listón |
1. n-m. (architecture) lath | |
2. n-m. strip | |
3. n-m. batten, slat | |
4. n-m. (sports) bar, crossbar | |
5. n-m. (figurative) bar, standard (level to overcome) | |
bajar el listón - to lower the bar | |
6. n-m. (Mexico, Guatemala) ribbon | |
largo |
1. adj. long (having much distance from one terminating point to another) | |
2. adj. long, lengthy, extended, prolonged, protracted, (having great duration) | |
3. adj. long, long-running (seemingly lasting a lot of time) | |
4. adj. good (slightly larger than the given amount) | |
un kilo largo de naranjas - a good kilo of oranges | |
5. n-m. length | |
6. n-m. (climbing) pitch | |
7. interj. get out!, scram! | |
8. interj. get away! | |
9. v. first-person singular present indicative of largar | |
largar |
1. v. to chase away | |
2. v. to let go | |
3. v. to release | |
4. v. to go away, to scram, get out, shove off | |
Y |
1. Letter. the 26th letter of the Spanish alphabet | |
2. conj. and | |
3. conj. (in names of number) and | |
setenta y seis - seventy-six | |
4. conj. (in arithmetic) plus, and | |
uno y uno son dos - one plus one is two | |
5. conj. (informal) well | |
¡Y por supuesto! - Well, of course! | |
6. conj. (informal) what about, how about, where is/are the | |
Pero, ¿y el concierto? ¿Ya no vamos? - But what about the concert? Are we not going anymore? | |
¿Y la niña? ¿Está a salvo? - How about the girl? Is she safe? | |
¿Y los archivos? Debo echarles un vistazo. - Where are the files? I should take a look at them. | |
delgado |
1. adj. thin, skinny | |
2. adj. delicate | |
para |
1. prep. for, to (expressing a recipient) | |
La niña compró un regalo de navidad para su abuela. - The girl bought a Christmas gift for her grandmother. | |
Ahora me gustaría hacer un truco de magia para ustedes. - I'd now like to perform a magic trick for you all. | |
2. prep. to, in order to, so, for (expressing the intended purpose of an action) | |
Estudio cada noche sin descanso para conseguir un trabajo decente al fin de todo esto. - I study every night tirelessly so that I get a decent job at the end of all this. | |
Voy a salir temprano para evitar el tráfico. - I am going to leave early to avoid traffic. | |
3. prep. by, due, due on, due by (expressing a deadline) | |
Necesito tu decisión para fin de mes. - I need your decision by the end of the month. | |
Sus proyectos de grupo son para el viernes sin excepción. - Your group projects are due on Friday without exception. | |
4. prep. for (expressing contrast from what is expected) | |
Para un turista americano, él es en realidad bastante respetuoso. - For an American tourist, he is actually pretty respectful. | |
5. prep. for, to, in one's opinion, as far as one is concerned (expressing an opinion, perception or perspective) | |
Para mí, la música es lo único bueno sobre esa película. - For me, the music was the only good thing about that film. | |
Para mi hermano, su esposa tiene toda la razón. - As far as my brother is concerned, his wife is totally in the right. | |
6. prep. for (expressing using one's efforts for a group or an authority figure such as a sports team or a company/boss) | |
Mi sobrino juega para el equipo de los Patos Poderosos. - My nephew plays for the Mighty Ducks' team. | |
Trabajamos para la misma jefe aunque no al mismo tiempo. - We worked for the same boss but not at the same time. | |
Ella trabajó para Microsoft durante años, pero ahora trabaja para Apple. - She worked for Microsoft for years, but now she works for Apple. | |
7. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of parir | |
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parar |
1. v. to stop, halt | |
2. v. to put up, stand up | |
3. v. to lift, raise | |
4. v. to stand up | |
5. v. to situate oneself | |
6. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun, Chile) see pararlas | |
trazar |
1. v. to trace | |
2. v. to draw, to plot, to chart | |
Debemos trazar un rumbo hacia la nave comandante. - We should plot a course for the command ship. | |
líneas |
1. n. plural of línea | |
línea |
1. n-f. (math) line (a straight path through two or more points) | |
2. n-f. line (a piece of spoken dialogue in a script) | |
3. n-f. line (a path for electrical current) | |
4. n-f. telephone line (a physical telephone connection or a single telephony account) | |
5. n-f. party line (an established policy that politicians should adhere to) | |
6. n-f. (figurative) line (similar directives in business and other contexts) | |
7. n-f. policy (the actual regulations and behavior of government agencies) | |
línea dura - hard or strict government policy | |
8. n-f. (slang) line (a long thin pile of cocaine or other drug) | |
9. n-f. (historical) linea, Spanish line (a traditional small unit of length, equivalent to 1.9 mm) | |
rectas |
1. adj. feminine plural of recto | |
2. n. plural of recta | |
recto |
1. adj. straight (of a line, pipe, street, etc, never about sexuality.) | |
2. adj. honest, honorable, upright, righteous, just, fair | |
3. adj. literal (of a meaning) | |
4. adj. (geometry) right (of an angle, etc) | |
5. n-m. (anatomy) rectum | |
6. n-m. (anatomy) rectus | |