título |
1. n-m. title (heading in a text) | |
2. n-m. title (honorary title) | |
3. n-m. level | |
a título individual - on an individual level | |
a título experimental - on an experimental level | |
a título póstumo - posthumously | |
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 | |
honor |
1. n-m. honor | |
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 | |
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 | |
daba |
1. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of dar | |
dar |
1. v. to give, to give out | |
2. v. to hand over | |
3. v. to hit | |
Me han dado en la cabeza. - They hit me on my head. | |
4. v. to emit | |
5. v. to produce | |
6. v. to perform | |
7. v. to consider | |
Doy eso por menos que yo. - I consider that beneath me. | |
Yo lo doy por muerto. - I consider him dead. | |
8. v. (indtr, con) to encounter; to find with effort | |
Dimos con María. - We encountered Maria. | |
Dimos con el edificio después de tres horas. - We finally found the building after three hours. | |
9. v. to hit upon | |
10. v. (indtr, a, .colloquial, intr=1) to press, activate | |
darle al botón - to press the button | |
11. v. to ruin; mess up | |
Me dio la noche - It ruined the night for me | |
12. v. to occur | |
13. v. to grow naturally | |
El maíz se da en esta tierra. - Corn grows on this land. | |
14. v. to hit | |
El coche se dio con/contra un árbol. - The car hit a tree. | |
15. v. to assume | |
darse por vencido - to assume to be defeated | |
darse por muerto - to assume to be dead | |
16. v. to pretend to be, to present oneself as though one were | |
Se las da de enfermero pero nunca ha estudiado. - He pretends to be a nurse, but he's never studied. | |
17. v. to surrender | |
¿Te das? — Me doy. - Do you surrender? — I surrender. | |
18. v. to fuck (used with third person direct objects only) | |
Vos solo te la das. - You just fuck her. | |
Me quiero dar a José. - I want to fuck José. | |
19. v. to find someone sexually attractive (mostly to have a sexual encounter with) | |
Le re doy. | |
20. v. to announce, predict | |
Dan lluvia. - They announced rain. | |
al |
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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. | |
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 | |
gobierno |
1. n-m. government | |
2. v. first-person singular present indicative of gobernar | |
gobernar |
1. v. to govern | |
2. v. to steer (a vehicle or watercraft) | |
3. v. to guide | |
ya |
1. adv. now | |
Púlsalo ya. - Press it now. | |
Preparados, listos, ya. - Ready, set, go. | |
2. adv. already, yet | |
Ya lo hice. - I already did it. | |
3. adv. in the near future; soon | |
4. adv. immediately | |
5. adv. anymore; no longer | |
6. adv. (emphatic) (emphatic (similar to the use of English "so" or "oh" as an interjection)) | |
¡Ya lo sé! - I do know! | |
7. adv. (in negatives) only | |
no ya... - not only... | |
8. adv. (before pero) yes | |
ya, pero... - yes, but... | |
9. adv. (before que) since, now | |
ya que... - now that... | |
10. adv. OK | |
11. conj. first (something) then (something else); first (something), now (something else) | |
¡Ya lluvia ya nieve! - First rain, now snow! | |
12. conj. whether (something) or (something else) | |
ya sol ya lluvia - whether sun or rain | |
13. interj. come on!, let's go! | |
14. interj. (colloquial) (used to acknowledge or dismiss the previous statement) | |
—Sabes que quedamos con Antonio esta tarde. —Ya. - "You know we're hanging out with Antonio tonight." "I know.". | |
—No podrás venir, que trabajas ese día. —Ya, pero cerramos temprano los viernes. - "You can't come, you're working that day." "Right, but we close early on Fridays.". | |
al |
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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. | |
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 | |
Estado |
1. Proper noun. state (any sovereign polity) | |
2. n-m. country, land (any broad area or territory) | |
3. n-m. (proscribed) alt case, Estado, , state, a territory with a formally recognized sovereign government; administration, its government | |
4. n-m. state (a province, particularly a fairly autonomous one within a federation) | |
5. n-m. state, status (a condition) | |
6. n-m. (historical) estado, Spanish fathom (a traditional unit of length equivalent to about 167 cm) | |
7. Participle. past participle 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) | |
republicano |
1. adj. republican | |
2. adj. (US politics) Republican | |
3. n-m. (US politics) Republican | |