tapa |
1. n-f. lid, cap (the top or cover of a container) | |
2. n-f. the bottom of a shoe's heel | |
3. n-f. cover (the front and back of a book) | |
de tapa blanda - softcover | |
de tapa dura - hardcover | |
4. n-f. sluicegate | |
5. n-f. flank (a cut of meat from the flank of a cow) | |
6. n-f. tapa, appetizer (small portion of food) | |
7. n-f. (Argentina) dough for making empanadas (pastries) | |
8. v. third-person singular present indicative of tapar | |
tapar |
1. v. to cover | |
2. v. to cap, to close with a lid, to put a lid on | |
3. v. to plug, to plug up, to fill a hole or pit | |
4. v. to block, to obstruct, to clog | |
5. v. to cover up, to hide, to conceal | |
6. v. to mask (e.g., a smell, a painting or colors painted) | |
7. v. to be clogged, to be clogged up | |
8. v. to cover oneself when naked | |
9. v. to cover oneself for protection from the elements, etc. | |
consistente |
1. adj. consisting (of); made up (of) | |
consisten |
1. v. second-person plural present indicative of consistir | |
consistir |
1. v. to consist of | |
Una oración consiste en un sujeto y un predicado. - A sentence consists of a subject and a predicate. | |
Escribe libros que enteramente consisten en vulgaridades y tonterías. - He/She writes books that consist entirely of vulgarities and stupidity. | |
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 | |
en |
1. prep. in, at, on | |
Estoy en casa. - I'm at home. | |
Estoy sentado en la computadora. - I'm sitting at the computer. | |
en esta página - on this page | |
en la caja en la mesa - in the box on the table | |
2. prep. in (a time) | |
en la antigüedad - in antiquity | |
en 1999 - in 1999 | |
3. prep. in (a language) | |
No conozco esta palabra en francés. - I don't know this word in French. | |
en todos los idiomas - in all languages | |
4. prep. used after some verbs and translated by various prepositions in English | |
Pienso en ti. - I'm thinking of you. | |
5. prep. in (in various expressions) | |
en el sentido - in the sense | |
en nuestro afán - in our eagerness | |
una |
1. n-f. feminine of uno | |
a la una, a las dos y a las tres - after three...one, two, three | |
2. art. feminine singular of un | |
3. det. feminine singular of uno | |
4. pron. one (an indefinite plural pronoun using a singular feminine item, used for females) | |
5. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of unir | |
unir |
1. v. to unite, join | |
¡Únete al sindicato! (Join up with the union!) | |
2. v. to merge, conflate | |
un |
1. art. a | |
2. num. (before the noun) apocopic form of uno one | |
pasta |
1. n-f. pasta | |
2. n-f. paste, dough | |
3. n-f. biscuit | |
4. n-f. (Spain, slang) money, dough | |
5. n-f. slang ellipsis of pasta de cocaína, , cocaine paste | |
6. n-f. ellipsis of pasta de dientes, , toothpaste | |
7. v. third-person singular present indicative of pastar | |
pastar |
1. v. to graze | |
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) | |
masa |
1. n-f. (food) dough | |
2. n-f. (physics) mass | |
3. n-f. drove (large amount) | |
en masa - in droves | |
4. v. third-person singular present indicative of masar | |
masar |
1. v. to knead | |
servida |
1. Participle. feminine singular of servido | |
servir |
1. v. to serve (to be a servant or worker; to render service) | |
Es una empresa que sirve a los discapacitados. - It's a business that serves the disabled. | |
2. v. to serve (to be a servant for; to work for) | |
3. v. to be of use, to be good for | |
Hace diez años, la traducción automática no servía. - Ten years ago, automated translation was no good. | |
Este cuchillo sirve para cortar el pan. - This knife is good for cutting bread. | |
4. v. to serve (to usefully take the place of something else) | |
sirve como recordatorio - serves as a reminder | |
5. v. to serve (to be in military service) | |
6. v. to serve (to set down (food or drink) on the table to be eaten) | |
El camarero nos sirvió la comida de otra mesa. - The waiter served us another table's food. | |
7. v. to serve (to lead off with the first delivery over the net in tennis, volleyball, ping pong, badminton, etc.) | |
8. v. to help oneself to (to take something freely) | |
sobre |
1. prep. over, above, on, upon, atop | |
La pluma de mi tía está sobre la mesa. - My aunt's pen is on the table. | |
2. prep. about | |
Dime algo sobre ti. - Tell me something about yourself. | |
3. n-m. envelope | |
4. n-m. small packet; sachet | |
5. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of sobrar | |
sobrar |
1. v. to be superfluous; to be left over or extra | |
Les sobran los libros. - They have too many books. | |
Me sobran diez dólares. - I have ten dollars left over. | |
una |
1. n-f. feminine of uno | |
a la una, a las dos y a las tres - after three...one, two, three | |
2. art. feminine singular of un | |
3. det. feminine singular of uno | |
4. pron. one (an indefinite plural pronoun using a singular feminine item, used for females) | |
5. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of unir | |
unir |
1. v. to unite, join | |
¡Únete al sindicato! (Join up with the union!) | |
2. v. to merge, conflate | |
un |
1. art. a | |
2. num. (before the noun) apocopic form of uno one | |
rodaja |
1. n-f. a circular slice | |
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 | |
pan |
1. n-m. bread | |
Para mi desayuno, tomo pan y leche. - For my breakfast, I have bread and milk. | |
2. n-m. bun (e.g. the kinds used for a hamburger or hot dog) | |
3. n-m. (figurative) money, dough | |
4. n-m. (figurative) work, job | |