| un |
| 1. art. a | |
| 2. num. (before the noun) apocopic form of uno one | |
| húsar |
| 1. n-m. hussar (light cavalry of European armies) | |
| 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. | |
| quien |
| 1. pron. who | |
| La mujer con quien se casó - The woman whom he married | |
| 2. pron. (construed with a) whom | |
| La persona a quien yo amo - The person whom I love | |
| 3. pron. whoever; whomever; anyone who | |
| Quienes digan así… - Anyone who says that… | |
| No te fíes de quien no dice la verdad. - Do not trust anyone who does not tell the truth. | |
| 4. pron. the one who | |
| ¿Eres tú quien ha de venir? - Are you the one who is to come? | |
| ¡Soy yo quien llama a la puerta! - I am the one who knocks! | |
| conocía |
| 1. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of conocer | |
| conocer |
| 1. v. to know (a person or a place), to be familiar with, to be acquainted with | |
| Mucho gusto en conocerla - Nice to meet you. | |
| 2. v. (in the preterite tense) to meet | |
| 3. v. (in the future tense) to get to know, become acquainted (with) | |
| 4. v. to see, to visit, to explore (i.e., to get to know a place for the first time) | |
| 5. v. to hear, to know (implies hearing for the first time) | |
| Me gustaría conocer su opinión sobre el material de origen. - I would like to hear your opinion about the source material. | |
| 6. v. to discover, to get to or come to know, to learn about, to find out | |
| 7. v. to know, to have known | |
| Se conocen desde la infancia. - They have known each other since childhood. | |
| 8. v. to know oneself | |
| 9. v. to conceptualize or conceive | |
| 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 | |
| le |
| 1. pron. to him, for him; dative of él | |
| Mi mamá va a escribirle una carta. - My mom is going to write him a letter. | |
| 2. pron. to her, for her; dative of ella | |
| Le dio un beso a Ana. - He gave Ana a kiss. | |
| 3. pron. to it, for it; dative of ello | |
| ¡Ponle esfuerzo! - Put some effort into it! | |
| 4. pron. to you, for you (formal); dative of usted | |
| ¿A usted le gustan los caballos? - Do you like horses? | |
| 5. pron. gender-neutral;neologism to them, for them (singular); dative of elle | |
| Le diré que te llame. - I will tell them to call you. | |
| acercó |
| 1. v. third-person singular preterite indicative of acercar | |
| acercar |
| 1. v. to bring close | |
| 2. v. to zoom in | |
| 3. v. to approach, to get close, to come | |
| Se acerca el invierno. - Winter is coming. | |
| 4. v. to draw near, to gather around | |
| acercarse más - to come closer / to move closer / to draw closer | |
| 5. v. to become close | |
| 6. v. to get close to, to come up to, to draw near to, to walk up to, to go over to (+a) | |
| 7. v. to reach out to (+a) | |
| 8. v. to close in on (+a) | |
| 9. v. to assemble | |
| corriendo |
| 1. v. gerund of correr | |
| correr |
| 1. v. to run, jog | |
| 2. v. to flow | |
| 3. v. to shoo, chase away, drive away | |
| 4. v. to throw out; to fire; to expel | |
| 5. v. to walk away | |
| 6. v. to cop out, to shirk | |
| 7. v. to elapse (time) | |
| 8. v. to go around, spread (rumors) | |
| 9. v. to rush | |
| 10. v. to draw (curtains) | |
| 11. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun, Spain) to have an orgasm | |
| ¡Me corro! - I'm cumming! | |
| 12. v. to move | |
| 13. n-m. course, passing (of time) | |
| con el (al) correr de los años (tiempo, reloj) - with the passing of years (time, clock) | |
| por |
| 1. prep. by (indicates the creator of a work) | |
| La novela Cien años de soledad fue escrita por Gabriel García Márquez. - The novel One Hundred Years of Solitude was written by Gabriel García Márquez. | |
| 2. prep. for (indicates something given in an exchange) | |
| Lo compré por cincuenta euros. - I bought this for fifty euros. | |
