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 | |
despegó |
1. v. third-person singular preterite indicative of despegar | |
despegar |
1. v. to detach, to remove, to unstick | |
2. v. to take off (to leave the ground and begin flight; to ascend into the air) | |
3. v. to become alienated | |
mucho |
1. det. (singular) much, a lot of | |
No tengo mucho dinero. - I don't have much money. | |
Tengo mucho dinero. - I have a lot of money. | |
2. det. (plural) many, a lot of | |
Tengo muchas monedas. - I have many coins. | |
3. adv. much, a lot, far, way | |
Es mucho más difícil salir que entrar. - It is way harder to get out than to get in. | |
La situación real era mucho más complicada de lo que se sugería en el documento. - The real situation was far more complicated than was suggested in the document. | |
4. adv. long, a long time | |
5. pron. a lot, many | |
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 | |
Su |
1. Proper noun. given name, female, diminutive=Susana | |
2. det. (before the noun) apocopic form of suyo his, her, its, one's, their, your (formal) | |
Vino con su amigo. (He came with his friend.) | |
Habló a sus hijas. (She spoke to her daughters.) | |
3. det. (used to express an approximate number): about, approximately | |
Pesa sus dos kilogramos. - It weighs its two kilograms. | |
4. det. (before the noun, formal) apocopic form of suyo t=your | |
hermana |
1. n-f. female equivalent of hermano, (sister) | |
2. v. informal second-person singular affirmative imperative of hermanar | |
hermanar |
1. v. to unite | |
2. v. to match | |
3. v. to harmonize | |
hermano |
1. n-m. brother | |
2. n-m. sibling | |
3. n-m. bro | |
4. v. first-person singular present indicative of hermanar | |
mayor |
1. adj. comparative of grande: bigger | |
2. adj. comparative of viejo: older; elder | |
mi novio es mayor que yo - my boyfriend is older than me | |
tengo una hermana mayor - I've got an elder sister | |
3. adj. (of a person) comparative of viejo: old; at an advanced age | |
4. adj. of age; adult; grown-up | |
Cuando (yo) sea mayor voy a ser médico - When I'm grown-up, I want to be a doctor. | |
5. adj. major; main | |
una preocupación mayor - a major concern | |
la plaza mayor - the main square | |
6. adj. head; boss | |
7. adj. (music) major | |
8. adj. as a superlative, el/la/lo mayor superlative of grande: the biggest | |
9. adj. as a superlative superlative of viejo: the oldest | |
10. adj. enhanced | |
11. n-m. (military) major (military rank) | |
12. n-m. boss; head | |
13. n-m. (literary, in plural) ancestors | |
14. n-m. old person | |
15. n-f. (nautical) mainsail | |