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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)
Guardia
1. Proper noun. surname, from=occupations
2. n-m. custodian, warden (male)
3. n-m. (military) guard, guardsman
Los guardias no me dejan pasar a ver a mi hermano. - The guards are not letting me through to see my brother.
4. n-f. watch, guard, guarding, guard duty, sentry duty
5. n-f. (military) guard (unit or squad)
6. n-f. custody
7. n-f. shift (in certain professions such as for medical staff)
8. n-f. (martial arts) guard (ground grappling position)
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
tanto
1. det. so much, as much, that much
2. det. (in the plural) so many, as many, that many
3. adv. so much, long, hard, often, etc.
Te amo tanto. - I love you so much.
De tanto hacerlo, se me irrita. - It gets irritated because I do it so much/so often.
4. adv. (un tanto) somewhat, to a certain extent
La Teoría de la Relatividad era aún considerada un tanto controvertida. - The Theory of Relativity was still considered somewhat controversial.
5. n-m. copy
6. n-m. poker chip, counter
7. n-m. point, goal (in a game)
8. n-m. (Latin America) portion
9. pron. so much, so many
dio
1. v. third-person singular preterite indicative of dar
dar
1. v. to give, to give out
2. v. to hand over
3. v. to hit
Me han dado en la cabeza. - They hit me on my head.
4. v. to emit
5. v. to produce
6. v. to perform
7. v. to consider
Doy eso por menos que yo. - I consider that beneath me.
Yo lo doy por muerto. - I consider him dead.
8. v. (indtr, con) to encounter; to find with effort
Dimos con María. - We encountered Maria.
Dimos con el edificio después de tres horas. - We finally found the building after three hours.
9. v. to hit upon
10. v. (indtr, a, .colloquial, intr=1) to press, activate
darle al botón - to press the button
11. v. to ruin; mess up
Me dio la noche - It ruined the night for me
12. v. to occur
13. v. to grow naturally
El maíz se da en esta tierra. - Corn grows on this land.
14. v. to hit
El coche se dio con/contra un árbol. - The car hit a tree.
15. v. to assume
darse por vencido - to assume to be defeated
darse por muerto - to assume to be dead
16. v. to pretend to be, to present oneself as though one were
Se las da de enfermero pero nunca ha estudiado. - He pretends to be a nurse, but he's never studied.
17. v. to surrender
¿Te das? — Me doy. - Do you surrender? — I surrender.
18. v. to fuck (used with third person direct objects only)
Vos solo te la das. - You just fuck her.
Me quiero dar a José. - I want to fuck José.
19. v. to find someone sexually attractive (mostly to have a sexual encounter with)
Le re doy.
20. v. to announce, predict
Dan lluvia. - They announced rain.
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
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.
después
1. adv. later, afterwards, afterward, post
2. adv. next
3. adv. (with de) after
después de comer - after eating
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)
aquel
1. det. (demonstrative) that (over there; implying some distance)
2. pron. (demonstrative) Alternative spelling of aquél
día
1. n-m. day (any period of 24 hours)
2. n-m. day (a period from midnight to the following midnight)
3. n-m. day (rotational period of a planet)
4. n-m. day (the part of a day period which one spends at work, school, etc.)
5. n-m. day, daytime (the part of the day between sunrise and sunset)
Como
1. Proper noun. Como (city and capital of Como)
2. adv. as (to such an extent or degree)
No es tan alta como nosotras. - She's not as tall as us.
3. adv. like, about (approximately)
Hemos esperado como media hora. - We've waited like half an hour.
4. conj. as (introducing a basis of comparison or equality)
¿Tienes tanta hambre como yo? - Are you as hungry as I am?
5. conj. as, since (being that)
Como nunca vio mi mensaje, vamos sin ella. - Since she never saw my message, we're going without her.
6. conj. how (in which way)
Me gusta como hablas. - I like how you talk.
7. conj. (followed by the subjunctive) if, unless (under the condition that)
Como llegues tarde otra vez, ¡te mato! - If you arrive late again, I'll kill you!
8. prep. as (in the manner or role specified)
Mis ahijados me ven como un tío. - My godchildren see me as an uncle.
9. prep. such as (for example)
Algunos países de Asia, como Laos y Vietnam... - Some countries in Asia, such as Laos and Vietnam...
10. prep. like (similar to, reminiscent of)
Llevan gafas redondas como las de John Lennon. - They wear round glasses like John Lennon's.
11. v. first-person singular present indicative 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
un
1. art. a
2. num. (before the noun) apocopic form of uno one
guante
1. n-m. glove (hand-wear)
Me gustan mucho tus guantes. - I really like your gloves.
2. n-m. gauntlet (large glove)
como un guante
1. adv. like a glove
te queda como un guante - it fits you like a glove
2. adv. docile; tamed

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