divisions of a whole)
media hora - half hour
media manzana - half an apple
2. adj. (inexact) half (of or related to any large proportion of a whole)
Medio Nueva York fue a los toros. - Half of New York went to the bullfight.
3. adj. middle (placed more or less halfway between two positions, times, or alternatives)
clase media - middle class
4. adj. average (of or related to the arithmatic middle in a set of values)
velocidad media - average speed
5. adj. average (of or related to a representative example of a group)
el español medio - the average Spaniard... your typical Spaniard...
6. adj. (art) tasteful, bourgeois (well decorated or executed but not sublime)
7. adj. (linguistics) mid (of or related to the position of vowel articulation between open and closed)
8. adj. (grammar) middle, mediopassive (of or related to grammatical voices neither active nor passive)
9. adj. (Chile, slang) impressive (extremely large or good)
¡Media bolsa! - Such a huge bag! What an awesome bag! Whatta bag!
10. adv. half, incompletely (indicating an action interrupted or only partially done)
medio vestido - half-dressed
11. adv. half, kind of (particularly used to partially soften negative descriptions)
Es medio idiota. - He’s a bit of an idiot... He’s kind of an idiot...
12. n-m. half (one of two equal parts of any whole)
13. n-m. (math) half (any fraction with a denominator of 2)
14. n-m. (historical) medio, half-celemin (a traditional unit of dry measure equivalent to about 2.3 L)
15. n-m. (historical) medio (the usual container used to measure medios)
16. n-m. (historical, Guatemala, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela) medio, half-real (a former coin)
17. n-m. (historical, Dominican Republic) medio, half-peso (a former coin)
18. n-m. (historical, Ecuador) medio, half-sucre (a former coin)
19. n-m. (historical, Panama) medio, half-balboa (a former coin)
20. n-m. (historical, Bolivia) medio, half-boliviano (a former coin)
21. n-m. (historical, Mexico) medio, half-octavo (a former coin equal to frac, 1, 16) real
22. n-m. (slang) medio (following decimalization, the notional amount of frac, 6, 1, 4) centavos as half of the notional amount of a frac, 1, 8-peseta real and
23. n-m. middle (the part of anything located halfway between its ends or extremes in time or along one dimension in space)
Se despertó en medio de la noche. - She awoke in the middle of the night.
24. n-m. (sports) midfielder, halfback (a person forming part of the middle or central defensive or offensive line, especially in soccer)
25. n-m. spiritualism synonym of médium, t=medium (a person claiming to the ability to communicate with the dead)
26. n-m. (politics, business) cut (the payment demanded to permit or facilitate some action, especially as a bribe)
27. n-m. (philosophy) middle term (the general category that appears in both premises and disappears in the conclusion)
28. n-m. (math, usually in the plural) mean (the second and third terms of a proportion)
29. n-m. (inexact) center, heart (the innermost part of anything with regard to all dimensions)
Alemania está en medio de Europa. - Germany is in the middle of Europe.
en medio de la nada - in the middle of nowhere
30. n-m. (often in the plural) method, way, means (the actions or things by which some goal is achieved or intended to be achieved, something serving some purpose)
El fin justifica los medios. - The end justifies the means.
por todos los medios - by any means
Se mejoraron los medios de transporte. - Means of transport were improved.
31. n-m. synonym of diligencia, t=diligence, hard work (as the generally effective means to achieve any goal)
32. n-m. (usually in the plural) medium (a means of communication, especially mass communication)
33. n-m. (physics) medium (the physical space and substance through which some phenomenon occurs)
La velocidad de la luz depende del medio. - The speed of light depends on the medium.
34. n-m. (art) medium (the physical substances with which art is made)
¿Cuál es tu medio de pintura favorito? - What's your favorite painting medium?
35. n-m. environment (the circumstances that affect a person or animal's development)
36. n-m. society (the circumstances in which a person or group of people lives)
37. n-m. (usually in the plural) circle (a particular segment of society)
medios aristocráticos - aristocratic circles... the aristocracy...
38. n-m. habitat (the circumstances in which an animal or group of animals lives)
39. v. first-person singular present indicative of mediar
mediar
1. v. to mediate
2. v. to center, to give a central, medium or average value
del
1. contraction. of the, from the (+ a masculine noun in singular).
de
1. prep. of; 's; (used after the thing owned and before the owner)
Constitución española de 1812 - Spanish constitution of 1812
la cola del perro - the dog’s tail
2. prep. from (with the source or provenance of or at)
Soy de España. - I’m from Spain.
agua de manantial - springwater
3. prep. of (expressing composition, substance)
una mesa de madera - a wooden table
4. prep. about (concerning; with regard to)
Están hablando del pasado. - They're talking about the past.
tratarse de - to be about; to concern
5. prep. of, from (indicating cause)
Murió de hambre. - He died of hunger.
6. prep. of (indicates a quality or characteristic)
un hombre de fe - a man of faith
7. prep. from (with the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at)
el vuelo de Miami a Chicago - the flight from Miami to Chicago
8. prep. of (indicates the subject or cause of the adjective)
harto de - sick of; tired of
9. prep. from (with the separation, exclusion or differentiation of)
Nos protege del frío. - It protects us from the cold.
10. prep. than (in certain phrases)
más de - more than
menos de - less than, fewer than
11. prep. (used to construct compound nouns (with attributive nouns))
campamento de verano - summer camp
12. prep. (followed by the infinitive) (indicates a conditional desire)
De haberlo sabido, no lo habría dicho. - If I had known, I wouldn't have said it.
13. prep. indicates a time of day or period of someone's life
de día - during the daytime
de niño - as a child; during childhood
14. prep. (after a noun and before a verb) (indicates the purpose of an object)
goma de mascar - chewing gum
caña de pescar - fishing rod
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
frío
1. adj. cold (having a low temperature)
2. adj. (of a color) cool
3. adj. cold (unfriendly, emotionally distant or unfeeling)
4. adj. cool (of a person, not showing emotion; calm and in control of oneself)
5. n-m. cold, coldness (a condition of low temperature)
Había nevado tanto que el frío quemaba en la montaña. - It had snowed so much that the cold was burning by the mountain.
6. v. first-person singular present indicative of freír
freír
1. v. to fry

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