| pretexto |
| 1. n-m. pretext | |
| 2. v. first-person singular present indicative of pretextar | |
| pretextar |
| 1. v. to give as a pretext | |
| motivo |
| 1. n-m. reason, ground, motive | |
| no sé por qué motivo - I don't know for what reason | |
| 2. v. first-person singular present indicative of motivar | |
| motivar |
| 1. v. to motivate | |
| razón |
| 1. n-f. reason | |
| Esa es precisamente la razón por la que te traje aquí. - That is precisely the reason I brought you here. | |
| 2. n-f. reasoning | |
| 3. n-f. (with tener) correctness, rectitude, a point | |
| Usted tiene razón. - You are correct. | |
| Tus padres tienen razón. Deberías escucharlos. - Your parents have a point. You should listen to them. | |
| 4. n-f. ratio | |
| 5. n-f. rate | |
| aparente |
| 1. adj. apparent | |
| 2. adj. seeming | |
| 3. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of aparentar | |
| aparentar |
| 1. v. to pretend, feign, front | |
| 2. v. to appear, seem | |
| para |
| 1. prep. for, to (expressing a recipient) | |
| La niña compró un regalo de navidad para su abuela. - The girl bought a Christmas gift for her grandmother. | |
| Ahora me gustaría hacer un truco de magia para ustedes. - I'd now like to perform a magic trick for you all. | |
| 2. prep. to, in order to, so, for (expressing the intended purpose of an action) | |
| Estudio cada noche sin descanso para conseguir un trabajo decente al fin de todo esto. - I study every night tirelessly so that I get a decent job at the end of all this. | |
| Voy a salir temprano para evitar el tráfico. - I am going to leave early to avoid traffic. | |
| 3. prep. by, due, due on, due by (expressing a deadline) | |
| Necesito tu decisión para fin de mes. - I need your decision by the end of the month. | |
| Sus proyectos de grupo son para el viernes sin excepción. - Your group projects are due on Friday without exception. | |
| 4. prep. for (expressing contrast from what is expected) | |
| Para un turista americano, él es en realidad bastante respetuoso. - For an American tourist, he is actually pretty respectful. | |
| 5. prep. for, to, in one's opinion, as far as one is concerned (expressing an opinion, perception or perspective) | |
| Para mí, la música es lo único bueno sobre esa película. - For me, the music was the only good thing about that film. | |
| Para mi hermano, su esposa tiene toda la razón. - As far as my brother is concerned, his wife is totally in the right. | |
| 6. prep. for (expressing using one's efforts for a group or an authority figure such as a sports team or a company/boss) | |
| Mi sobrino juega para el equipo de los Patos Poderosos. - My nephew plays for the Mighty Ducks' team. | |
| Trabajamos para la misma jefe aunque no al mismo tiempo. - We worked for the same boss but not at the same time. | |
| Ella trabajó para Microsoft durante años, pero ahora trabaja para Apple. - She worked for Microsoft for years, but now she works for Apple. | |
| 7. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of parir | |
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| parar |
| 1. v. to stop, halt | |
| 2. v. to put up, stand up | |
| 3. v. to lift, raise | |
| 4. v. to stand up | |
| 5. v. to situate oneself | |
| 6. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun, Chile) see pararlas | |
| hacer |
| 1. v. to do | |
| ¿Qué haces? - What are you doing? | |
| No sé que hago. - I don't know what I'm doing. | |
| Prefiero no hacerlo - I prefer not to do it. | |
| 2. v. to make (something) | |
| Empecemos a hacer el pastel. - Let's start making the cake. | |
| Le gustaba hacer poemas placenteros. - She liked to make pleasant poems. | |
| 3. v. to make (e.g. someone do something or feel a certain way.) | |
| No sabe cómo hacerla feliz. - He doesn't know how to make her happy. | |
| Lo hiciste llorar / Hiciste que llorara. - You made him cry. | |
| 4. v. to be | |
| hace frío - it's cold | |
| hace calor - it's hot | |
| hace sol - it's sunny | |
