ropa |
1. n-f. garment, clothing, clothes, robes | |
Me gustan estas ropas. - I like these clothes. | |
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 | |
trabajo |
1. n-m. work, job | |
Es un trabajo duro, pero alguien tiene que hacerlo. - It’s a tough job, but someone’s got to do it. | |
2. n-m. (physics) work | |
3. v. first-person singular present indicative of trabajar | |
trabajar |
1. v. to work | |
2. v. to work in, work on, to workshop (+ en) | |
3. v. (obsolete) to suffer | |
con |
1. prep. with | |
2. prep. on | |
Yo cuento con ustedes. - I count on you. | |
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) | |
sin |
1. prep. without | |
(ant-lite, con) | |
mangas |
1. n. plural of manga | |
2. v. informal second-person singular present indicative of mangar | |
mangar |
1. v. (colloquial) to nick, pinch, swipe, nab (steal) | |
2. v. (colloquial) to scrounge | |
manga |
1. n-f. sleeve | |
2. n-f. (tennis) set | |
3. n-m. manga | |
4. v. informal second-person singular positive imperative of mangar | |
5. n-f. mango tree | |
6. n-f. a type of mango (fruit) | |
abotonada |
1. Participle. feminine singular of abotonado | |
feminine singular abotonar |
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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) | |
delante |
1. adv. in front of, before (spatially) | |
2. adv. forward, forwards ( with hacia preceding it) | |
3. adv. ahead ( with por preceding it) | |
por delante |
1. adv. forward, ahead | |
2. adv. in/at the front | |
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. | |
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 | |
alcanza |
1. v. third-person singular present indicative of alcanzar | |
alcanzar |
1. v. to reach; to attain or achieve; to catch up with | |
2. v. to be enough; to suffice | |
3. v. to peak, to peak at | |
hasta |
1. adv. even | |
Hasta yo me enteré del asunto. - Even I heard about the matter. | |
2. prep. until | |
3. prep. up to, to the point of, as much as | |
4. prep. even | |
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 | |
mediar |
1. v. to mediate | |
2. v. to center, to give a central, medium or average value | |
muslo |
1. n-m. thigh (upper leg of a human, between the hip and the knee) | |
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 | |
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 | |
usa |
1. v. third-person singular present indicative of usar | |
usar |
1. v. to use | |
Usa la fuerza, Luke! - Use the force, Luke! | |
2. v. to wear | |
3. v. to consume | |
4. v. to be used | |
5. v. to be fashionable | |
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 | |
proteger |
1. v. to protect, to defend | |
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) | |
ropa |
1. n-f. garment, clothing, clothes, robes | |
Me gustan estas ropas. - I like these clothes. | |
habitual |
1. adj. habitual | |
2. n-m. (Louisiana) beans | |
No quiero nada más que habitual, café, y pan. - I don't want anything more than beans, coffee, and bread. | |
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. | |
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. | |
menudo |
1. adj. what (a/an) (intensifier, followed by a noun) | |
¡Menudo capullo! - What a plonker! | |
¡Menuda casa de lujo! - What a fancy house! | |
2. adj. small, tiny | |
3. adj. insignificant | |
4. n-m. (slim-wikipedia, Menudo (comida)) | |
5. n-m. (Mexico, cooking) a traditional Mexican spicy soup made with tripe | |
6. n-m. (Mexico, cooking) tripes (used as food) | |
7. n-m. (Dominican Republic) money, usually a singular unit (dollar or peso) | |
a menudo |
1. adv. often, oftentimes (habitually) | |
Como |
1. Proper noun. Como (city and capital of Como) | |
2. adv. as (to such an extent or degree) | |
No es tan alta como nosotras. - She's not as tall as us. | |
3. adv. like, about (approximately) | |
Hemos esperado como media hora. - We've waited like half an hour. | |
4. conj. as (introducing a basis of comparison or equality) | |
¿Tienes tanta hambre como yo? - Are you as hungry as I am? | |
5. conj. as, since (being that) | |
Como nunca vio mi mensaje, vamos sin ella. - Since she never saw my message, we're going without her. | |
6. conj. how (in which way) | |
Me gusta como hablas. - I like how you talk. | |
7. conj. (followed by the subjunctive) if, unless (under the condition that) | |
Como llegues tarde otra vez, ¡te mato! - If you arrive late again, I'll kill you! | |
8. prep. as (in the manner or role specified) | |
Mis ahijados me ven como un tío. - My godchildren see me as an uncle. | |
9. prep. such as (for example) | |
Algunos países de Asia, como Laos y Vietnam... - Some countries in Asia, such as Laos and Vietnam... | |
10. prep. like (similar to, reminiscent of) | |
Llevan gafas redondas como las de John Lennon. - They wear round glasses like John Lennon's. | |
11. v. first-person singular present indicative of comer | |
comer |
1. v. to eat | |
¿Cómo como? ¿Cómo cómo como? ¡Como como como! (classroom example of written accent) - How do I eat? What do you mean, how do I eat? I eat like I eat! | |
2. v. (colloquial) to eat away, corrode | |
3. v. to capture a piece | |
4. v. (double entendre, Mexico) to have sexual intercourse (because of similarity to coger) | |
5. n-m. eating, food | |
quitárselo uno de su comer - to deprive oneself of something for the benefit of others | |
el comer fuera es muy común - eating out is very common | |
...necesario para el alma como el comer para el cuerpo - ...necessary for the soul like food for the body | |
uniforme |
1. adj. uniform, even | |
2. n-m. uniform, dress uniform | |
3. v. formal second-person singular affirmative imperative of uniformar | |
uniformar |
1. v. to standardize | |
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 | |
ciertas |
1. adj. feminine plural of cierto | |
2. det. feminine plural of cierto | |
cierta |
1. adj. feminine singular of cierto | |
2. det. feminine singular of cierto | |
profesiones |
1. n. plural of profesión | |
profesión |
1. n-f. profession | |
2. n-f. calling | |
U |
1. Letter. the 22nd letter of the Spanish alphabet | |
2. conj. or | |
oficios |
1. n. plural of oficio | |
oficio |
1. n-m. profession, occupation | |
2. n-m. (religion) office | |
3. v. first-person singular present indicative of oficiar | |