| 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. | |
| puedo |
| 1. v. first-person singular present indicative of poder | |
| poder |
| 1. v. to be able, can | |
| ¿Puedes acompañarme mañana? - Could you come with me tomorrow? | |
| No puedes salir ya que no tienes permiso. - You can't go out since you're not allowed. | |
| No puedo hablar francés. - I can't speak French. | |
| Podría ayudar si me dejaran. - I could help you if you would let me. | |
| 2. v. (El Salvador, colloquial, reflexive) to be familiar with something, or with somebody's personality | |
| ¿Te podés el número de tu prima? - Do you know your cousin's phone number? | |
| Como entrenador, tengo que poderme bien a todos mis jugadores. - As a coach, I must know my players really well. | |
| 3. n-m. power, reign | |
| 4. n-m. authorization | |
| 5. n-m. proxy (written certificate of authority to act for another) | |
| despegar |
| 1. v. to detach, to remove, to unstick | |
| 2. v. to take off (to leave the ground and begin flight; to ascend into the air) | |
| 3. v. to become alienated | |
| estos |
| 1. det. masculine plural of este | |
| 2. pron. (demonstrative) Alternative spelling of éstos, , these ones | |
| este |
| 1. det. this | |
| 2. pron. Alternative spelling of éste | |
| 3. interj. uh, well (space filler in a conversation) | |
| 4. n-m. east | |
| es |
| 1. v. third-person singular present indicative of ser; (he/she/it/one) is | |
| 2. n. plural of e | |
| ser |
| 1. v. to be (essentially or identified as) | |
| Yo soy de los Estados Unidos. - I am from the United States. | |
| Errar es humano. - To err is human. | |
| 2. v. to be (in the passive voice sense) | |
| La guitarra fue tocada. - The guitar was played. | |
| 3. v. to exist; to occur | |
| La fiesta será mañana. - The party will be tomorrow. | |
| 4. n-m. a being, organism | |
| 5. n-m. nature, essence | |
| 6. n-m. value, worth | |
| 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 | |
| papeles |
| 1. n. plural of papel | |
| papel |
| 1. n-m. paper | |
| 2. n-m. role | |
| por |
| 1. prep. by (indicates the creator of a work) | |
| La novela Cien años de soledad fue escrita por Gabriel García Márquez. - The novel One Hundred Years of Solitude was written by Gabriel García Márquez. | |
| 2. prep. for (indicates something given in an exchange) | |
| Lo compré por cincuenta euros. - I bought this for fifty euros. | |
| 3. prep. through, out, via (indicating movement) | |
| La mujer ve la puesta de sol por la ventana. - The woman watches the sunset through the window. | |
| Supongo que nuestra huésped se fue por la puerta trasera porque no la he visto. - I guess our guest went out the back door because I haven't seen her. | |
| 4. prep. across (indicating movement) | |
| El hombre camina por la calle. - The man walks across the street. | |
| 5. prep. about | |
| 6. prep. due to, because of, for, for the sake of, out of (to express cause or motive) | |
| Él no pudo venir por eso. - He couldn't come due to that. | |
| Por amor a su esposo, ella aguanta a sus suegros. - Out of love for her husband, she puts up with his in-laws. | |
| 7. prep. (used with directions) over | |
| por allí - over there | |
| 8. prep. (mathematics) times, by, multiplied by | |
| ocho por siete - eights times seven; eights by seven | |
| 9. prep. according to, for, regarding (to express opinion or something concerning someone) | |
| Por mí, está bien. - For all I care, it's fine. | |
| ¡Bien por ti! - Good for you! | |
| 10. prep. via, through, by (indicating the means of something) | |
| Por favor, devuelva este documento completado por correo electrónico. - Please, return this document completed via email. | |
| 11. prep. for (indicating duration) | |
| Mi profesor se salió por la tangente por una hora entera. - My professor went off on a tangent for a whole hour. | |
| 12. prep. for, for the sake of, on behalf of (indicating doing something for someone's benefit) | |
| No lo hago por ti. - I'm not doing it for your sake. | |
| Ella irá a trabajar por mí mañana. - She will be filling in for me at work tomorrow. | |
| 13. prep. per, for each | |
| Cuesta diez dólares por artículo. - It costs ten dollars per item. | |
| 14. prep. to (indicating something that has not yet passed) | |
| Eso está por ver. - That remains to be seen. | |
| La hora aún está por confirmar. - The time is yet to be confirmed. | |
| 15. prep. about to (indicating something that will soon happen) | |
| Su hermana está por llegar del aeropuerto en cualquier momento. - Her sister is about to arrive from the airport any minute now. | |
| 16. prep. compared to; against; versus (indicating a comparison) | |
| 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) | |
| fuerte |
| 1. adj. strong | |
| 2. adj. loud | |
| 3. adv. hard | |
| 4. n-m. fort, stronghold | |
| 5. n-m. strong point, forte, strength | |
| 6. n-m. (colloquial Chile Ecuador) booze | |
| goma |
| 1. n-f. rubber (substance, material) | |
| 2. n-f. gum (substance exuded by certain plants) | |
| 3. n-f. rubber band | |
| 4. n-f. eraser (North America), rubber (gloss, UK, India), india rubber gloss, UK, bungee gloss, UK | |
| 5. n-f. (Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Panama, Peru, Uruguay) glue | |
| 6. n-f. (Spain) hair tie, ponytail holder, ponytailer, hair elastic, bobble, hair boble | |
| 7. n-f. chewing gum | |
| 8. n-f. condom | |
| 9. n-f. (Central America) hangover (illness caused by a previous bout of heavy drinking) | |
| 10. n-f. (Spain) drunkenness | |
| 11. n-f. (Argentina, Chile, vulgar, in plural) women’s breast | |
| con |
| 1. prep. with | |
| 2. prep. on | |
| Yo cuento con ustedes. - I count on you. | |
| 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 | |
| están |
| 1. v. third-person plural present indicative 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) | |
| unidos |
| 1. adj. masculine plural of unido | |
| 2. Participle. masculine plural of unido | |
| unid |
| 1. v. informal second-person plural affirmative imperative of unir | |
| unir |
| 1. v. to unite, join | |
| ¡Únete al sindicato! (Join up with the union!) | |
| 2. v. to merge, conflate | |
| os |
| 1. pron. you, to you, for you; dative and accusative of vosotros | |
