| tu |
| 1. det. (before the noun) apocopic form of tuyo, your | |
| lectura |
| 1. n-f. reading | |
| 2. n-f. (nonstandard) lecture | |
| 3. n-f. (printing, dated) a medium size of type equated with the m+, cicéro and variously equal to 11 or 12 points | |
| tú |
| 1. pron. Second person pronoun in singular tense (informal communication in Spain and Mexico). you | |
| escritura |
| 1. n-f. document, deed | |
| 2. n-f. writing | |
| 3. n-f. (religion) scripture | |
| escriturar |
| 1. v. (legal) to legally register | |
| 2. v. (legal) to write up a contract; to sign up (said of various professions, especially theatre workers) | |
| tu |
| 1. det. (before the noun) apocopic form of tuyo, your | |
| estudio |
| 1. n-m. study | |
| 2. n-m. studio | |
| 3. v. first-person singular present indicative of estudiar | |
| estudiar |
| 1. v. to study | |
| 2. v. to examine, look into | |
| tu |
| 1. det. (before the noun) apocopic form of tuyo, your | |
| clase |
| 1. n-f. lecture | |
| 2. n-f. class (lesson) | |
| 3. n-f. class (group of students) | |
| 4. n-f. class (level of society) | |
| 5. n-f. kind, sort, type | |
| ¿Qué clase de persona eres? - What kind of a person are you? | |
| 6. n-f. (taxonomy) class | |
| 7. n-f. class (elegance) | |
| yo |
| 1. pron. First-person singular pronoun in the nominative case; I | |
| 2. n-m. (psychoanalysis) Freud's concept of the ego | |
| 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 | |
| sé |
| 1. v. informal second-person singular positive imperative of ser | |
| No lo sé. - I do not know. | |
| 2. v. informal second-person singular positive imperative of ser | |
| ¡Sé un voluntario! - Be a volunteer! | |
| 3. interj. (colloquial Chile Mexico) yes | |
| saber |
| 1. v. to know (a fact), to wit | |
| Sé que volverá. - I know that it'll come back. | |
| Lo siguiente que sé... - Next thing I know... | |
| que yo sepa - as far as I know | |
| Si tu supieras... - If you knew... | |
| 2. v. to know how to do something | |
| Sabe hablar español. - He knows how to speak Spanish. | |
| 3. v. (in the preterite tense) to find out, to learn | |
| 4. v. to taste | |
| Sabe a pollo. - It tastes like chicken. | |
| 5. v. to realize, to know (e.g. recognize) | |
| El hombre no sabe lo talentoso que su hijo es. - The man doesn't realize how talented his son is. | |
| 6. v. to tell, to know (i.e. to discern or distinguish if something is the case) | |
| Siempre es difícil saber si me mientes. - It's always hard to tell if you're lying to me. | |
| 7. v. (informal) to figure out | |
| Todavía estamos tratando de saber qué acaba de pasar. - We're still trying to figure out what just happened. | |
| 8. v. to hear from (+ de) | |
| No he sabido nada de ella en meses. - I haven't heard from her in months. | |
| 9. v. to hear of, to hear about, (+ de) | |
| 10. v. to learn of, to learn about, to find out about, to know about (+ de) | |
| 11. v. to be known | |
| Ya se sabe que uno de los factores que aceleran esta enfermedad es el estrés. - It is known that one of the factors that speeds up this disease is stress. | |
| 12. v. to know (extremely well) | |
| He oído que te sabes todas las líneas de la película de memoria. - I heard that you know all the lines of the movie by heart. | |
| 13. n-m. knowledge | |
| ser |
| 1. v. to be (essentially or identified as) | |
| Yo soy de los Estados Unidos. - I am from the United States. | |
| Errar es humano. - To err is human. | |
| 2. v. to be (in the passive voice sense) | |
| La guitarra fue tocada. - The guitar was played. | |
| 3. v. to exist; to occur | |
| La fiesta será mañana. - The party will be tomorrow. | |
| 4. n-m. a being, organism | |
| 5. n-m. nature, essence | |
| 6. n-m. value, worth | |
