luego |
1. adv. then (afterward) | |
Me jubilé, luego volví a trabajar. - I retired, then I went back to work. | |
Gira la cabeza hacia la derecha, luego hacia la izquierda. - Turn your head right, then left. | |
2. adv. later, later on (at some point in the future) | |
Te veo luego. - I'll see you later. | |
3. adv. (Latin America) soon (within a short time) | |
4. conj. therefore (consequently) | |
Pienso, luego existo. - I think, therefore I am. | |
al |
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a |
1. prep. to | |
2. prep. by | |
3. prep. at | |
4. prep. ng-lite, Used before words referring to people, pets, or personified objects or places that function as direct objects: personal a. | |
Lo busca a usted. - He is looking for you. | |
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 | |
mirarles |
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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) | |
cara |
1. n-f. (anatomy) face (the front part of the head) | |
2. n-f. face (one's facial expression) | |
3. n-f. face (the frontal aspect of something) | |
4. n-f. (colloquial) gall, nerve (impudence) | |
5. n-f. (geometry) face (any of the flat bounding surfaces of a polyhedron) | |
6. n-f. side (of paper, a card, a coin) | |
7. n-f. heads (side of a coin) | |
8. adj. feminine singular of caro | |
caro |
1. adj. dear (loved) | |
2. adj. expensive | |
3. adv. costly | |
pensó |
1. v. third-person singular preterite indicative of pensar | |
pensar |
1. v. to think | |
Pienso, luego existo. - source=René Descartes | |
2. v. to hold an opinion | |
¿Piensas que la historia es buena? - Do you think that history is good? | |
3. v. to reflect upon a situation | |
4. v. to intend, to plan | |
Nunca pensé lastimarte. - I never meant to hurt you | |
No pienso en afeitarme hasta que llegue el verano. - I won't shave until Summer | |
5. v. to think about | |
¿Por qué no pensé en eso antes? - Why didn't I think of that before? | |
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 | |
tal |
1. adj. such | |
No hay tal cosa como los monstruos. - There's no such thing as monsters. | |
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 | |
tal vez |
1. adv. maybe, perhaps | |
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 | |
presentes |
1. adj. plural of presente | |
2. v. informal second-person singular present subjunctive of presentar | |
presentar |
1. v. to present, to submit | |
2. v. to introduce (someone) | |
3. v. (law) to file (a lawsuit), to lodge gloss, an appeal, a complaint | |
4. v. (government) to table (e.g., a resolution, an amendment) | |
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 | |
tomaran |
1. v. second-person plural imperfect subjunctive of tomar | |
tomar |
1. v. to take | |
Los niños toman clases de inglés - The children take English classes | |
Me tomó mucho tiempo - It took me a long time | |
Tómalo con calma. - Take it easy. | |
Me tomaron por un loco. - They took me for a lunatic. | |
2. v. to drink, have (especially an alcoholic beverage) | |
Tomo una sidra. (I'll have a cider.) | |
3. v. to take (travel by means of) | |
tomar el tren - to take the train | |
a |
1. prep. to | |
2. prep. by | |
3. prep. at | |
4. prep. ng-lite, Used before words referring to people, pets, or personified objects or places that function as direct objects: personal a. | |
Lo busca a usted. - He is looking for you. | |
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 | |
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. | |
optó |
1. v. third-person singular preterit indicative of optar | |
optar |
1. v. to opt | |
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) | |
callarse |
1. to shut up | |
2. to hush | |