| hace viento - it's windy | |
| 5. v. to go (to release or excrete (urine, excrement)) | |
| hacer pis, pipí, el número uno - to pee | |
| hacer caca, pupú, el número dos - to poo | |
| 6. v. (ambitransitive, optionally with de) to play (a part in a play) | |
| hacer la princesa - to play the princess | |
| hacer de princesa - to play a princess | |
| hacer de Óscar - to play (the character of) Oscar | |
| 7. v. to become; to get | |
| ¡Hazte vegetariano! - Become vegetarian! | |
| Me haré rico. - I will get rich. | |
| Ese niño se hizo todo un hombre. - That boy became a real man. | |
| 8. v. to pretend being, play | |
| hacerse el tonto - to pretend being a fool, play the fool | |
| hacerse la víctima - to play the victim | |
| Háganse los sofisticados si quieren, igual nadie les cree. - You can pretend to be sophisticated if you want, no one believes you anyway. | |
| 9. v. to play the fool | |
| No te hagás: vos sabés lo que hiciste. - Don't play the fool, you know what you did. | |
| 10. v. to prep, adorn, do (a body part) | |
| hacerse las uñas - to do one's nails | |
| 11. v. to get used to (chiefly in idioms) | |
| El cuerpo se hace a las fatigas. - The body gets used to tiredness. | |
| El caballo se hace al fuego. - A horse gets used to fire (for the Luminarias). | |
| 12. v. to arrive (said of a certain time), be now | |
| Se hace tarde. - It's getting late. | |
| Se hicieron las doce. - It was now/suddenly 12 o'clock. | |
| 13. n-m. task, action | |
| Nos quedan muchos haceres. - We have a lot of tasks left. | |
| algo |
| 1. pron. something, anything | |
| Algo imprevisto ocurrió. - Something unexpected happened. | |
| Me parece algo de interés. - It seems like something interesting to me. | |
| Eso es algo natural. - It's something natural. | |
| 2. adv. rather, somewhat, kind of | |
| Me parece algo extraño. - It seems rather strange to me. | |
| con |
| 1. prep. with | |
| 2. prep. on | |
| Yo cuento con ustedes. - I count on you. | |
| poco |
| 1. det. little, not much | |
| Bebí poca agua. - I drank little water. | |
| Nos casamos hace poco tiempo. - We got married a little time ago. | |
| 2. det. few, not many | |
| Muy pocas personas hacen eso. - Very few people do that. | |
| 3. det. un-, not | |
| poco saludable - unhealthy | |
| 4. adv. little (not much) | |
| Comí poco. - I ate little / I didn’t eat much. | |
| 5. n-m. little (a small amount) | |
| Hablo un poco (de) inglés. - I speak a little English. | |
| 6. n-m. a short time, a little while | |
| hace poco - a little while ago | |
| dentro de poco - in a little bit | |
| 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) | |
| ningún |
| 1. det. (before the noun) apocopic form of ninguno t=not any | |
| derecho |
| 1. adj. straight (not crooked or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length) | |
| 2. adj. straight; upright (perfectly horizontal or vertical; not diagonal or oblique) | |
| sentarse derecho - to sit upright | |
| 3. adj. right, right-hand (designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one is facing north) | |
| la mano derecha - the right hand | |
| 4. adj. correct, appropriate, right | |
| 5. n-m. right (a legal, just or moral entitlement) | |
| el derecho al voto - the right to vote | |
| derechos humanos - human rights | |
| 6. n-m. law, jurisprudence (the study of laws) | |
| 7. n-m. law (the profession of dealing with laws (as lawyers, judges, etc.)) | |
| 8. n-m. right (the outward or most finished surface, as of a coin, piece of cloth, a carpet, etc.) | |
| 9. n-m. (textiles) right side (The side of a fabric that is intended to face outward on a finished project) | |
| 10. n-m. (in the plural) duties, taxes, fees, charges | |
| 11. n-m. (rare) path, road | |
| 12. adv. straight (of a direction relative to the subject, precisely; as if following a direct line) | |
| Sigue derecho. - Keep going straight. | |
| 13. adv. straight (directly; without pause, delay or detour) | |
