| 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 | |
| tocar |
| 1. v. to touch | |
| 2. v. to play (a musical instrument) | |
| Ella toca el piano. - She plays the piano. | |
| 3. v. (impersonal, transitive) to be someone's time or turn | |
| Ahora me toca jugar. - Now it's my turn to play. | |
| te toca a ti - it's your turn | |
| 4. v. to knock | |
| tocar la puerta - to knock on the door | |
| 5. v. to honk | |
| tocar la bocina - to honk the horn | |
| 6. v. to ring | |
| tocar un timbre - to ring a doorbell | |
| 7. v. to touch on (mention briefly) | |
| 8. v. to touch (affect emotionally) | |
| 9. v. to bunt | |
| 10. v. to comb or dress one's hair | |
| 11. v. to don a hat, scarf or other head covering | |
| muy |
| 1. adv. very | |
| Tengo un coche muy caro. - I have a very expensive car. | |
| bien |
| 1. adv. well (adverbial form of bueno) | |
| Toca bien el piano. - He plays the piano well. | |
| 2. adv. well, fine, okay (state of being satisfied with the status quo) | |
| hasta aquí todo bien - so far so good | |
| 3. adv. properly | |
| 4. adv. willingly | |
| 5. adv. very | |
| 6. adv. as well | |
| Bien podrías acabar con ello temprano. - You might as well get it over with early. | |
| 7. adj. (postpositive, colloquial) well-to-do; affluent; wealthy; upper-class | |
| Amanda y Carlos vienen de una familia bien. - Amanda and Carlos come from a well-to-do family. | |
| 8. adj. (postpositive, colloquial) exclusive; upscale; high-class | |
| Las colonias bienes están en las afueras de la ciudad. - The upscale neighborhoods are in the city suburbs. | |
| 9. n-m. good (as opposed to evil) | |
| Es por el bien de toda la comunidad. - It's for the good of the whole community. | |
| 10. n-m. goodness | |
| 11. n-m. good, better (substantive) | |
| para bien o para mal - for better or for worse | |
| He vuelto para bien esta vez. - I'm back for good this time. | |
| 12. n-m. welfare, benefit | |
| 13. n-m. (plural) goods, property, possessions, assets, wealth, estate | |
| 14. n-m. (dated) darling | |
| Despierta, mi bien. - Wake up, my darling. | |
| muy bien |
| 1. Phrase. very well; OK; righto; all right | |
| 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) | |
| guitarra |
| 1. n-f. guitar | |
