no |
1. adv. no | |
2. adv. not | |
3. interj. eh? (used as a tag question, to emphasise what goes before or to request that the listener express an opinion about what has been said) | |
4. n-m. no | |
5. n-m. abbreviation of número; no. | |
hay |
there is, there are | |
Hay dos tiendas que venden películas. - There are two stores that sell films. | |
1. there is, there are | |
haber |
1. v. (auxiliary) to have | |
He trabajado muy duro durante este mes. - I have worked very hard during this month. | |
Mi hermanito me pidió más chocolate, pero ya le había dado demasiado. - My little brother asked me for more chocolate, but I had already given him too much. | |
2. v. (obsolete) to hold, to possess | |
3. v. (impersonal, in third person singular only) to exist; “there is”, “there are” (hay); “there was”, “there were” (había) | |
No hay muchas personas aquí. - There aren't many people here. | |
En el cofre había un libro antiguo. - In the chest there was an antique book. | |
4. v. (dated, or formal) to have to (+ de + infinitive) | |
5. v. (Used only in the third-person existential form) to be necessary (+ que + infinitive) | |
Hay que proteger el mundo. - It is necessary to protect the world. | |
6. v. used to denote a past obligation | |
Haberla llamado. - You ought to have phoned her. | |
7. n-m. asset | |
8. n-m. history | |
9. n-m. credit side | |
nada |
1. pron. nothing, zero, zilch, not...anything | |
No hay nada en la mesa. - There is nothing on the table. | |
Nada ocurrió ayer. - Nothing happened yesterday. | |
No veo nada. - I don’t see anything. | |
Me niego a creer nada de lo que dice. - I refuse to believe anything he says. | |
Nada es eterno. - Nothing is eternal. | |
2. n-f. nothingness, nothing | |
Sin ti, soy una nada. - Without you, I am nothing at all. | |
Ya no me siento una nada. - I don't feel like I am nothing at all anymore. | |
3. n-f. nowhere, the void | |
Salió de la nada. - It came out of nowhere. | |
4. v. informal second-person singular affirmative imperative of nadar | |
nadar |
1. v. to swim | |
2. v. to be swimming in (used with "en") | |
¡Nadamos en dinero! - We're swimming in money! | |
más |
1. adv. more; -er (used to make comparisons) | |
Teresa es más lista que su hermano. - Teresa is more clever than her brother. | |
Hay más de cien personas aquí. - There are more than a hundred people here. | |
2. adv. (with definite article) most; -est (used to make superlatives) | |
Teresa es la más inteligente de la clase. - Teresa is the most intelligent in her class. | |
la cosa más grande - the biggest thing | |
3. adv. furthermore | |
4. adv. in addition | |
5. adv. else | |
algo más - something/anything else | |
nadie más - nobody else | |
6. adv. used with qué to express emphasis | |
¡Qué paisaje más hermoso! - What a pretty landscape! | |
¡Qué niño más tonto! - What a silly boy! | |
7. det. more, any more | |
8. det. most | |
9. conj. (mathematics) plus | |
uno más uno es igual a dos - one plus one is equal to two | |
nada más |
1. pron. nothing else | |
2. prep. (formal) Just after, right after, upon | |
Nada más llegar, le besé. - Upon arriving, I kissed him. | |
refrescante |
1. adj. refreshing | |
refrescan |
1. v. third-person plural present indicative of refrescar | |
refrescar |
1. v. to refresh | |
2. v. to jog (stimulate a person's memory) | |
te |
1. pron. dative of tú: to you, for you | |
Te voy a hacer tus calzones.... - I’m going to make your britches | |
2. pron. accusative of tú: you | |
3. pron. : yourself | |
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 | |
más que |
1. prep. apart from; save; except | |
una |
1. n-f. feminine of uno | |
a la una, a las dos y a las tres - after three...one, two, three | |
2. art. feminine singular of un | |
3. det. feminine singular of uno | |
4. pron. one (an indefinite plural pronoun using a singular feminine item, used for females) | |
5. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of unir | |
unir |
1. v. to unite, join | |
¡Únete al sindicato! (Join up with the union!) | |
2. v. to merge, conflate | |
un |
1. art. a | |
2. num. (before the noun) apocopic form of uno one | |
cerveza |
1. beer | |
fría |
1. n-f. (Latin America) (cold) beer | |
2. adj. feminine singular of frío | |
freír |
1. v. to fry | |
frío |
1. adj. cold (having a low temperature) | |
2. adj. (of a color) cool | |
3. adj. cold (unfriendly, emotionally distant or unfeeling) | |
4. adj. cool (of a person, not showing emotion; calm and in control of oneself) | |
5. n-m. cold, coldness (a condition of low temperature) | |
Había nevado tanto que el frío quemaba en la montaña. - It had snowed so much that the cold was burning by the mountain. | |
6. v. first-person singular present indicative of freír | |
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 | |
un |
1. art. a | |
2. num. (before the noun) apocopic form of uno one | |
día |
1. n-m. day (any period of 24 hours) | |
2. n-m. day (a period from midnight to the following midnight) | |
3. n-m. day (rotational period of a planet) | |
4. n-m. day (the part of a day period which one spends at work, school, etc.) | |
5. n-m. day, daytime (the part of the day between sunrise and sunset) | |
caluroso |
1. adj. very hot, to a greater extent than caliente | |