persona |
1. n-f. person (an individual; usually a human being) | |
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 | |
actúa |
1. v. third-person singular present indicative of actuar | |
actuar |
1. v. to act, to behave | |
¡Para de tocar todo! Estás actuando como un niño. - Stop touching everything! You're acting like a child. | |
actuar con moderación - to exercise restraint, to show restraint | |
2. v. to act, to perform | |
3. v. to actuate | |
4. v. (law) to litigate, to sue | |
O |
1. Letter. the 16th letter of the Spanish alphabet | |
2. n. abbreviation of oeste; west | |
3. conj. or | |
¿Quieres un café o algo más? - Do you want a coffee or something else? | |
4. conj. either … or | |
(ant-lite, ni, alt1=ni … ni) | |
representa |
1. v. informal second-person singular affirmative imperative of representar | |
representar |
1. v. to represent | |
2. v. to make up, constitute, account for | |
un |
1. art. a | |
2. num. (before the noun) apocopic form of uno one | |
papel |
1. n-m. paper | |
2. n-m. role | |
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 | |
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 | |
obra |
1. n-f. work, usually literary or artistic | |
2. n-f. construction | |
3. v. third-person singular present indicative of obrar | |
obrar |
1. v. to act, to behave | |
2. v. to work (to function correctly) | |
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 | |
teatro |
1. n-m. theater, theatre (building where plays are performed) | |
2. n-m. theater, drama (drama or performance as a profession or art form) | |
obra de teatro - play | |
En general, prefiero el cine al teatro. - I generally prefer cinema to drama. | |
3. n-m. theater (a region where a particular action takes place; a specific field of action, usually with reference to war) | |
4. n-m. theatrics, drama, melodrama (exaggerated reaction to life events) | |
¡Relájate y no le eches tanto teatro! - Relax and don't be so dramatic! | |
5. n-m. (US Spanish chiefly in names) movie theater, cinema | |
cine |
1. n-m. cinema, moviehouse | |
2. n-m. film (when specifying types of films) | |
un cine mudo - a silent film | |
radio |
1. n. (electronics, home appliance) radio (device) | |
2. n-f. (communications) radio (industry, signal) | |
3. n-m. (anatomy) radius | |
4. n-m. (geometry) radius | |
5. n-m. (chemical element) radium | |
6. v. first-person singular present indicative of radiar | |
radiar |
1. v. to radiate | |
2. v. to transmit by radio waves | |
O |
1. Letter. the 16th letter of the Spanish alphabet | |
2. n. abbreviation of oeste; west | |
3. conj. or | |
¿Quieres un café o algo más? - Do you want a coffee or something else? | |
4. conj. either … or | |
(ant-lite, ni, alt1=ni … ni) | |
televisión |
1. n-f. television (an electronic communication medium that allows the transmission of real-time visual images, and often sound) | |
Es bueno que la televisión no transmita el olor. - It’s a good thing that television doesn’t transmit smell. | |
2. n-f. television set, TV set, television receiver, television, (colloquial) telly (a device for receiving television signals and displaying them in visual form) | |
Tengo un televisor antiguo en mi estudio. - I have an old television in the study. | |
3. n-f. television (collectively, the programs broadcast via the medium of television) | |
Cincuenta y siete canales y no hay nada en la televisión. - Fifty-seven channels and nothing on television. | |