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 | |
dice |
1. v. third-person singular present indicative of decir | |
decir |
1. v. to say, to tell | |
Es un mentiroso. Nunca dice la verdad. - He's a liar. He never tells the truth. | |
¿Qué te dijeron? - What did they tell you? | |
2. v. to suggest | |
3. v. to show; to demonstrate | |
4. v. to call; to name | |
5. v. to be said, to say (qual, when a specific subject is not identified) | |
¿Cómo se dice __ en inglés? - How do you say __ in English? | |
6. v. to declare | |
7. n-m. saying | |
8. n-m. idle talk | |
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 | |
persona |
1. n-f. person (an individual; usually a human being) | |
robusta |
1. adj. feminine singular of robusto | |
robusto |
1. adj. robust, sturdy, rugged (evincing strength; firmly built) | |
2. adj. stout, stocky, hardy | |
3. adj. (colloquial) strapping | |
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. | |
tiesa |
1. adj. feminine singular of tieso | |
tieso |
1. adj. stiff, rigid | |
Me preocupa que sus codos estén tan tiesos, doctor. - Doctor, I'm worried her elbows are so stiff. | |
El material es demasiado tieso; necesitamos otro. - The material is too stiff; we need another one. | |
2. adj. starched, very formal | |
Escribe con excelentes detalles, pero con un estilo tieso. - He writes including excellent details, but his style is too formal. | |
3. adj. strong-willed, stubborn | |
4. adj. (colloquial) frozen solid, rigid to due to cold | |
Dejaste tan atrás la leche en el estante del refrigerador que ahora está tiesa. - You left the milk so far back in the fridge shelf that it's now frozen solid. | |
5. adj. (slang) erect, hard, stiff (having an erect penis; translates in some contexts to erection, boner, stiffy) | |
Lo tengo tieso. - I've got a boner. | |
6. adj. (colloquial) dead | |
Mira si está tieso. - Check if he's dead. | |
7. adj. (colloquial) in shock, astonished | |
Los dejaste tiesos cuando los apantallaste con tus rimas improvisadas. - You left them in shock when you impressed them with your improvised rhymes. | |
8. adj. (colloquial) broke, skint (without money) | |