| su |
| 1. 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.) | |
| 2. det. (used to express an approximate number): about, approximately | |
| Pesa sus dos kilogramos. - It weighs its two kilograms. | |
| 3. det. (before the noun, formal) apocopic form of suyo t=your | |
| pobre |
| 1. adj. (before the noun) poor (pitiable, pitiful) | |
| Mi pobre vecino siempre está llorando. - My poor neighbor is always crying. | |
| 2. adj. (after the noun) poor (lacking money, resources, etc.) | |
| Se relajan las familias ricas en casas lujosas y las familias pobres tiran en chozas desmoronadas. - The rich families relax in luxurious houses and the poor families get by in dilapidated huts | |
| perro |
| 1. n-m. dog (animal) | |
| 2. n-m. (Chile) clothes peg, clothespin | |
| 3. n-m. (pejorative) asshole (despicable person) | |
| 4. adj. doggy, doggish | |
| 5. adj. awful | |
| 6. adj. wicked, mean | |
| está |
| 1. v. informal second-person singular positive imperative of estar | |
| estar |
| 1. v. to be (have a temporary or permanent location in space) | |
| ¿Dónde estás? - Where are you? | |
| Estoy en casa. - I am at home. | |
| 2. v. to be (denotes a copula, in a transient fashion) | |
| El tiempo estaba frío/caliente. - The weather was cold/hot back then. | |
| ¿Estás feliz? - Are you happy right now? | |
| 3. v. to be (auxiliary verb for the progressive/continuous aspect, preceding the gerund of the verb) | |
| Ella está cantando. - She is singing. | |
| 4. v. to be in a state (in a passive voice sense) | |
| Los vasos están rotos. - The vases are broken. (In passive voice with estar, unlike haber, its past participle agrees with number and gender of the subject) | |
| Llegaron y vieron que el hotel estaba abandonado. - They arrived and saw the hotel was abandoned. | |
| 5. v. to be, stay (denotes a copula, in a transient fashion) | |
| Estense callados y quietos. - Stay quiet and not moving. | |
| 6. v. to be to be done, to be (still) undone: | |
| Esto todavía está por hacer. - This is still to be done. | |
| Lo peor está por llegar. - The worst part is yet to come. | |
| 7. v. to be in a long-term state (in specific idioms) | |
| estar muerto/a - to be dead | |
| estar casado/a - to be married (can also be ser casado) | |
| estar chico/a - to be short (colloquially) | |
| todavía |
| 1. adv. still, yet | |
| ¿Estás todavía escribiendo? - Are you still writing? | |
| "¿Comenzaste?"; "Todavía no." - "Have you started?"; "Not yet.". | |
| 2. adv. even, still | |
| Helado es todavía mejor. - Frozen is even better. | |
| vivo |
| 1. adj. alive, living (having life) | |
| 2. adj. vivid, lively | |
| 3. adj. intense, strong | |
| 4. v. first-person singular present indicative of vivar | |
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| vivar |
| 1. v. (Latin America) to applaud | |
| vivir |
| 1. v. to live; to be alive | |
| 2. v. to make a living, to live (on) | |
| Vive de migas, nada más. - He lives on crumbs, nothing more. | |
| 3. v. to live, reside, inhabit | |
| Vive en la casa roja. - She lives in the red house. | |
| La pobrecita vive con dos hermanas crueles. - The poor girl lives with two cruel sisters. | |
| 4. v. to experience, to live through | |
| 5. n-m. life; lifestyle | |
