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pelo
1. n-m. hair (a single hair)
2. n-m. hair (all hair on the head)
3. n-m. fur
4. v. first-person singular present indicative of pelar
pelar
1. v. to peel (fruits, vegetables)
2. v. to skin (an animal)
3. v. to shell (nuts, shellfish)
4. v. to unwrap
5. v. to pluck (a bird)
6. v. to cut the hair of
7. v. to spread negative gossip, run down, criticise somebody
8. v. to exfoliate
9. v. (colloquial) to steal
10. v. (colloquial) to fleece
11. v. to notice someone, to pay attention to someone
12. v. to matter
Me la pela. - I don't give a fuck.
13. v. to have one's hair cut
14. v. to lose one's hair, to go bald
15. v. to peel (of skin, from the sun, etc.)
16. v. to fray (rope, wire)
17. v. to strip (to remove the insulation from a wire/cable)
Hay que pelar el cable para poder conectarlo al conector. - The cable must be stripped to be able to connect it to the connector.
18. v. (Chile) to steal
19. v. (Chile) to flirt
20. v. (Chile) to make out with a stranger at a social event
negro
1. n-m. black (the color perceived in the absence of light)
2. n-m. a black person
3. n-m. ghost writer
4. adj. black (absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless)
5. adj. black (of or relating to any of various ethnic groups having dark pigmentation of the skin)
6. adj. dirty
7. adj. sad
8. adj. clandestine
9. adj. (Spain) angry
está negro - he's in a rage
10. adj. (Latin America) ( mi ~) my darling, my honey
ojos
1. n. plural of ojo
ojo
1. n-m. eye
Dora tiene (los) ojos azules. - Dora has blue eyes.
2. n-m. keyhole
3. n-m. caution
hay que andar con ojo - you need to be cautious
4. interj. look! watch out!
azules
1. adj. plural of azul
2. n. plural of azul
azul
1. adj. blue
2. n-m. blue
3. n-m. (Mexico) a police officer
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
mujer
1. n-f. woman
2. n-f. wife
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
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
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
dinero
1. n-m. money
2. n-m. wealth

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