| retiró |
| 1. v. third-person singular preterit indicative of retirar | |
| retirar |
| 1. v. to remove | |
| 2. v. to withdraw | |
| 3. v. to retreat, to withdraw | |
| 4. v. to retire (qual, for a reason other than age) | |
| La estrella no tenía más remedio que retirarse después de una conmoción grave. - The star had no choice but to retire after a really bad concussion. | |
| la |
| 1. art. the | |
| 2. pron. accusative of ella, ello (when the antecedent's implied gender is feminine), and usted (when referring to a woman); her, it, you (formal) | |
| 3. pron. (impersonal neuter pronoun (accusative) in certain colloquial phrases): it, this | |
| La sabe toda. - He/she knows everything (it all) | |
| ¡Dónde la viste! - Where have you seen this! | |
| No te la creo. - I don't believe you. | |
| 4. n-m. (music) la (sixth note of the scale) | |
| 5. n-m. (music) A (the musical note or key) | |
| aguja |
| 1. n-f. needle | |
| ¿Tiene usted una aguja para coser estos botones? - Do you have a needle to sew on these buttons? | |
| 2. n-f. hand (of a clock) | |
| 3. n-f. (military) firing pin | |
| 4. n-f. (architectural element) spire, steeple | |
| 5. n-f. (plant) Venus' comb | |
| 6. n-f. glaive | |
| 7. n-f. (railroad) switch | |
| 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 | |
| la |
| 1. art. the | |
| 2. pron. accusative of ella, ello (when the antecedent's implied gender is feminine), and usted (when referring to a woman); her, it, you (formal) | |
| 3. pron. (impersonal neuter pronoun (accusative) in certain colloquial phrases): it, this | |
| La sabe toda. - He/she knows everything (it all) | |
| ¡Dónde la viste! - Where have you seen this! | |
| No te la creo. - I don't believe you. | |
| 4. n-m. (music) la (sixth note of the scale) | |
| 5. n-m. (music) A (the musical note or key) | |
| de la |
| 1. art. of the | |
| Media |
| 1. Proper noun. (historical) Media | |
| 2. n-f. half (one of two equal parts of any whole) | |
| 3. n-f. historical synonym of cuarto, half-fanega (a traditional unit of dry measure equivalent to about 27.8 L) | |
| 4. n-f. stocking (long thin leggings worn by women) | |
| 5. n-f. (usually in plural) pantyhose (stockings connected at the top and pulled up to the waist) | |
| 6. n-f. (most of Latin America, Philippines) sock (short unisex cloth covering for feet) | |
| 7. n-f. (mathematics) mean, average (the arithmatic middle in a set of values) | |
| media geométrica - geometric mean | |
| 8. n-f. (anatomy) midline (the medial line of the human body) | |
| 9. n-f. (usually with 'y') half past (especially as an indication that it is exactly 30 minutes after the hour) | |
| Son las cinco y media. - It’s half past five. | |
| Empezamos a LA media en punto. - We started at precisely half past LA time. | |
| 10. adj. feminine singular of medio | |
| 11. v. informal second-person singular affirmative imperative of mediar | |
| mediar |
| 1. v. to mediate | |
| 2. v. to center, to give a central, medium or average value | |
| medio |
| 1. adj. half (of or related to one of two equal divisions of a whole) | |
| media hora - half hour | |
| media manzana - half an apple | |
| 2. adj. (inexact) half (of or related to any large proportion of a whole) | |
| Medio Nueva York fue a los toros. - Half of New York went to the bullfight. | |
| 3. adj. middle (placed more or less halfway between two positions, times, or alternatives) | |
| clase media - middle class | |
| 4. adj. average (of or related to the arithmatic middle in a set of values) | |
| velocidad media - average speed | |
| 5. adj. average (of or related to a representative example of a group) | |
| el español medio - the average Spaniard... your typical Spaniard... | |
| 6. adj. (art) tasteful, bourgeois (well decorated or executed but not sublime) | |
| 7. adj. (linguistics) mid (of or related to the position of vowel articulation between open and closed) | |
| 8. adj. (grammar) middle, mediopassive (of or related to grammatical voices neither active nor passive) | |
| 9. adj. (Chile, slang) impressive (extremely large or good) | |
| ¡Media bolsa! - Such a huge bag! What an awesome bag! Whatta bag! | |
| 10. adv. half, incompletely (indicating an action interrupted or only partially done) | |
| medio vestido - half-dressed | |
| 11. adv. half, kind of (particularly used to partially soften negative descriptions) | |
| Es medio idiota. - He’s a bit of an idiot... He’s kind of an idiot... | |
| 12. n-m. half (one of two equal parts of any whole) | |
| 13. n-m. (math) half (any fraction with a denominator of 2) | |
