sin |
1. prep. without | |
(ant-lite, con) | |
embargo |
1. n-m. embargo | |
2. n-m. trade embargo | |
3. n-m. distraint | |
4. n-m. seizure, freezing (juridical detention of goods) | |
5. n-m. foreclosure | |
6. n-m. repossession | |
embargar |
1. v. (law) to impound | |
2. v. to overwhelm (said of a feeling) | |
sin embargo |
1. adv. however, notwithstanding, nevertheless, in spite of, nonetheless | |
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. | |
veo |
1. v. first-person singular present indicative of ver | |
ver |
1. v. to see, to spot | |
Vine, vi, vencí. - I came, I saw, I conquered. | |
Sí, con mis propios ojos, lo vi robar el dinero. - Yes, with my own eyes, I saw him steal the money. | |
2. v. to see, to look at, to view (perceive) | |
Hmm. Ya veo... - Hmm. I see... | |
Tal experiencia única en la vida cambiará tu manera de ver el mundo. - Such a once in a lifetime experience will change the way that you look at or see or view the world. | |
3. v. to see, to tell, to observe | |
Puedo ver que no eres como el resto. - I can tell you aren't like the rest of them. | |
4. v. to see, to check (verify) | |
Déjenme ver si hay moros en la costa. - Let me check if the coast is clear. | |
5. v. to watch | |
ver la televisión - to watch television | |
6. v. to look, to seem | |
Te ves tan diferente desde la última vez que te vi. - You look so different since the last time I saw you. | |
7. v. to see oneself, to picture oneself | |
Me veo así como un consejero, nada más. - I just see myself as an advisor, nothing more. | |
8. v. to find oneself, to be | |
Nos vemos obligados a hacernos una pregunta difícil. - We are forced to ask ourselves a difficult question. | |
9. v. (reciprocal) to see one another | |
Nos vemos! - We'll see each other!) | |
el |
1. art. (masculine singular definite article); the | |
2. art. feminine singular definite article used before nouns which start with a stressed 'a': | |
el alma, las almas - the soul, the souls | |
el hacha, las hachas - the axe, the axes | |
medio |
1. adj. half (of or related to one of two equal divisions of a whole) | |
media hora - half hour | |
media manzana - half an apple | |
2. adj. (inexact) half (of or related to any large proportion of a whole) | |
Medio Nueva York fue a los toros. - Half of New York went to the bullfight. | |
3. adj. middle (placed more or less halfway between two positions, times, or alternatives) | |
clase media - middle class | |
4. adj. average (of or related to the arithmatic middle in a set of values) | |
velocidad media - average speed | |
5. adj. average (of or related to a representative example of a group) | |
el español medio - the average Spaniard... your typical Spaniard... | |
6. adj. (art) tasteful, bourgeois (well decorated or executed but not sublime) | |
7. adj. (linguistics) mid (of or related to the position of vowel articulation between open and closed) | |
8. adj. (grammar) middle, mediopassive (of or related to grammatical voices neither active nor passive) | |
9. adj. (Chile, slang) impressive (extremely large or good) | |
¡Media bolsa! - Such a huge bag! What an awesome bag! Whatta bag! | |
10. adv. half, incompletely (indicating an action interrupted or only partially done) | |
medio vestido - half-dressed | |
11. adv. half, kind of (particularly used to partially soften negative descriptions) | |
Es medio idiota. - He’s a bit of an idiot... He’s kind of an idiot... | |
12. n-m. half (one of two equal parts of any whole) | |
13. n-m. (math) half (any fraction with a denominator of 2) | |
14. n-m. (historical) medio, half-celemin (a traditional unit of dry measure equivalent to about 2.3 L) | |
15. n-m. (historical) medio (the usual container used to measure medios) | |
16. n-m. (historical, Guatemala, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela) medio, half-real (a former coin) | |
17. n-m. (historical, Dominican Republic) medio, half-peso (a former coin) | |
18. n-m. (historical, Ecuador) medio, half-sucre (a former coin) | |
19. n-m. (historical, Panama) medio, half-balboa (a former coin) | |
20. n-m. (historical, Bolivia) medio, half-boliviano (a former coin) | |
21. n-m. (historical, Mexico) medio, half-octavo (a former coin equal to frac, 1, 16) real | |
22. n-m. (slang) medio (following decimalization, the notional amount of frac, 6, 1, 4) centavos as half of the notional amount of a frac, 1, 8-peseta real and | |
23. n-m. middle (the part of anything located halfway between its ends or extremes in time or along one dimension in space) | |
Se despertó en medio de la noche. - She awoke in the middle of the night. | |
24. n-m. (sports) midfielder, halfback (a person forming part of the middle or central defensive or offensive line, especially in soccer) | |
25. n-m. spiritualism synonym of médium, t=medium (a person claiming to the ability to communicate with the dead) | |
26. n-m. (politics, business) cut (the payment demanded to permit or facilitate some action, especially as a bribe) | |
