mientras |
1. adv. meanwhile | |
2. conj. (with the indicative) while, whilst, as (at the same time as) | |
Quédate aquí con los chicos mientras hablo con la gerente. - Stay here with the kids while I talk with the manager. | |
3. conj. (with the subjunctive) as long as, so long as (expressing a condition) | |
Mientras llueva, me quedaré en casa. - As long as it rains, I'll stay at home. | |
4. conj. (with the indicative) while, whereas (indicating difference) | |
5. conj. (with comparatives) however much; however many; (constructing parallel comparatives) “the..., the...” | |
Mientras más lo hago, más me gusta. - The more I do it, the more I like it. | |
tanto |
1. det. so much, as much, that much | |
2. det. (in the plural) so many, as many, that many | |
3. adv. so much, long, hard, often, etc. | |
Te amo tanto. - I love you so much. | |
De tanto hacerlo, se me irrita. - It gets irritated because I do it so much/so often. | |
4. adv. (un tanto) somewhat, to a certain extent | |
La Teoría de la Relatividad era aún considerada un tanto controvertida. - The Theory of Relativity was still considered somewhat controversial. | |
5. n-m. copy | |
6. n-m. poker chip, counter | |
7. n-m. point, goal (in a game) | |
8. n-m. (Latin America) portion | |
9. pron. so much, so many | |
mientras tanto |
1. adv. in the meantime, meanwhile | |
Mientras tanto, los trabajadores instalaron barricadas. - Meanwhile, the workers installed barricades. | |
corte |
1. n-m. cut (the act of cutting) | |
2. n-m. cut (the result of cutting) | |
3. n-m. cut (an opening resulting from cutting; an incision or wound) | |
4. n-m. haircut | |
5. n-m. (colloquial) embarrassment | |
Me da corte hacerlo. - I'm embarrassed to do it. | |
6. n-m. style or type | |
Hay varios cortes de mediocampista. Necesitamos un mediocampista de corte defensivo, un jugador con un corte parecido al del ghanés Thomas Partey. - There are many types of midfielder. We need | |
7. n-m. cross section | |
8. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of cortar | |
9. n-f. court (the hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered) | |
cortar |
1. v. to cut | |
2. v. to cut off, cut out, cut through, cut down, cut up, to nip | |
3. v. to chop, chop up, chop off | |
4. v. to slice, to slit | |
5. v. to mow | |
6. v. to slash, to hack | |
7. v. to carve, to engrave | |
8. v. to hang up, to terminate a telephone call | |
9. v. (Chile, informal) to stop an action | |
¡Córtala!, déjame tranquilo. (Stop it! leave me alone.) | |
10. v. (Chile) to shut off | |
Corta el agua, por favor. (Shut the water off please.) | |
11. v. to finish a relationship | |
Deberías cortar con él. (You should break up with him.) | |
12. v. to haircut | |
13. v. to cut, to cut off, to slit (oneself or a part of the body) | |
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 | |
pan |
1. n-m. bread | |
Para mi desayuno, tomo pan y leche. - For my breakfast, I have bread and milk. | |
2. n-m. bun (e.g. the kinds used for a hamburger or hot dog) | |
3. n-m. (figurative) money, dough | |
4. n-m. (figurative) work, job | |
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 | |
cubos |
1. n. plural of cubo | |
cubo |
1. n-m. (geometry) cube (a regular polyhedron having six identical square faces) | |
2. n-m. (mathematics) cube (the third power of a number, value, term or expression) | |
El cubo de 2 es 8. - The cube of 2 is 8. | |
3. n-m. (Spain, Cuba) bucket, pail (a container made of rigid material, often with a handle, used to carry liquids or small items) | |
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. | |
fríalos |
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fría |
1. n-f. (Latin America) (cold) beer | |
2. adj. feminine singular of frío | |
freír |
1. v. to fry | |
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 | |
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 | |
aceite |
1. n-m. oil | |
2. n-m. olive oil | |
3. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of aceitar | |
aceitar |
1. v. to oil | |
2. v. (Latin America, transitive) to bribe | |
hirviendo |
1. v. gerund of hervir | |