ser |
1. v. to be (essentially or identified as) | |
Yo soy de los Estados Unidos. - I am from the United States. | |
Errar es humano. - To err is human. | |
2. v. to be (in the passive voice sense) | |
La guitarra fue tocada. - The guitar was played. | |
3. v. to exist; to occur | |
La fiesta será mañana. - The party will be tomorrow. | |
4. n-m. a being, organism | |
5. n-m. nature, essence | |
6. n-m. value, worth | |
igual |
1. adj. equal, same | |
Isidora es igual de alta que yo. - Isidora is as tall as me. | |
Me da igual si vienes o no vienes. - It's the same to me whether you come by or don't. | |
2. adj. identical, sharing the same characteristics | |
Tu copia de la pintura te quedó igual. - Your copy of the painting turned out the same. | |
3. adj. level (surface) | |
Han dejado el terreno de abajo igual para poder construir encima. - They have levelled the terrain down there to build something on it. | |
4. n. equal (a person or thing of equal status) | |
No le hables así, como si fuera tu igual. - Don't talk to her/him like that, as if s/he was your equal. | |
5. n-m. equals sign | |
Se te olvidó poner un igual en la última línea. - You forgot to add an equals sign on the last line. | |
6. adv. in the same way; just like | |
La vio una vez, y ahora cocina la pasta igual. - He saw her just once, and now he cooks pasta the same way. | |
7. adv. regardless, anyway | |
Le pedí y pedí el favor. Igual no quiso ayudarme. - I asked him again and again for the favour. He didn't help us anyway. | |
8. adv. (colloquial Spain) maybe | |
Esta noche igual van al teatro. - Tonight maybe they’ll go to the cinema. | |
con |
1. prep. with | |
2. prep. on | |
Yo cuento con ustedes. - I count on 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) | |
misma |
1. adj. feminine singular of mismo | |
mismo |
1. adj. same; identical; one and the same; indicates that the two compared noun clauses both represent the one thing | |
2. adj. similar; alike; practically identical; indicates that the two compared noun clauses have one or more matching qualities | |
3. adj. (with a personal pronoun) self; myself; yourself; himself; herself; itself; ourselves; themselves; emphasises the identity or singularity of the modified noun phrase | |
yo mismo - I myself | |
No te hagas eso a ti mismo. - Don't do that to yourself. | |
4. adj. (with a possessive pronoun) own; emphasizes the owner or the exclusivity of ownership in a noun phrase with a possessive pronoun | |
gente de su misma clase - people of his own class | |
5. adv. right, exactly, immediately | |
ahora mismo - right now | |
aquí mismo - right here | |
ahí mismo - right there | |
naturaleza |
1. n-f. nature | |
condición |
1. n-f. condition | |
2. n-f. possibility; the makings | |
tiene condiciones de superestrella - she has the makings of a superstar. | |
cantidad |
1. n-f. amount | |
2. n-f. quantity | |
3. n-f. figure | |
4. n-f. (colloquial Spain) plenty | |
5. adv. (colloquial) like hell; a hell of a lot; shedloads | |
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) | |
calidad |
1. n-f. quality (level of excellence) | |
2. n-f. (Louisiana) kind, type | |
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. | |
otro |
1. det. other, another | |
Deme otro ejemplo. - Give me another example. | |
2. interj. "Not again!" or "What, again?" (also Otra vez! or Otra vez?) | |
3. pron. someone else; another person | |
4. pron. something else; another one | |