| 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) | |
| pendiente |
| 1. adj. pending, outstanding | |
| Todavía tengo mucho trabajo pendiente. - I have a lot of work still outstanding. | |
| Tengo una cuenta pendiente contigo. - I have a bone to pick with you. | |
| pendiente de publicación - unpublished | |
| 2. adj. hanging | |
| 3. adj. attentive, careful | |
| Estate pendiente de ella. - Keep an eye on her. | |
| En este restaurante están muy pendientes de uno. - They're very attentive to you in this restaurant. | |
| 4. n-m. (Spain) earring | |
| 5. n-m. pendant (hanging piece of jewelry) | |
| 6. n-f. slope (declivity) | |
| una pendiente resbaladiza - a slippery slope | |
| 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 | |
| las |
| 1. art. the | |
| 2. pron. accusative of ellas and ustedes (when referring to more than one woman); them, you all (formal) | |
| 3. pron. feminine plural pronoun | |
| las que no hablan - those (women) who do not speak | |
| 4. n. plural of la | |
| 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) | |
| Aguas |
| 1. Proper noun. abbreviation of Aguascalientes | |
| 2. interj. be careful! | |
| 3. interj. watch out! | |
| 4. interj. pay attention! | |
| 5. n. plural of agua | |
| 6. v. informal second-person singular present indicative of aguar | |
| aguar |
| 1. v. to water down, dilute | |
| 2. v. to spoil | |
| agua |
| 1. n-f. water | |
| Quiere un vaso de agua fresca. - He wants a glass of cold water. | |
| 2. n-f. body of water | |
| 3. n-f. rain | |
| 4. n-f. (slang) urine | |
| 5. n-f. (Guatemala) pop, soda (soft drink) | |
| Voy a comprar algo de agua. - I'm gonna buy some pop. | |
| Deme agua Pepsi. - Give me Pepsi (soda). | |
| 6. n-f. (Latin America) infusion | |
| 7. v. third-person singular present indicative of aguar | |
| 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 | |
| hacía |
| 1. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of hacer | |
| 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. | |
| cada |
| 1. det. each; every | |
| vez |
| 1. n-f. time, instance | |
| una vez - once | |
| a veces - sometimes | |
| Lo hizo dos veces. - He did it twice. | |
| cada vez que te veo - every time that I see you | |
| 2. n-f. (Spain) place (in a queue) | |
| 3. n-f. (Spain) turn (a chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) | |
| 4. n-f. (in the plural) place, stead | |
| hacer las veces de - to serve as | |
| cada vez |
| 1. adv. every time | |
| 2. adv. more and more, increasingly | |
| mayor |
| 1. adj. comparative of grande: bigger | |
| 2. adj. comparative of viejo: older; elder | |
| mi novio es mayor que yo - my boyfriend is older than me | |
| tengo una hermana mayor - I've got an elder sister | |
| 3. adj. (of a person) comparative of viejo: old; at an advanced age | |
| 4. adj. of age; adult; grown-up | |
| Cuando (yo) sea mayor voy a ser médico - When I'm grown-up, I want to be a doctor. | |
| 5. adj. major; main | |
| una preocupación mayor - a major concern | |
| la plaza mayor - the main square | |
| 6. adj. head; boss | |
| 7. adj. (music) major | |
| 8. adj. as a superlative, el/la/lo mayor superlative of grande: the biggest | |
| 9. adj. as a superlative superlative of viejo: the oldest | |
| 10. adj. enhanced | |
| 11. n-m. (military) major (military rank) | |
| 12. n-m. boss; head | |
| 13. n-m. (literary, in plural) ancestors | |
| 14. n-m. old person | |
| 15. n-f. (nautical) mainsail | |
