| 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 | |
| cómetelo |
| 1. v. Compound of the formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of comer, come and the pronouns te and lo | |
| comete |
| 1. v. informal second-person singular affirmative imperative of cometer | |
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| cometer |
| 1. v. to commit | |
| 2. v. to make (an error, etc) | |
| lo |
| 1. pron. accusative of él, ello, and usted (when referring to a man); him, it, you (formal) | |
| lo veo - I see it | |
| 2. pron. impersonal neuter pronoun (clitic form of ello); it, that | |
| lo es - That’s it | |
| 3. art. neuter definite article used to make abstract nouns from adjectives; the | |
| lo pobre - the poorness / what is poor / the poor thing | |
| mientras |
| 1. adv. meanwhile | |
| 2. conj. (with the indicative) while, whilst, as (at the same time as) | |
| Quédate aquí con los chicos mientras hablo con la gerente. - Stay here with the kids while I talk with the manager. | |
| 3. conj. (with the subjunctive) as long as, so long as (expressing a condition) | |
| Mientras llueva, me quedaré en casa. - As long as it rains, I'll stay at home. | |
| 4. conj. (with the indicative) while, whereas (indicating difference) | |
| 5. conj. (with comparatives) however much; however many; (constructing parallel comparatives) “the..., the...” | |
| Mientras más lo hago, más me gusta. - The more I do it, the more I like it. | |
| esté |
| 1. v. formal second-person singular imperative of estar | |
| estar |
| 1. v. to be (have a temporary or permanent location in space) | |
| ¿Dónde estás? - Where are you? | |
| Estoy en casa. - I am at home. | |
| 2. v. to be (denotes a copula, in a transient fashion) | |
| El tiempo estaba frío/caliente. - The weather was cold/hot back then. | |
| ¿Estás feliz? - Are you happy right now? | |
| 3. v. to be (auxiliary verb for the progressive/continuous aspect, preceding the gerund of the verb) | |
| Ella está cantando. - She is singing. | |
| 4. v. to be in a state (in a passive voice sense) | |
| Los vasos están rotos. - The vases are broken. (In passive voice with estar, unlike haber, its past participle agrees with number and gender of the subject) | |
| Llegaron y vieron que el hotel estaba abandonado. - They arrived and saw the hotel was abandoned. | |
| 5. v. to be, stay (denotes a copula, in a transient fashion) | |
| Estense callados y quietos. - Stay quiet and not moving. | |
| 6. v. to be to be done, to be (still) undone: | |
| Esto todavía está por hacer. - This is still to be done. | |
| Lo peor está por llegar. - The worst part is yet to come. | |
| 7. v. to be in a long-term state (in specific idioms) | |
| estar muerto/a - to be dead | |
| estar casado/a - to be married (can also be ser casado) | |
| estar chico/a - to be short (colloquially) | |
| 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. | |
| caliente |
| 1. adj. hot, warm (emitting heat or warmth) | |
| 2. adj. hot (close to finding or guessing something) | |
| 3. adj. (slang) horny (sexually aroused) | |
| 4. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of calentar | |
| calentar |
| 1. v. to heat, to warm up (cause an increase in temperature) | |
| 2. v. to turn on (arouse sexually) | |
| 3. v. to warm up (prepare for a physical activity) | |
