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. | |
vio |
1. v. third-person singular preterite indicative of ver | |
ver |
1. v. to see, to spot | |
Vine, vi, vencí. - I came, I saw, I conquered. | |
Sí, con mis propios ojos, lo vi robar el dinero. - Yes, with my own eyes, I saw him steal the money. | |
2. v. to see, to look at, to view (perceive) | |
Hmm. Ya veo... - Hmm. I see... | |
Tal experiencia única en la vida cambiará tu manera de ver el mundo. - Such a once in a lifetime experience will change the way that you look at or see or view the world. | |
3. v. to see, to tell, to observe | |
Puedo ver que no eres como el resto. - I can tell you aren't like the rest of them. | |
4. v. to see, to check (verify) | |
Déjenme ver si hay moros en la costa. - Let me check if the coast is clear. | |
5. v. to watch | |
ver la televisión - to watch television | |
6. v. to look, to seem | |
Te ves tan diferente desde la última vez que te vi. - You look so different since the last time I saw you. | |
7. v. to see oneself, to picture oneself | |
Me veo así como un consejero, nada más. - I just see myself as an advisor, nothing more. | |
8. v. to find oneself, to be | |
Nos vemos obligados a hacernos una pregunta difícil. - We are forced to ask ourselves a difficult question. | |
9. v. (reciprocal) to see one another | |
Nos vemos! - We'll see each other!) | |
cómo |
1. adv. (interrogative) how? | |
2. interj. (interrogative) sorry? what? (expressing surprise or asking to repeat) | |
3. n-m. how | |
aquel |
1. det. (demonstrative) that (over there; implying some distance) | |
2. pron. (demonstrative) Alternative spelling of aquél | |
extraño |
1. adj. strange, unusual, odd, weird, bizarre, uncanny, rare, peculiar, freaky, freakish, freak, curious | |
Es extraño cómo las cosas pueden cambiar tan rápidamente. - It's strange how things can change so quickly. | |
La señora casi perdió la pierna en un accidente extraño. - The lady almost lost her leg in a freak accident. | |
2. adj. foreign, alien, extraneous | |
Había un objeto extraño en el abdomen. - There was a foreign object in his/her abdomen. | |
3. adj. funny, suspicious | |
Tengo una extraña sensación de que no fue una coincidencia. - I've got a funny feeling that it wasn't a coincidence. | |
4. adj. not belonging to, not possessed by, not property of | |
5. n-m. foreigner | |
6. v. first-person singular present indicative of extrañar | |
extrañar |
1. v. to miss (someone or something) | |
2. v. to surprise, to wonder | |
No me extraña que él esté tan enojado consigo mismo. - No wonder he's so mad at himself. | |
3. v. to find something strange | |
ejército |
1. n-m. army | |
tomaba |
1. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative 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 | |
posiciones |
1. n. plural of posición | |
2. v. informal second-person singular present subjunctive of posicionar | |
posición |
1. n-f. position | |
en |
1. prep. in, at, on | |
Estoy en casa. - I'm at home. | |
Estoy sentado en la computadora. - I'm sitting at the computer. | |
en esta página - on this page | |
en la caja en la mesa - in the box on the table | |
2. prep. in (a time) | |
en la antigüedad - in antiquity | |
en 1999 - in 1999 | |
3. prep. in (a language) | |
No conozco esta palabra en francés. - I don't know this word in French. | |
en todos los idiomas - in all languages | |
4. prep. used after some verbs and translated by various prepositions in English | |
Pienso en ti. - I'm thinking of you. | |
5. prep. in (in various expressions) | |
en el sentido - in the sense | |
en nuestro afán - in our eagerness | |
torno |
1. n-m. lathe | |
2. n-m. winch | |
3. v. first-person singular present indicative of tornar | |
tornar |
1. v. to return | |
2. v. to come back; to go back | |
3. v. to put back | |
4. v. to change | |
5. v. to do again (+ a + infinitive) | |
6. v. to revive (to recover from a state of unconsciousness) | |
7. v. to become (e.g. change in a characteristic, nature of something or status) | |
en torno |
1. adv. around, in the surroundings | |
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. | |
en torno a |
1. prep. about, regarding | |
2. prep. around (approximately) | |
3. prep. around (encircling) | |
nos sentamos en torno a la mesa - we sat around the table | |
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) | |
a la |
1. prep. a la; in the style or manner of | |
Iglesia |
1. Proper noun. Church (institution) | |
2. n-f. (Christianity) church | |