parecía |
1. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of parecer | |
parecer |
1. v. (impersonal) to seem, to see fit | |
Me parece que... - It seems to me that... | |
como mejor le parezca - as you see fit; as one sees fit | |
2. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to believe | |
3. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to think | |
¿Qué te parece si vamos al bar? - What do you think about going to a bar? | |
4. v. to strike (seem, appear, make an impression) | |
Te voy a mandar una cosa que escribí el otro día, para ver que te parece. - I am going to send you something that I wrote the other day, in order to see how it strikes you. | |
¿Te parece que cambiemos el día para el martes? - How about we change the day to Tuesday? | |
5. v. to be like, to take after, to resemble | |
6. v. to perceive | |
7. n-m. opinion | |
el |
1. art. (masculine singular definite article); the | |
2. art. feminine singular definite article used before nouns which start with a stressed 'a': | |
el alma, las almas - the soul, the souls | |
el hacha, las hachas - the axe, the axes | |
mitin |
1. n-m. rally (political meeting) | |
2. n-m. (by extension) speech | |
final |
1. adj. final (last, ultimate) | |
2. adj. final (conclusive, decisive) | |
3. n-m. end (the terminal point of something in space or time) | |
4. n-f. (sports) final (the last round, game or match in a contest, after which the winner is determined) | |
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 | |
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 | |
campaña |
1. n-f. campaign | |
2. n-f. countryside | |
3. n-f. (heraldry) base | |
que |
1. conj. that | |
Él dice que está triste. - He says that he is sad. | |
2. conj. than | |
Llego más tarde que tú. - I am arriving later than you. | |
3. conj. (indicating a reason); because, for | |
¡Ve más lento, que es resbaloso! - Slow down, (for) it is slippery! | |
4. conj. (indicating desire or permission); may (used with the subjunctive) | |
Que te vaya bien. - May it go well for you. | |
Que Dios me perdone. - May God forgive me. | |
5. pron. who; that | |
la estrella que está en la película - the star who is in the movie | |
6. pron. that; whom | |
la mujer con la que yo hablé - the woman with whom I spoke | |
7. pron. that; which | |
la casa que yo quiero - the house that I want | |
8. prep. than | |
9. prep. like, as | |
10. part. to | |
todavía |
1. adv. still, yet | |
¿Estás todavía escribiendo? - Are you still writing? | |
"¿Comenzaste?"; "Todavía no." - "Have you started?"; "Not yet.". | |
2. adv. even, still | |
Helado es todavía mejor. - Frozen is even better. | |
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. | |
ha |
1. v. third-person singular present indicative of haber | |
haber |
1. v. (auxiliary) to have | |
He trabajado muy duro durante este mes. - I have worked very hard during this month. | |
Mi hermanito me pidió más chocolate, pero ya le había dado demasiado. - My little brother asked me for more chocolate, but I had already given him too much. | |
2. v. (obsolete) to hold, to possess | |
3. v. (impersonal, in third person singular only) to exist; “there is”, “there are” (hay); “there was”, “there were” (había) | |
No hay muchas personas aquí. - There aren't many people here. | |
En el cofre había un libro antiguo. - In the chest there was an antique book. | |
4. v. (dated, or formal) to have to (+ de + infinitive) | |
5. v. (Used only in the third-person existential form) to be necessary (+ que + infinitive) | |
Hay que proteger el mundo. - It is necessary to protect the world. | |
6. v. used to denote a past obligation | |
Haberla llamado. - You ought to have phoned her. | |
7. n-m. asset | |
8. n-m. history | |
9. n-m. credit side | |
comenzado |
1. Participle. past participle of comenzar | |
comenzar |
1. v. to begin, to commence | |
Yo me senté sobre un banco en el jardín, y comencé a leer un libro interesante. - I sat on a bench in the garden, and I started to read an interesting book. | |
Usted puede comenzar. - You may commence. | |