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) | |
mente |
1. n-f. mind, intellect | |
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. | |
un |
1. art. a | |
2. num. (before the noun) apocopic form of uno one | |
buen |
1. adj. (before the noun) apocopic form of bueno t=good, fine | |
sirviente |
1. n. servant | |
pero |
1. conj. but | |
Mi casa es pequeña pero cómoda. (My house is small but comfortable.) | |
2. conj. well well; so; well (used for emphasis) | |
3. n-m. but (restriction) | |
un |
1. art. a | |
2. num. (before the noun) apocopic form of uno one | |
mal |
1. adj. (before the noun) apocopic form of malo bad; evil | |
2. adj. amiss, awry, off, wrong | |
Me di cuenta de que algo estaba mal. - I realized something was amiss. | |
3. adv. badly, poorly, ill | |
No hables mal de los muertos. - Don't speak ill of the dead. | |
Qué mal. - Too bad. / That's too bad. | |
4. adv. awry, amiss, wrong, wrongly | |
Tu plan maestro salió mal bastante rápido - Your master plan went awry pretty quickly. | |
5. adv. hard (functions as an adverb in Spanish but translates as an adjective in English) | |
Estoy pasándolo mal con todo ahora mismo. - I'm just having a hard time with everything right now. | |
6. n-m. evil, harm; a bad thing or situation | |
de mal en peor - from bad to worse | |
7. n-m. disease, illness, ailment | |
... le curaremos, si es que su mal tiene cura... - ... we shall cure him, if his ailment has a cure... | |
8. n-m. worse (substantive) | |
para bien o para mal - for better or for worse | |
maestro |
1. n-m. (especially, Latin America) a male teacher | |
2. n-m. master | |
3. n-m. (master) craftsman, handyman, contractor, construction worker | |
4. adj. expert, master | |