mas |
1. conj. (formal) but | |
2. conj. (formal) however | |
3. adv. misspelling of más | |
4. n. plural of ma | |
ma |
1. n-f. (Latin America) mum; mom | |
si |
1. conj. if | |
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 | |
cuerpo |
1. n-m. body (the physical structure of a human or animal) | |
2. n-m. body, torso | |
3. n-m. body, corpse | |
4. n-m. body (unified collection of information) | |
5. n-m. body (comparative viscosity of a liquid) | |
6. n-m. corps, body, organization (group of people with a common purpose) | |
7. n-m. (military, police) corps, force (e.g. army corps, police force) | |
8. n-m. (geometry) body (three-dimensional object) | |
9. n-m. (printing) body (shank of a type) | |
10. n-m. (algebra) field | |
(synonyms, campo) | |
está |
1. v. informal second-person singular positive imperative of estar | |
estar |
1. v. to be (have a temporary or permanent location in space) | |
¿Dónde estás? - Where are you? | |
Estoy en casa. - I am at home. | |
2. v. to be (denotes a copula, in a transient fashion) | |
El tiempo estaba frío/caliente. - The weather was cold/hot back then. | |
¿Estás feliz? - Are you happy right now? | |
3. v. to be (auxiliary verb for the progressive/continuous aspect, preceding the gerund of the verb) | |
Ella está cantando. - She is singing. | |
4. v. to be in a state (in a passive voice sense) | |
Los vasos están rotos. - The vases are broken. (In passive voice with estar, unlike haber, its past participle agrees with number and gender of the subject) | |
Llegaron y vieron que el hotel estaba abandonado. - They arrived and saw the hotel was abandoned. | |
5. v. to be, stay (denotes a copula, in a transient fashion) | |
Estense callados y quietos. - Stay quiet and not moving. | |
6. v. to be to be done, to be (still) undone: | |
Esto todavía está por hacer. - This is still to be done. | |
Lo peor está por llegar. - The worst part is yet to come. | |
7. v. to be in a long-term state (in specific idioms) | |
estar muerto/a - to be dead | |
estar casado/a - to be married (can also be ser casado) | |
estar chico/a - to be short (colloquially) | |
sucio |
1. adj. dirty, filthy | |
2. adj. sinful, tainted | |
3. adj. obscene, vulgar | |
4. adv. dirty (in a dirty manner) | |
Háblame sucio, papazote. - Talk dirty to me, daddy. | |
qué |
1. det. what; which (interrogative only) | |
¿Qué camisa quiere? - Which shirt do you want? | |
2. det. what; which | |
No sabía qué hacer - I didn't know what to do | |
3. adv. (before a noun) what a; such (used as an intensifier) | |
¡Qué lástima! - What a pity! | |
¡Qué suerte! - What luck! | |
¡Qué casa más bonita! - What a pretty house! | |
¡Qué mierda de tiempo! - What shitty weather! | |
4. adv. (before an adjective) how (used as a modifier to indicate surprise, delight, or other strong feelings) | |
¡Qué feo! - How ugly! | |
¡Qué alto! - He's so tall! | |
¡Qué guay! - That's so cool! | |
5. pron. what (interrogative only) | |
¿Qué ves? - What do you see? | |
sucede |
1. v. informal second-person singular affirmative imperative of suceder | |
suceder |
1. v. to happen, to befall, to occur | |
¿Qué sucede? - What’s the matter? | |
Suceda lo que suceda - Come what may. | |
2. v. to succeed to, to follow | |