27. n-m. (philosophy) middle term (the general category that appears in both premises and disappears in the conclusion) | |
28. n-m. (math, usually in the plural) mean (the second and third terms of a proportion) | |
29. n-m. (inexact) center, heart (the innermost part of anything with regard to all dimensions) | |
Alemania está en medio de Europa. - Germany is in the middle of Europe. | |
en medio de la nada - in the middle of nowhere | |
30. n-m. (often in the plural) method, way, means (the actions or things by which some goal is achieved or intended to be achieved, something serving some purpose) | |
El fin justifica los medios. - The end justifies the means. | |
por todos los medios - by any means | |
Se mejoraron los medios de transporte. - Means of transport were improved. | |
31. n-m. synonym of diligencia, t=diligence, hard work (as the generally effective means to achieve any goal) | |
32. n-m. (usually in the plural) medium (a means of communication, especially mass communication) | |
33. n-m. (physics) medium (the physical space and substance through which some phenomenon occurs) | |
La velocidad de la luz depende del medio. - The speed of light depends on the medium. | |
34. n-m. (art) medium (the physical substances with which art is made) | |
¿Cuál es tu medio de pintura favorito? - What's your favorite painting medium? | |
35. n-m. environment (the circumstances that affect a person or animal's development) | |
36. n-m. society (the circumstances in which a person or group of people lives) | |
37. n-m. (usually in the plural) circle (a particular segment of society) | |
medios aristocráticos - aristocratic circles... the aristocracy... | |
38. n-m. habitat (the circumstances in which an animal or group of animals lives) | |
39. v. first-person singular present indicative of mediar | |
mediar |
1. v. to mediate | |
2. v. to center, to give a central, medium or average value | |
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 | |
penetrar |
1. v. to penetrate | |
por |
1. prep. by (indicates the creator of a work) | |
La novela Cien años de soledad fue escrita por Gabriel García Márquez. - The novel One Hundred Years of Solitude was written by Gabriel García Márquez. | |
2. prep. for (indicates something given in an exchange) | |
Lo compré por cincuenta euros. - I bought this for fifty euros. | |
3. prep. through, out, via (indicating movement) | |
La mujer ve la puesta de sol por la ventana. - The woman watches the sunset through the window. | |
Supongo que nuestra huésped se fue por la puerta trasera porque no la he visto. - I guess our guest went out the back door because I haven't seen her. | |
4. prep. across (indicating movement) | |
El hombre camina por la calle. - The man walks across the street. | |
5. prep. about | |
6. prep. due to, because of, for, for the sake of, out of (to express cause or motive) | |
Él no pudo venir por eso. - He couldn't come due to that. | |
Por amor a su esposo, ella aguanta a sus suegros. - Out of love for her husband, she puts up with his in-laws. | |
7. prep. (used with directions) over | |
por allí - over there | |
8. prep. (mathematics) times, by, multiplied by | |
ocho por siete - eights times seven; eights by seven | |
9. prep. according to, for, regarding (to express opinion or something concerning someone) | |
Por mí, está bien. - For all I care, it's fine. | |
¡Bien por ti! - Good for you! | |
10. prep. via, through, by (indicating the means of something) | |
Por favor, devuelva este documento completado por correo electrónico. - Please, return this document completed via email. | |
11. prep. for (indicating duration) | |
Mi profesor se salió por la tangente por una hora entera. - My professor went off on a tangent for a whole hour. | |
12. prep. for, for the sake of, on behalf of (indicating doing something for someone's benefit) | |
No lo hago por ti. - I'm not doing it for your sake. | |
Ella irá a trabajar por mí mañana. - She will be filling in for me at work tomorrow. | |
13. prep. per, for each | |
Cuesta diez dólares por artículo. - It costs ten dollars per item. | |
14. prep. to (indicating something that has not yet passed) | |
Eso está por ver. - That remains to be seen. | |
La hora aún está por confirmar. - The time is yet to be confirmed. | |
15. prep. about to (indicating something that will soon happen) | |
Su hermana está por llegar del aeropuerto en cualquier momento. - Her sister is about to arrive from the airport any minute now. | |
16. prep. compared to; against; versus (indicating a comparison) | |
debajo |
1. prep. below, under | |
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 | |
por debajo de |
1. prep. below; under (a level, amount or number) | |
esta |
1. det. feminine singular of este | |
2. pron. (demonstrative) Alternative spelling of ésta, , this one | |
este |
1. det. this | |
2. pron. Alternative spelling of éste | |
3. interj. uh, well (space filler in a conversation) | |
4. n-m. east | |
llanura |
1. n-f. (landforms) plain | |
líquida |
1. adj. feminine singular of líquido | |
líquido |
1. adj. liquid | |
2. n-m. liquid | |