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. | |
tengo |
1. v. first-person singular present indicative of tener | |
tener |
1. v. to have, possess | |
Ella tiene seis hermanos. - She has six brothers. | |
Tengo una pluma. - I have a pen. | |
2. v. to have, possess, to be (a condition or quality) | |
Usted tiene suerte. - You have luck. | |
¡Ten cuidado! - Have care! | |
¿Quién tiene razón? - Who has reason? | |
3. v. to hold, grasp | |
Ten esto. - Hold this. | |
4. v. to contain, to hold (e.g. to "hold the power to", "hold the key", "hold a clue", "hold the truth", "have a hold on", "hold in store", "hold all the cards", "hold in high regard", etc.) | |
Este tarro tiene las cenizas. - This jar contains the ashes. | |
El estadio es enorme. Puede tener una capacidad de hasta cien mil espectadores. - The stadium is huge. It can hold up to one hundred thousand spectators. | |
Solía pensar que ese libro tenía todas las respuestas. - I used to think that book held all the answers. | |
5. v. to have, feel (internally) | |
Él le tiene mucho cariño a ella. - He has much admiration for her. | |
Tengo frío. - I feel cold. | |
Tenemos hambre. - We have hunger. | |
6. v. to make to feel | |
Eso nos tiene tristes. - That makes us sad. | |
7. v. to have (a measure or age) | |
Tiene tres metros de ancho. - It has three metres of width. | |
Tengo veinte años. - I have twenty years. | |
8. v. (used with que) to have to | |
Tengo que salir ahora. - I have to leave now. | |
9. v. to get (e.g. to get a minute, to get an idea, to get a chance, to get a concussion/bruise/headache, to get in an accident, to get a place, to get a view of, to get a meeting, to get a vision, etc.) | |
Ese cadete necesita tenerlo bajo control. - That cadet needs to get it under control. | |
10. v. to keep, to bear (in certain phrases; e.g. to bear in mind, bear a resemblance, keep a journal/diary, keep around something or someone) | |
Ten en cuenta que es más difícil de volver a subir al cañón que descenderlo. - Keep in mind that it's more difficult to go back up the canyon than to go down it. | |
Pronto voy a comprobar sus billetes, así que ténganlos a manos. - I will soon be checking your tickets, so keep them handy. | |
Ella tuvo diez hijos, todos partos naturales. - She bore ten children, all natural births. | |
11. v. to make (in a few select phrases) | |
Ahora todo tiene sentido. - Now everything makes sense. | |
12. v. to be taken (usually has deber for an auxiliary verb when used) | |
13. v. attention, Expressions that may need to be explained: | |
14. v. tener en cuenta | |
15. v. tener prisa | |
mucho |
1. det. (singular) much, a lot of | |
No tengo mucho dinero. - I don't have much money. | |
Tengo mucho dinero. - I have a lot of money. | |
2. det. (plural) many, a lot of | |
Tengo muchas monedas. - I have many coins. | |
3. adv. much, a lot, far, way | |
Es mucho más difícil salir que entrar. - It is way harder to get out than to get in. | |
La situación real era mucho más complicada de lo que se sugería en el documento. - The real situation was far more complicated than was suggested in the document. | |
4. adv. long, a long time | |
5. pron. a lot, many | |
en |
1. prep. in, at, on | |
Estoy en casa. - I'm at home. | |
Estoy sentado en la computadora. - I'm sitting at the computer. | |
en esta página - on this page | |
en la caja en la mesa - in the box on the table | |
2. prep. in (a time) | |
en la antigüedad - in antiquity | |
en 1999 - in 1999 | |
3. prep. in (a language) | |
No conozco esta palabra en francés. - I don't know this word in French. | |
en todos los idiomas - in all languages | |
4. prep. used after some verbs and translated by various prepositions in English | |
Pienso en ti. - I'm thinking of you. | |
5. prep. in (in various expressions) | |
en el sentido - in the sense | |
en nuestro afán - in our eagerness | |
común |
1. adj. common, ordinary | |
2. adj. common, joint | |
3. adj. usual | |
4. n-m. all of the people or inhabitants of a city, town | |
5. n-m. community | |
6. n-m. toilet | |
en común |
1. adv. in common | |
con |
1. prep. with | |
2. prep. on | |
Yo cuento con ustedes. - I count on you. | |
mi |
1. det. (before the noun) apocopic form of mío, my | |
2. n-f. mu; the Greek letter Μ, μ | |
novio |
1. n-m. boyfriend (romantic partner) | |
2. n-m. fiancé | |
3. n-m. bridegroom, groom | |
zurdo |
1. adj. left-handed | |
2. n-m. left-handed person, lefty | |
3. n-m. (derogatory, Rioplatense Spanish) left-winger, leftist, lefty | |
(synonyms, rojo, q1=often pejorative, progre, q2=often pejorative, izquierdista) | |