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) | |
favor |
1. n-m. favor/favour | |
Hazme un favor. - Do me a favour. | |
por favor |
1. interj. please | |
Quisiera una mesa por favor. - I would like a table, please. | |
2. interj. you're welcome | |
abra |
1. n-f. small bay, inlet | |
2. n-f. (Latin America) glade, clearing | |
3. v. formal second-person singular affirmative imperative of abrir | |
abrir |
1. v. to open, open up | |
Por favor abre la ventana, Jorge. - Please open the window, George. | |
2. v. to unlock | |
Abro la cerradura. - I unlock the lock. | |
3. v. to turn on | |
Abrió la llave. - He turned on the faucet. | |
4. v. to start, open, open up, set up (a business, restaurant, etc.) | |
5. v. to crack, crack open, to pop (e.g., a safe, a bottle, a coconut) | |
6. v. to break, break open, (new ground, a game, etc.); to break out (gloss, e.g., champagne); to breach | |
7. v. to spread (one's legs, arms, fingers) | |
8. v. to answer (the door) | |
9. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to open up (to become communicative) | |
Lo único que le hizo abrirse a ella fue un beso. - The only thing that made him open up to her was a kiss. | |
10. v. to leave, go away | |
11. v. (Latin America, reflexive) to withdraw, back out of | |
12. n-m. the act of opening | |
con |
1. prep. with | |
2. prep. on | |
Yo cuento con ustedes. - I count on you. | |
un |
1. art. a | |
2. num. (before the noun) apocopic form of uno one | |
editor |
1. n-m. editor | |
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 | |
texto |
1. n-m. text | |
2. n-m. (printing, dated) a medium size of type standardized as 14-point | |
3. n-m. (colloquial) text message | |
editor de texto |
1. n-m. text editor | |
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 | |
archivo |
1. n-m. (computing) file | |
2. n-m. archive | |
3. v. first-person singular present indicative of archivar | |
archivar |
1. v. to file, to archive | |
marcado |
1. adj. marked, pronounced | |
2. Participle. past participle of marcar | |
marcar |
1. v. to mark, to set | |
marcar el ritmo - to set the pace | |
2. v. to write down, jot down | |
3. v. (sports) to mark | |
4. v. to show, read, say (of a measuring device) | |
5. v. to beat, make (a rhythm) | |
6. v. to dial | |
7. v. to frame | |
8. v. to fancy, have a hankering for | |
con |
1. prep. with | |
2. prep. on | |
Yo cuento con ustedes. - I count on you. | |
un |
1. art. a | |
2. num. (before the noun) apocopic form of uno one | |
círculo |
1. n-m. circle | |
Donde el círculo termina. - Where the circle ends. | |
Rojo |
1. Proper noun. surname, descriptive | |
2. adj. red (colour) | |
3. n-m. red (colour) | |
4. n-m. (Costa Rica) a 1000 colón bill | |
5. n-m. (Spain, Peru, pejorative) Red; a left-winger, especially communist | |
(synonyms, progre, q1=often pejorative, zurdo, q2=often pejorative) | |