provocar |
1. v. to cause or provoke, to prompt | |
2. v. to tease sexually | |
3. v. (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, takes a reflexive pronoun) to fancy, would like | |
¿Te provoca café? - Would you like coffee? | |
deseo |
1. n-m. desire, wish | |
2. v. first-person singular present indicative of desear | |
desear |
1. v. to wish | |
Cumpleaños Feliz! Cumpleaños Feliz!Te deseamos todos. Cumpleaños Feliz! - Happy birthday (to you)! Happy birthday (to you)!We all wish you a happy birthday! | |
2. v. to desire, to want, to hope for, to long for | |
Deja mucho que desear. - It leaves a lot to be desired. | |
3. v. to look forward to | |
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) | |
tentación |
1. n-f. temptation | |
especialmente |
1. adv. specially | |
2. adv. especially | |
hacia |
1. prep. toward, towards | |
Сaminaremos hacia el centro de la ciudad. (We'll walk towards the center of the city.) | |
El cohete se dirige hacia la luna. - The rocket is heading towards the Moon. | |
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. | |
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 | |
desde |
1. prep. since | |
desde que murió - since he died | |
2. prep. from (a location) | |
Empieza desde la línea 20. - Start from line 20. | |
3. prep. starting at (a quantity, such as a price) | |
televisores desde $200 - televisions starting at $200 | |
algún |
1. det. (before the noun) apocopic form of alguno; some, any | |
¿Haces algún deporte? - Do you do any sport? | |
alguno |
1. det. some, any | |
¿Quiere alguna cosa? - Do you want anything? | |
Algún día lo haré. - I will do it someday. | |
2. det. any (used for emphasis) | |
No tiene talento alguno. - He doesn't have any talent at all. | |
3. det. various | |
4. pron. someone | |
5. pron. some, some people | |
6. pron. one (thing); a few | |
punto |
1. n-m. point (a specific spot, location, or place) | |
2. n-m. point (a unit of scoring) | |
Tienes cinco puntos. - You have five points. | |
Ese artículo cuesta tres puntos. - That item costs three points. | |
3. n-m. (grammar) point (a full stop or period) | |
4. n-m. (math) point (a decimal mark) | |
5. n-m. (sewing) stitch (a single pass of a needle in sewing or surgery suture) | |
6. n-m. bombshell (a great surprise or shock) | |
7. n-m. (historical) punto, Spanish point (a traditional small unit of length, equivalent to about 0.16 mm) | |
8. interj. that's it! | |
9. v. first-person singular present indicative of puntar | |
puntar |
1. v. to point, to mark with points | |
2. v. to add vowel markings, to Hebrew or Arabic script | |
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 | |
vista |
1. n-f. sight, vision, eyesight (the ability to see) | |
2. n-f. sight (the act of seeing or witnessing) | |
3. n-f. appearance, look (the way something looks) | |
4. n-f. view (the range of vision) | |
a la vista - in view | |
5. n-f. view (something to look at, such as scenery) | |
6. n-f. foresight (the ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future) | |
7. n-f. (law) hearing (a legal procedure done before a judge) | |
8. adj. feminine singular of visto | |
9. Participle. feminine singular of visto | |
10. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of vestir | |
vestir |
1. v. to dress, to clothe, to attire | |
2. v. to wear | |
3. v. to adorn, to bedeck, to embellish | |
4. v. to disguise, to cover up | |
5. v. to make clothes for, to dress | |
6. v. to get dressed | |
visto |
1. adj. seen | |
2. adj. obvious, clear | |
3. adj. exposed, bare | |
4. adj. known about, talked about, seen around | |
5. Participle. past participle of ver | |
6. v. first-person singular present indicative of vestir | |
se |
1. pron. (third person (also used for usted and ustedes) reflexive direct or indirect object) oneself, himself, herself, itself, yourself; each other; one another | |
Juan se lava. - Juan washes himself. | |
Juan se lava la cara. - Juan to himself washes the face. | |
Juan y María se aman. - Juan and María love each other. | |
2. pron. (used to convey the meaning of the English passive voice in the third person and with) usted and ustedes | |
¿Cómo se llama? - How do you call yourself? | |
Se dice que... - It says itself that... | |
Aquí se habla español - One speaks Spanish here, Spanish speaks itself here. | |
3. pron. (used instead of indirect object pronouns) le and les (before the direct object pronouns lo, la, los, or las) | |
El samaritano se las dio. - The Samaritan gave them to him. | |
4. v. misspelling of sé | |
puede |
1. v. third-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) | |
se puede |
1. Phrase. may I? | |
considerar |
1. v. to consider, to regard, to see, to look, to view | |
2. v. to deem, to hold | |
3. v. to judge, to estimate | |
reprobable |
1. adj. reprovable, reproachable | |