| 14. n-m. (historical) medio, half-celemin (a traditional unit of dry measure equivalent to about 2.3 L) | |
| 15. n-m. (historical) medio (the usual container used to measure medios) | |
| 16. n-m. (historical, Guatemala, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela) medio, half-real (a former coin) | |
| 17. n-m. (historical, Dominican Republic) medio, half-peso (a former coin) | |
| 18. n-m. (historical, Ecuador) medio, half-sucre (a former coin) | |
| 19. n-m. (historical, Panama) medio, half-balboa (a former coin) | |
| 20. n-m. (historical, Bolivia) medio, half-boliviano (a former coin) | |
| 21. n-m. (historical, Mexico) medio, half-octavo (a former coin equal to frac, 1, 16) real | |
| 22. n-m. (slang) medio (following decimalization, the notional amount of frac, 6, 1, 4) centavos as half of the notional amount of a frac, 1, 8-peseta real and | |
| 23. n-m. middle (the part of anything located halfway between its ends or extremes in time or along one dimension in space) | |
| Se despertó en medio de la noche. - She awoke in the middle of the night. | |
| 24. n-m. (sports) midfielder, halfback (a person forming part of the middle or central defensive or offensive line, especially in soccer) | |
| 25. n-m. spiritualism synonym of médium, t=medium (a person claiming to the ability to communicate with the dead) | |
| 26. n-m. (politics, business) cut (the payment demanded to permit or facilitate some action, especially as a bribe) | |
| 27. n-m. (philosophy) middle term (the general category that appears in both premises and disappears in the conclusion) | |
| 28. n-m. (math, usually in the plural) mean (the second and third terms of a proportion) | |
| 29. n-m. (inexact) center, heart (the innermost part of anything with regard to all dimensions) | |
| Alemania está en medio de Europa. - Germany is in the middle of Europe. | |
| en medio de la nada - in the middle of nowhere | |
| 30. n-m. (often in the plural) method, way, means (the actions or things by which some goal is achieved or intended to be achieved, something serving some purpose) | |
| El fin justifica los medios. - The end justifies the means. | |
| por todos los medios - by any means | |
| Se mejoraron los medios de transporte. - Means of transport were improved. | |
| 31. n-m. synonym of diligencia, t=diligence, hard work (as the generally effective means to achieve any goal) | |
| 32. n-m. (usually in the plural) medium (a means of communication, especially mass communication) | |
| 33. n-m. (physics) medium (the physical space and substance through which some phenomenon occurs) | |
| La velocidad de la luz depende del medio. - The speed of light depends on the medium. | |
| 34. n-m. (art) medium (the physical substances with which art is made) | |
| ¿Cuál es tu medio de pintura favorito? - What's your favorite painting medium? | |
| 35. n-m. environment (the circumstances that affect a person or animal's development) | |
| 36. n-m. society (the circumstances in which a person or group of people lives) | |
| 37. n-m. (usually in the plural) circle (a particular segment of society) | |
| medios aristocráticos - aristocratic circles... the aristocracy... | |
| 38. n-m. habitat (the circumstances in which an animal or group of animals lives) | |
| 39. v. first-person singular present indicative of mediar | |
| la |
| 1. art. the | |
| 2. pron. accusative of ella, ello (when the antecedent's implied gender is feminine), and usted (when referring to a woman); her, it, you (formal) | |
| 3. pron. (impersonal neuter pronoun (accusative) in certain colloquial phrases): it, this | |
| La sabe toda. - He/she knows everything (it all) | |
| ¡Dónde la viste! - Where have you seen this! | |
| No te la creo. - I don't believe you. | |
| 4. n-m. (music) la (sixth note of the scale) | |
| 5. n-m. (music) A (the musical note or key) | |
| clavó |
| 1. v. third-person singular preterit indicative of clavar | |
| clavar |
| 1. v. to nail, to pin, to stick | |
| en |
| 1. prep. in, at, on | |
| Estoy en casa. - I'm at home. | |
| Estoy sentado en la computadora. - I'm sitting at the computer. | |
| en esta página - on this page | |
| en la caja en la mesa - in the box on the table | |
| 2. prep. in (a time) | |
| en la antigüedad - in antiquity | |
| en 1999 - in 1999 | |
| 3. prep. in (a language) | |
| No conozco esta palabra en francés. - I don't know this word in French. | |
| en todos los idiomas - in all languages | |
| 4. prep. used after some verbs and translated by various prepositions in English | |
| Pienso en ti. - I'm thinking of you. | |
| 5. prep. in (in various expressions) | |
