señor |
1. n-m. mister, sir, lord (title conferred on a married or older male) | |
2. n-m. gentleman | |
3. n-m. master | |
4. adj. (before a noun) great big; whopping | |
dar un señor golpe - Give a good big whack | |
5. adj. free | |
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) | |
necesidad |
1. n-f. need | |
2. n-f. necessity | |
3. n-f. neediness, state of being in need | |
4. n-f. neediness (emotional) | |
hace |
1. v. third-person singular present indicative of hacer | |
2. prep. ago (Note: unlike in English, hace precedes the number.) | |
Él nos visitó hace tres años. - He visited us three years ago. | |
Lo compré hace poco. - I bought it not long ago. | |
Mi padre y yo no nos hablamos desde hace un año. - My father and I don't talk since one year ago. | |
3. prep. (followed by que) in, it has been...since (a past period of time) | |
Hace un mes que no te veo. - I haven’t seen you in a month. | |
Hace quince años que mis padres se casaron. - It has been fifteen years since my parents got married. | |
Hace dos años que no viajo a Europa. - It has been two years since I traveled to Europe. | |
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. | |
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) | |
a la |
1. prep. a la; in the style or manner of | |
vieja |
1. n-f. female equivalent of viejo | |
2. n-f. hag | |
3. n-f. wife, (spouse) little woman | |
4. adj. feminine singular of viejo | |
viejo |
1. adj. old (having existed for a long time) | |
2. adj. old (having lived for many years) | |
Mi abuelo es viejo. - My grandfather is old. | |
3. adj. (before the noun) old (former, previous) | |
4. adj. stale (no longer novel or interesting) | |
5. n-m. an old person | |
6. n-m. (slang) old man (one's father) | |
7. n-m. (Mexico) a certain guy or man, especially adult or almost | |
Me gusta el viejo de bigote. - I like the guy with moustache. | |
Los tacos más ricos son los del viejo de camisa negra. - The most delicious tacos are those sold by the guy with black shirt. | |
No quiero viejos groseros en mi fiesta. - I do not want impolite, discourteous men in my party. | |
8. n-m. (Mexico) sweetheart, honey (substitute for a male name) | |
Ya regresé, viejo. - I'm back, dear. | |
9. n-m. (Mexico) a male sexual companion or partner, occasional or stable; husband | |
trotar |
1. v. to trot (to move at a gait between a walk and a canter) | |