| 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) | |
| encenderlo |
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| porque |
| 1. conj. because | |
| 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 | |
| interruptor |
| 1. adj. interrupting | |
| 2. n-m. switch, light switch | |
| 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) | |
| roto |
| 1. adj. broken | |
| Si no está roto, no lo arregles. - If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. | |
| 2. adj. corrupt, rotten | |
| 3. adj. (Chile) vulgar, low-class, classless | |
| 4. adj. ruptured | |
| 5. n-m. a broken thing or person | |
| 6. n-m. (derogatory) a Chilean | |
| 7. Participle. past participle of romper | |
| 8. v. first-person singular present indicative of rotar | |
| romper |
| 1. v. to break | |
| romper el hechizo - break the spell | |
| se me ha roto el móvil - my mobile phone broke | |
| Rómpase la cabeza con ilusiones ópticas. - Rack your brain with optical illusions. | |
| 2. v. to break up, terminate (a relationship, friendship etc.) | |
| Mariana rompió con ella. - Mariana broke up with her. | |
| Mariana y Catalina rompieron. - Mariana and Catalina broke up. | |
| 3. v. (with a) to begin to do something | |
| romper a conducir - to start driving | |
| 4. v. to rupture | |
| rotar |
| 1. v. to spin, rotate | |