| en el sentido - in the sense | |
| en nuestro afán - in our eagerness | |
| la |
| 1. art. the | |
| 2. pron. accusative of ella, ello (when the antecedent's implied gender is feminine), and usted (when referring to a woman); her, it, you (formal) | |
| 3. pron. (impersonal neuter pronoun (accusative) in certain colloquial phrases): it, this | |
| La sabe toda. - He/she knows everything (it all) | |
| ¡Dónde la viste! - Where have you seen this! | |
| No te la creo. - I don't believe you. | |
| 4. n-m. (music) la (sixth note of the scale) | |
| 5. n-m. (music) A (the musical note or key) | |
| madeja |
| 1. n-f. skein, hank, ball of yarn | |
| Y |
| 1. Letter. the 26th letter of the Spanish alphabet | |
| 2. conj. and | |
| 3. conj. (in names of number) and | |
| setenta y seis - seventy-six | |
| 4. conj. (in arithmetic) plus, and | |
| uno y uno son dos - one plus one is two | |
| 5. conj. (informal) well | |
| ¡Y por supuesto! - Well, of course! | |
| 6. conj. (informal) what about, how about, where is/are the | |
| Pero, ¿y el concierto? ¿Ya no vamos? - But what about the concert? Are we not going anymore? | |
| ¿Y la niña? ¿Está a salvo? - How about the girl? Is she safe? | |
| ¿Y los archivos? Debo echarles un vistazo. - Where are the files? I should take a look at them. | |
| salió |
| 1. v. third-person singular preterite indicative of salir | |
| salir |
| 1. v. to go out, to leave, to depart, to head out | |
| 2. v. to go out, to come out (to leave one's abode to go to public places) | |
| 3. v. to go out, date (be in a relationship) | |
| 4. v. to come out (e.g. from hiding), to come off (gloss, e.g. off the bench in a sport; off of a high place like a roof or ladder) | |
| 5. v. to exit, to leave, to walk out, to slip out | |
| 6. v. to step out (e.g. of a room, house or building) | |
| 7. v. to get off, to leave (e.g., get off work) | |
| 8. v. to get off (e.g. get off the plane, an island, someone's property, the street) (gloss, + de) | |
| 9. v. to get out (e.g. out of the way, out of the sun) (gloss, + de) | |
| 10. v. to go off (e.g. go off the grid, go off the air) (gloss, + de) | |
| 11. v. to log out, to quit, to exit (e.g. a web page or document) | |
| 12. v. to emerge, to come out | |
| 13. v. to come out (e.g., information, a movie) | |
| 14. v. to rise (the sun) | |
| 15. v. to climb out (e.g. a hole, a window, a canyon) | |
| 16. v. to escape, to break out | |
| 17. v. to run (e.g. a bus or other form of public transportation) | |
| 18. v. to come off, to go off (i.e. to project a certain quality) | |
| Solo espero que el gran evento salga sin problemas. - I just hope that the big event goes off without a hitch. | |
| 19. v. to appear, to look (on a painting, photo, movie, play, TV, platform, etc) | |
| En esta foto salgo bonita, por eso es la que muestro. - In this picture I look pretty, so, this is what I show. | |
| 20. v. to result, to arise as a consequence | |
| Luis salió herido de la pelea. - Luis became hurt from the fight. | |
| Aposté al 10 pero salió un 5. - I bet for 10 but it resulted 5. | |
| 21. v. to turn out, to work out, to go off | |
| Salió a su madre. - She turned out like her mother. | |
| Todo va a salir muy bien. - Everything's going to work out just fine. | |
| Sólo espero que el gran evento salga sin problemas. - I just hope that the big event goes off without a hitch. | |
| me sale imposible (hacer algo) - it turned out impossible | |
| 22. v. to be out, to get out (e.g. of a deal, of a situation) | |
| Mira, sé que negociamos eso, pero quiero salirme. - Look, I know that we negotiated that, but I want out. | |
| 23. v. to come off (i.e. to project a certain quality) | |
| Ella siempre ha salido como una persona amistosa. - She has always come off as a friendly person. | |
| Ese tipo en el parque simplemente se salió como muy raro y espeluznante. - That guy at the park just came off very strange and creepy. | |
| 24. v. to pop out (e.g. a contact lens, a cork, someone popping out of a dark space) | |
| 25. v. to get away with (+ con) | |
| 26. v. to get out, to go out (e.g. get out of control, get out of hand, go out of sync) | |
| 27. v. to go off, to turn off (go off script, on a tangent, go off the road/track/path) | |
| 28. v. to rock, rule (be fantastic) | |
| al |
|
| 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. | |
| 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 | |
| corredor |
| 1. n-m. corridor, hall | |
| 2. n-m. pass, passageway | |
| 3. adj. running | |
| 4. adj. (relational) ratite | |
| 5. n-m. runner | |
| 6. n-m. broker | |
