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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.
sé
1. v. informal second-person singular positive imperative of ser
No lo sé. - I do not know.
2. v. informal second-person singular positive imperative of ser
¡Sé un voluntario! - Be a volunteer!
3. interj. (colloquial Chile Mexico) yes
saber
1. v. to know (a fact), to wit
Sé que volverá. - I know that it'll come back.
Lo siguiente que sé... - Next thing I know...
que yo sepa - as far as I know
Si tu supieras... - If you knew...
2. v. to know how to do something
Sabe hablar español. - He knows how to speak Spanish.
3. v. (in the preterite tense) to find out, to learn
4. v. to taste
Sabe a pollo. - It tastes like chicken.
5. v. to realize, to know (e.g. recognize)
El hombre no sabe lo talentoso que su hijo es. - The man doesn't realize how talented his son is.
6. v. to tell, to know (i.e. to discern or distinguish if something is the case)
Siempre es difícil saber si me mientes. - It's always hard to tell if you're lying to me.
7. v. (informal) to figure out
Todavía estamos tratando de saber qué acaba de pasar. - We're still trying to figure out what just happened.
8. v. to hear from (+ de)
No he sabido nada de ella en meses. - I haven't heard from her in months.
9. v. to hear of, to hear about, (+ de)
10. v. to learn of, to learn about, to find out about, to know about (+ de)
11. v. to be known
Ya se sabe que uno de los factores que aceleran esta enfermedad es el estrés. - It is known that one of the factors that speeds up this disease is stress.
12. v. to know (extremely well)
He oído que te sabes todas las líneas de la película de memoria. - I heard that you know all the lines of the movie by heart.
13. n-m. knowledge
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
no sé
1. Phrase. I don't know
cómo
1. adv. (interrogative) how?
2. interj. (interrogative) sorry? what? (expressing surprise or asking to repeat)
3. n-m. how
se
1. pron. (third person (also used for usted and ustedes) reflexive direct or indirect object) oneself, himself, herself, itself, yourself; each other; one another
Juan se lava. - Juan washes himself.
Juan se lava la cara. - Juan to himself washes the face.
Juan y María se aman. - Juan and María love each other.
2. pron. (used to convey the meaning of the English passive voice in the third person and with) usted and ustedes
¿Cómo se llama? - How do you call yourself?
Se dice que... - It says itself that...
Aquí se habla español - One speaks Spanish here, Spanish speaks itself here.
3. pron. (used instead of indirect object pronouns) le and les (before the direct object pronouns lo, la, los, or las)
El samaritano se las dio. - The Samaritan gave them to him.
4. v. misspelling of sé
llama
1. n-f. flame
2. n-f. llama (camelid mammal)
3. v. informal second-person singular affirmative imperative of llamar
llamar
1. v. to summon, to call
Te estuve llamando a voces. - I was summoning you by voice.
Me llamó con la mano para que me acercase. - He summoned me with his hand in order to bring me near.
2. v. to call (on the telephone)
Te llaman desde París. - They are calling you from Paris.
Que me llamen a las siete. - May they call me at seven o'clock.
Ha llamado a Maribel. - He has called Maribel.
3. v. to knock (on a door)
Entren sin llamar. - Enter without knocking.
4. v. to ring (a doorbell)
¿Quién llama? - Who is ringing the doorbell?
5. v. to refer to
¿Cómo van a llamar al niño? - How are they going to refer to the child?
Eso yo lo llamo un auténtico robo. - I refer to that as an authentic robbery.
La llamó de todo. - He referred to her about everything.
6. v. to appeal; to attract
El ejército llama a muchos jóvenes. - The army appeals to many youths.
El chocolate no me llama demasiado. - Chocolate does not appeal to me too much.
llamar la atención - to attract attention
7. v. to be called
¿Cómo te llamas? - How are you called?
¿Cómo se llama usted? - How are you called?
Mi primo se llama Benjamín. - My cousin is called Benjamin.
ese
1. det. (demonstrative) that
2. interj. (Mexico, informal) hello
3. pron. (demonstrative) Alternative spelling of ése
animal
1. adj. animal
2. n-m. animal

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