| 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 | |
| de |
| 1. prep. of; 's; (used after the thing owned and before the owner) | |
| Constitución española de 1812 - Spanish constitution of 1812 | |
| la cola del perro - the dog’s tail | |
| 2. prep. from (with the source or provenance of or at) | |
| Soy de España. - I’m from Spain. | |
| agua de manantial - springwater | |
| 3. prep. of (expressing composition, substance) | |
| una mesa de madera - a wooden table | |
| 4. prep. about (concerning; with regard to) | |
| Están hablando del pasado. - They're talking about the past. | |
| tratarse de - to be about; to concern | |
| 5. prep. of, from (indicating cause) | |
| Murió de hambre. - He died of hunger. | |
| 6. prep. of (indicates a quality or characteristic) | |
| un hombre de fe - a man of faith | |
| 7. prep. from (with the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at) | |
| el vuelo de Miami a Chicago - the flight from Miami to Chicago | |
| 8. prep. of (indicates the subject or cause of the adjective) | |
| harto de - sick of; tired of | |
| 9. prep. from (with the separation, exclusion or differentiation of) | |
| Nos protege del frío. - It protects us from the cold. | |
| 10. prep. than (in certain phrases) | |
| más de - more than | |
| menos de - less than, fewer than | |
| 11. prep. (used to construct compound nouns (with attributive nouns)) | |
| campamento de verano - summer camp | |
| 12. prep. (followed by the infinitive) (indicates a conditional desire) | |
| De haberlo sabido, no lo habría dicho. - If I had known, I wouldn't have said it. | |
| 13. prep. indicates a time of day or period of someone's life | |
| de día - during the daytime | |
| de niño - as a child; during childhood | |
| 14. prep. (after a noun and before a verb) (indicates the purpose of an object) | |
| goma de mascar - chewing gum | |
| caña de pescar - fishing rod | |
| dónde |
| 1. adv. (interrogative) where?; in what place? | |
| ¿Dónde está tu madre? - Where is your mother? | |
| 2. n-m. where | |
| vino |
| 1. n-m. wine | |
| 2. v. third-person singular preterite indicative of venir | |
| venir |
| 1. v. to come (to move towards the speaker) | |
| ven aquí / ven acá - come here | |
| 2. v. to achieve orgasm; to cum; to ejaculate | |
