| 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 | |
| esta |
| 1. det. feminine singular of este | |
| 2. pron. (demonstrative) Alternative spelling of ésta, , this one | |
| este |
| 1. det. this | |
| 2. pron. Alternative spelling of éste | |
| 3. interj. uh, well (space filler in a conversation) | |
| 4. n-m. east | |
| hecho |
| 1. adj. done, completed | |
| Lo hecho, hecho está. - What's done is done. | |
| 2. adj. made | |
| Hecho in México - Made in Mexico | |
| 3. Participle. past participle of hacer | |
| 4. n-m. fact | |
| 5. n-m. act | |
| 6. n-m. act of hatching a plan or an idea | |
| 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. | |
| a |
| 1. prep. to | |
| 2. prep. by | |
| 3. prep. at | |
| 4. prep. ng-lite, Used before words referring to people, pets, or personified objects or places that function as direct objects: personal a. | |
| Lo busca a usted. - He is looking for you. | |
| mano |
| 1. n-f. (anatomy) hand | |
| 2. n-f. (of an animal) front foot | |
| 3. n-f. (in a game) round; hand | |
| 4. n-f. (of paint) coat, lick | |
| 5. n-f. (of a clock) hand | |
| 6. n-f. skill, talent | |
| 7. n-f. mano (a stone resembling a rolling pin, used to grind maize or other grain on a metate) | |
| (synonyms, metlapil) | |
| 8. n-f. (colloquial Central America Caribbean Mexico) buddy, bro, man, mate, pal | |
| 9. n-m. (slang) buddy, friend | |
| 10. v. first-person singular present indicative of manar | |
| manar |
| 1. v. to gush forth | |
| 2. v. to flow | |
| 3. v. to abound | |
| a mano |
| 1. adj. even; equal with another | |
| Ahora estamos a mano. - Now we are even. | |
| 2. adv. by hand; manually; without the use of a machine | |
| Puedes escribir una carta con una máquina de escribir, o puedes hacerla a mano. - You can write a letter with a typewriter or you can do it by hand. | |
| 3. adv. at hand, on hand, to hand, handy (within easy reach; nearby) | |
| No tengo la información a mano, pero puedo buscarla. - I don't have the information at hand, but I can look it up. | |
