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un
1. art. a
2. num. (before the noun) apocopic form of uno one
conductor
1. n-m. driver, motorist
2. n-m. (Argentina, Uruguay) presenter; host (of a television show)
3. n-m. conductor (transmitter of electricity, heat, light or sound)
impaciente
1. adj. impatient
2. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of impacientar
impacientar
1. v. to cause someone to become impatient
2. v. to lose patience
atravesó
1. v. third-person singular preterite indicative of atravesar
atravesar
1. v. to cross, to traverse
2. v. to pierce
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
cruce
1. n-m. crossroads, crossing, intersection (a place where one road crosses another; an intersection of two or more roads)
2. n-m. crossing, (action of crossing or traversing (a room, street, sea, etc.), or time elapsed for it)
3. n-m. crosswalk
4. n-m. crossing (action of causing to cross)
5. n-m. crossbreeding (action, effect or product of producing (an organism) by the mating of individuals of different breeds, varieties, or species; hybridize)
6. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of cruzar
cruzar
1. v. to cross (including of legs)
2. v. to exchange (words)
3. v. to fold (arms)
4. v. to crossbreed
sin
1. prep. without
(ant-lite, con)
hacer
1. v. to do
¿Qué haces? - What are you doing?
No sé que hago. - I don't know what I'm doing.
Prefiero no hacerlo - I prefer not to do it.
2. v. to make (something)
Empecemos a hacer el pastel. - Let's start making the cake.
Le gustaba hacer poemas placenteros. - She liked to make pleasant poems.
3. v. to make (e.g. someone do something or feel a certain way.)
No sabe cómo hacerla feliz. - He doesn't know how to make her happy.
Lo hiciste llorar / Hiciste que llorara. - You made him cry.
4. v. to be
hace frío - it's cold
hace calor - it's hot
hace sol - it's sunny
hace viento - it's windy
5. v. to go (to release or excrete (urine, excrement))
hacer pis, pipí, el número uno - to pee
hacer caca, pupú, el número dos - to poo
6. v. (ambitransitive, optionally with de) to play (a part in a play)
hacer la princesa - to play the princess
hacer de princesa - to play a princess
hacer de Óscar - to play (the character of) Oscar
7. v. to become; to get
¡Hazte vegetariano! - Become vegetarian!
Me haré rico. - I will get rich.
Ese niño se hizo todo un hombre. - That boy became a real man.
8. v. to pretend being, play
hacerse el tonto - to pretend being a fool, play the fool
hacerse la víctima - to play the victim
Háganse los sofisticados si quieren, igual nadie les cree. - You can pretend to be sophisticated if you want, no one believes you anyway.
9. v. to play the fool
No te hagás: vos sabés lo que hiciste. - Don't play the fool, you know what you did.
10. v. to prep, adorn, do (a body part)
hacerse las uñas - to do one's nails
11. v. to get used to (chiefly in idioms)
El cuerpo se hace a las fatigas. - The body gets used to tiredness.
El caballo se hace al fuego. - A horse gets used to fire (for the Luminarias).
12. v. to arrive (said of a certain time), be now
Se hace tarde. - It's getting late.
Se hicieron las doce. - It was now/suddenly 12 o'clock.
13. n-m. task, action
Nos quedan muchos haceres. - We have a lot of tasks left.
caso
1. n-m. case (situation or fact)
en mi caso - in my case
es un caso especial - it's a special case
2. n-m. (medicine) case (instance of a medical condition)
Aumentan los casos de diabetes entre niños. - The number of cases of diabetes among children is rising
3. n-m. (law) case
el caso Bárcenas - the Bárcenas case
4. n-m. (grammar) case
5. n-m. occasion
6. v. informal first-person singular present indicative of casar
casar
1. v. to marry, wed someone to (unite two others in wedlock)
2. v. to marry off
3. v. to match (up), fit (together)
Este tercero les ayudará a casar las necesidades con los recursos. - This third party will help them match needs with resources.
4. v. (reciprocal) to get married, marry (each other, one another)
Se casaron justo después de la graduación. - They got married right after graduation.
5. v. to wed, marry, get married (+preo, con)
Voy a casarme con la mujer de mis sueños esta noche. - I am going to marry the woman of my dreams tonight.
hacer caso
1. v. to obey, to do what is said
2. v. to pay attention, to take notice
Él no me hace caso. (He doesn't pay attention to me.)
3. v. to reciprocate (sentimentally)
del
1. contraction. of the, from the (+ a masculine noun in singular).
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
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
semáforo
1. n-m. traffic light
2. n-m. semaphore, flag semaphore
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
Rojo
1. Proper noun. surname, descriptive
2. adj. red (colour)
3. n-m. red (colour)
4. n-m. (Costa Rica) a 1000 colón bill
5. n-m. (Spain, Peru, pejorative) Red; a left-winger, especially communist
(synonyms, progre, q1=often pejorative, zurdo, q2=often pejorative)

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