por |
1. prep. by (indicates the creator of a work) | |
La novela Cien años de soledad fue escrita por Gabriel García Márquez. - The novel One Hundred Years of Solitude was written by Gabriel García Márquez. | |
2. prep. for (indicates something given in an exchange) | |
Lo compré por cincuenta euros. - I bought this for fifty euros. | |
3. prep. through, out, via (indicating movement) | |
La mujer ve la puesta de sol por la ventana. - The woman watches the sunset through the window. | |
Supongo que nuestra huésped se fue por la puerta trasera porque no la he visto. - I guess our guest went out the back door because I haven't seen her. | |
4. prep. across (indicating movement) | |
El hombre camina por la calle. - The man walks across the street. | |
5. prep. about | |
6. prep. due to, because of, for, for the sake of, out of (to express cause or motive) | |
Él no pudo venir por eso. - He couldn't come due to that. | |
Por amor a su esposo, ella aguanta a sus suegros. - Out of love for her husband, she puts up with his in-laws. | |
7. prep. (used with directions) over | |
por allí - over there | |
8. prep. (mathematics) times, by, multiplied by | |
ocho por siete - eights times seven; eights by seven | |
9. prep. according to, for, regarding (to express opinion or something concerning someone) | |
Por mí, está bien. - For all I care, it's fine. | |
¡Bien por ti! - Good for you! | |
10. prep. via, through, by (indicating the means of something) | |
Por favor, devuelva este documento completado por correo electrónico. - Please, return this document completed via email. | |
11. prep. for (indicating duration) | |
Mi profesor se salió por la tangente por una hora entera. - My professor went off on a tangent for a whole hour. | |
12. prep. for, for the sake of, on behalf of (indicating doing something for someone's benefit) | |
No lo hago por ti. - I'm not doing it for your sake. | |
Ella irá a trabajar por mí mañana. - She will be filling in for me at work tomorrow. | |
13. prep. per, for each | |
Cuesta diez dólares por artículo. - It costs ten dollars per item. | |
14. prep. to (indicating something that has not yet passed) | |
Eso está por ver. - That remains to be seen. | |
La hora aún está por confirmar. - The time is yet to be confirmed. | |
15. prep. about to (indicating something that will soon happen) | |
Su hermana está por llegar del aeropuerto en cualquier momento. - Her sister is about to arrive from the airport any minute now. | |
16. prep. compared to; against; versus (indicating a comparison) | |
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 | |
amor |
1. n-m. love | |
2. n-m. love affair | |
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 | |
Dios |
1. Proper noun. God | |
2. n-m. god | |
di |
1. v. informal second-person singular positive imperative of decir | |
Dile lo que te di. - Tell him what I gave you. | |
2. v. informal second-person singular positive imperative of decir | |
Dile lo que te di. - Tell him what I gave you. | |
dar |
1. v. to give, to give out | |
2. v. to hand over | |
3. v. to hit | |
Me han dado en la cabeza. - They hit me on my head. | |
4. v. to emit | |
5. v. to produce | |
6. v. to perform | |
7. v. to consider | |
Doy eso por menos que yo. - I consider that beneath me. | |
Yo lo doy por muerto. - I consider him dead. | |
8. v. (indtr, con) to encounter; to find with effort | |
Dimos con María. - We encountered Maria. | |
Dimos con el edificio después de tres horas. - We finally found the building after three hours. | |
9. v. to hit upon | |
10. v. (indtr, a, .colloquial, intr=1) to press, activate | |
darle al botón - to press the button | |
11. v. to ruin; mess up | |
Me dio la noche - It ruined the night for me | |
12. v. to occur | |
13. v. to grow naturally | |
El maíz se da en esta tierra. - Corn grows on this land. | |
14. v. to hit | |
El coche se dio con/contra un árbol. - The car hit a tree. | |
15. v. to assume | |
darse por vencido - to assume to be defeated | |
darse por muerto - to assume to be dead | |
16. v. to pretend to be, to present oneself as though one were | |
Se las da de enfermero pero nunca ha estudiado. - He pretends to be a nurse, but he's never studied. | |
17. v. to surrender | |
¿Te das? — Me doy. - Do you surrender? — I surrender. | |
18. v. to fuck (used with third person direct objects only) | |
Vos solo te la das. - You just fuck her. | |
Me quiero dar a José. - I want to fuck José. | |
19. v. to find someone sexually attractive (mostly to have a sexual encounter with) | |
Le re doy. | |
20. v. to announce, predict | |
Dan lluvia. - They announced rain. | |
os |
1. pron. you, to you, for you; dative and accusative of vosotros | |
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. | |
puedo |
1. v. first-person singular present indicative of poder | |
poder |
1. v. to be able, can | |
¿Puedes acompañarme mañana? - Could you come with me tomorrow? | |
No puedes salir ya que no tienes permiso. - You can't go out since you're not allowed. | |
No puedo hablar francés. - I can't speak French. | |
Podría ayudar si me dejaran. - I could help you if you would let me. | |
2. v. (El Salvador, colloquial, reflexive) to be familiar with something, or with somebody's personality | |
¿Te podés el número de tu prima? - Do you know your cousin's phone number? | |
Como entrenador, tengo que poderme bien a todos mis jugadores. - As a coach, I must know my players really well. | |
3. n-m. power, reign | |
4. n-m. authorization | |
5. n-m. proxy (written certificate of authority to act for another) | |
caminar |
1. v. to walk | |
2. v. to stroll | |
3. v. to travel, to trek | |
4. v. to go on | |
5. v. to wade (in or through a body of water) | |
más |
1. adv. more; -er (used to make comparisons) | |
Teresa es más lista que su hermano. - Teresa is more clever than her brother. | |
Hay más de cien personas aquí. - There are more than a hundred people here. | |
2. adv. (with definite article) most; -est (used to make superlatives) | |
Teresa es la más inteligente de la clase. - Teresa is the most intelligent in her class. | |
la cosa más grande - the biggest thing | |
3. adv. furthermore | |
4. adv. in addition | |
5. adv. else | |
algo más - something/anything else | |
nadie más - nobody else | |
6. adv. used with qué to express emphasis | |
¡Qué paisaje más hermoso! - What a pretty landscape! | |
¡Qué niño más tonto! - What a silly boy! | |
7. det. more, any more | |
8. det. most | |
9. conj. (mathematics) plus | |
uno más uno es igual a dos - one plus one is equal to two | |