| si |
| 1. conj. if | |
| no |
| 1. adv. no | |
| 2. adv. not | |
| 3. interj. eh? (used as a tag question, to emphasise what goes before or to request that the listener express an opinion about what has been said) | |
| 4. n-m. no | |
| 5. n-m. abbreviation of número; no. | |
| si no |
| 1. prep. if not | |
| 2. prep. otherwise | |
| lo |
| 1. pron. accusative of él, ello, and usted (when referring to a man); him, it, you (formal) | |
| lo veo - I see it | |
| 2. pron. impersonal neuter pronoun (clitic form of ello); it, that | |
| lo es - That’s it | |
| 3. art. neuter definite article used to make abstract nouns from adjectives; the | |
| lo pobre - the poorness / what is poor / the poor thing | |
| aguantas |
| 1. v. informal second-person singular present indicative of aguantar | |
| aguantar |
| 1. v. to hold, withhold, hold back, retain (breath, urine) | |
| Para nadar bajo el agua, uno tiene que ser capaz de aguantar la respiración. - In order to swim underwater, one has to be able to hold one's breath. | |
| 2. v. to put up with, to tolerate or bear, to endure, to handle, to take, to stand | |
| Esto no se puede aguantar - This is unbearable | |
| Ya no aguanto más. - I can't take it anymore. | |
| 3. v. to hang on, to grasp | |
| 4. v. to hang on, to persevere, to last | |
| 5. v. to not complain, to keep silent | |
| 6. v. to hold (a posture) | |
| ríndete |
| 1. v. Compound of the formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of rendir, rinde and the pronoun te | |
| rinde |
| 1. n-m. (Argentina, Uruguay) output | |
| 2. v. third-person singular present indicative of rendir | |
| rendir |
| 1. v. to conquer | |
| 2. v. to tire, exhaust | |
| 3. v. (ditransitive) to yield, pay, submit, pass down | |
| rendir homenaje a alguien - to pay someone tribute | |
| rendir culto a Dios - to worship God | |
| 4. v. to vomit | |
| 5. v. to make headway | |
| 6. v. to surrender, give in, give up | |
| rendirse a los pies de alguien - to submit to someone | |
| 7. v. to be paid (homage or tribute) | |
| te |
| 1. pron. dative of tú: to you, for you | |
| Te voy a hacer tus calzones.... - I’m going to make your britches | |
| 2. pron. accusative of tú: you | |
| 3. pron. : yourself | |
| 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. | |
| haz |
| 1. n-m. bundle | |
| 2. n-m. beam | |
| un haz de luz - a beam of light | |
| 3. v. informal second-person singular positive imperative of hacer | |
| 4. n-f. face | |
| 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. | |
| lo |
| 1. pron. accusative of él, ello, and usted (when referring to a man); him, it, you (formal) | |
| lo veo - I see it | |
| 2. pron. impersonal neuter pronoun (clitic form of ello); it, that | |
| lo es - That’s it | |
| 3. art. neuter definite article used to make abstract nouns from adjectives; the | |
| lo pobre - the poorness / what is poor / the poor thing | |
| 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 | |
| lo que |
| 1. pron. what (the thing that) | |
| Buscamos lo que escondieron. - We're looking for what they hid. | |
| No hay ninguna razón convincente por la que debería hablar contigo sobre lo que estoy haciendo en mi propio cuarto. - There's no convincing reason for which I should talk with you about what I' | |
| 2. pron. whatever | |
| lo que tú digas - whatever you say | |
| 3. pron. which (pronoun referring to a clause) | |
| Esperaba que me entretuviera esta película más de lo que hizo. - I was hoping this movie would entertain me more than what it did. | |
| Se lo prometo a todos que la situación parece mucho peor de lo que es en realidad. - I promise you all that things appear much worse than how they actually are | |
| yo |
| 1. pron. First-person singular pronoun in the nominative case; I | |
| 2. n-m. (psychoanalysis) Freud's concept of the ego | |
| tu |
| 1. det. (before the noun) apocopic form of tuyo, 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 | |
| te |
| 1. pron. dative of tú: to you, for you | |
| Te voy a hacer tus calzones.... - I’m going to make your britches | |
| 2. pron. accusative of tú: you | |
| 3. pron. : yourself | |
| pedí |
| 1. v. first-person singular preterite indicative of pedir | |
| pedir |
| 1. v. to ask for something | |
| Él le pidió agua al camarero. - He asked the waiter for water. | |
| ¿Puede pedirle el dinero? - Can you ask her for the money? | |
| 2. v. to request someone else to do something | |
| Pido que ustedes estén ahí a la una. - I ask that you be there at one o'clock. | |
| 3. v. to order something | |
| Voy a pedir una hamburguesa. - I am going to order a burger. | |
| 4. v. to call, call in (e.g. to call for help, to call for backup, to call in a favor) | |
| 5. v. to plead | |
