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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
dibujar
1. v. to draw, to sketch
2. v. to describe vividly, to detail
3. v. to outline
4. v. to be outlined, to stand out
5. v. to be revealed, to take form
ni
1. conj. (coordinating) neither... nor
No tengo ni dinero ni tiempo. - I have neither money nor time.
2. conj. (with three or more referents) none of...
Ni Juan, ni Pedro, ni Felipe te darán la razón. - None of John, Peter, or Phillip will give you the reason.
3. conj. nor, or
No descansa de día ni de noche. - He doesn't rest during the day nor during the night.
4. adv. not even
No descansaba ni por un minuto - I didn't rest even for a minute.
Ni yo sé qué significa esta palabra. - Not even I know what this word means.
5. n-f. nu; the Greek letter Ν, ν
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
mesa
1. n-f. table
2. n-f. (by extension) dinner table
¡A la mesa! - Dinner is ready!
3. n-f. (landforms) mesa
4. n-f. desk (in an office)
5. n-f. bureau, committee
(coi, Mesa de la Cámara)
(coi, mesa electoral, polling station)
6. n-f. (business) board
(coi, mesa directiva, board of directors)

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