ni |
1. conj. (coordinating) neither... nor | |
No tengo ni dinero ni tiempo. - I have neither money nor time. | |
2. conj. (with three or more referents) none of... | |
Ni Juan, ni Pedro, ni Felipe te darán la razón. - None of John, Peter, or Phillip will give you the reason. | |
3. conj. nor, or | |
No descansa de día ni de noche. - He doesn't rest during the day nor during the night. | |
4. adv. not even | |
No descansaba ni por un minuto - I didn't rest even for a minute. | |
Ni yo sé qué significa esta palabra. - Not even I know what this word means. | |
5. n-f. nu; the Greek letter Ν, ν | |
nuestros |
1. det. masculine plural of nuestro | |
2. pron. plural of nuestro: ours | |
nuestro |
1. pron. ours | |
2. det. our, ours, to us | |
3. det. (royal) our, ours, to us (as the royal we) | |
soldados |
1. n. plural of soldado | |
2. Participle. masculine plural of soldado | |
soldad |
1. v. informal second-person plural affirmative imperative of soldar | |
soldar |
1. v. to weld | |
2. v. to solder, to braze | |
os |
1. pron. you, to you, for you; dative and accusative of vosotros | |
ni |
1. conj. (coordinating) neither... nor | |
No tengo ni dinero ni tiempo. - I have neither money nor time. | |
2. conj. (with three or more referents) none of... | |
Ni Juan, ni Pedro, ni Felipe te darán la razón. - None of John, Peter, or Phillip will give you the reason. | |
3. conj. nor, or | |
No descansa de día ni de noche. - He doesn't rest during the day nor during the night. | |
4. adv. not even | |
No descansaba ni por un minuto - I didn't rest even for a minute. | |
Ni yo sé qué significa esta palabra. - Not even I know what this word means. | |
5. n-f. nu; the Greek letter Ν, ν | |
nuestro |
1. pron. ours | |
2. det. our, ours, to us | |
3. det. (royal) our, ours, to us (as the royal we) | |
territorio |
1. n-m. territory | |
deben |
1. v. second-person plural present indicative of deber | |
deber |
1. v. to owe | |
Debo mucho dinero. (I owe a lot of money.) | |
2. v. (auxiliary) must, to need to, to have to (rarely used in the conditional with this meaning) | |
Debo estudiar. (I must study.) | |
Eso debe haber sido muy difícil. - That must have been really hard. | |
3. v. (auxiliary) should, to ought to, to be supposed to, to be to | |
Debería haber un plan en marcha. - There should be a plan in place. | |
La gente no debería mensajear y conducir. - People aren't supposed to text and drive. | |
Deberías disculparte. - You ought to apologize. | |
Usted debe despertarse antes del amanecer. - You are to be up before sunrise. | |
Los niños deberían dormir un poco. - The children should get some sleep. | |
4. v. (auxiliary) should have (in the preterite; having haber follow "deber" is optional and not required) | |
Debiste esperarme. - You should have waited for me. | |
Debiste haberme esperado. - You should have waited for me. | |
5. v. (auxiliary) shall (future tense usually) | |
6. v. to be due to, to be attributable to, to be the result of, to be caused by | |
7. v. (with de and infinitive) probably or most likely do or happen something (add a degree of insecurity to the verb) | |
Debes de viajar por avión, China está muy lejos. (You should probably travel by plane, China is very far away.) | |
8. n-m. obligation, duty | |
9. n-m. debt | |
10. n-m. should, ought (modal noun) | |
11. n-m. (usually in the plural) homework | |
contribuir |
1. v. to contribute | |
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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 | |
esfuerzo |
1. n-m. effort, endeavor | |
2. v. first-person singular present indicative of esforzar | |
esforzar |
1. v. to encourage | |
2. v. to strain, struggle | |
3. v. to strive | |
4. v. to attempt | |
bélico |
1. adj. military, war, warlike (relating to war) | |