| 3. prep. through, out, via (indicating movement) | |
| La mujer ve la puesta de sol por la ventana. - The woman watches the sunset through the window. | |
| Supongo que nuestra huésped se fue por la puerta trasera porque no la he visto. - I guess our guest went out the back door because I haven't seen her. | |
| 4. prep. across (indicating movement) | |
| El hombre camina por la calle. - The man walks across the street. | |
| 5. prep. about | |
| 6. prep. due to, because of, for, for the sake of, out of (to express cause or motive) | |
| Él no pudo venir por eso. - He couldn't come due to that. | |
| Por amor a su esposo, ella aguanta a sus suegros. - Out of love for her husband, she puts up with his in-laws. | |
| 7. prep. (used with directions) over | |
| por allí - over there | |
| 8. prep. (mathematics) times, by, multiplied by | |
| ocho por siete - eights times seven; eights by seven | |
| 9. prep. according to, for, regarding (to express opinion or something concerning someone) | |
| Por mí, está bien. - For all I care, it's fine. | |
| ¡Bien por ti! - Good for you! | |
| 10. prep. via, through, by (indicating the means of something) | |
| Por favor, devuelva este documento completado por correo electrónico. - Please, return this document completed via email. | |
| 11. prep. for (indicating duration) | |
| Mi profesor se salió por la tangente por una hora entera. - My professor went off on a tangent for a whole hour. | |
| 12. prep. for, for the sake of, on behalf of (indicating doing something for someone's benefit) | |
| No lo hago por ti. - I'm not doing it for your sake. | |
| Ella irá a trabajar por mí mañana. - She will be filling in for me at work tomorrow. | |
| 13. prep. per, for each | |
| Cuesta diez dólares por artículo. - It costs ten dollars per item. | |
| 14. prep. to (indicating something that has not yet passed) | |
| Eso está por ver. - That remains to be seen. | |
| La hora aún está por confirmar. - The time is yet to be confirmed. | |
| 15. prep. about to (indicating something that will soon happen) | |
| Su hermana está por llegar del aeropuerto en cualquier momento. - Her sister is about to arrive from the airport any minute now. | |
| 16. prep. compared to; against; versus (indicating a comparison) | |
| detrás |
| 1. adv. behind, at the rear | |
| 2. adv. after | |
| por detrás |
| 1. adv. behind (in absence) | |
| 2. adv. from behind (anally) | |
| Y |
| 1. Letter. the 26th letter of the Spanish alphabet | |
| 2. conj. and | |
| 3. conj. (in names of number) and | |
| setenta y seis - seventy-six | |
| 4. conj. (in arithmetic) plus, and | |
| uno y uno son dos - one plus one is two | |
| 5. conj. (informal) well | |
| ¡Y por supuesto! - Well, of course! | |
| 6. conj. (informal) what about, how about, where is/are the | |
| Pero, ¿y el concierto? ¿Ya no vamos? - But what about the concert? Are we not going anymore? | |
| ¿Y la niña? ¿Está a salvo? - How about the girl? Is she safe? | |
| ¿Y los archivos? Debo echarles un vistazo. - Where are the files? I should take a look at them. | |
| le |
| 1. pron. to him, for him; dative of él | |
| Mi mamá va a escribirle una carta. - My mom is going to write him a letter. | |
| 2. pron. to her, for her; dative of ella | |
| Le dio un beso a Ana. - He gave Ana a kiss. | |
| 3. pron. to it, for it; dative of ello | |
| ¡Ponle esfuerzo! - Put some effort into it! | |
| 4. pron. to you, for you (formal); dative of usted | |
| ¿A usted le gustan los caballos? - Do you like horses? | |
| 5. pron. gender-neutral;neologism to them, for them (singular); dative of elle | |
| Le diré que te llame. - I will tell them to call you. | |
| Miró |
| 1. Proper noun. surname, from=Catalan | |
| 2. v. third-person singular preterit indicative of mirar | |
| mirar |
| 1. v. to look at (to try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes) | |
| 2. v. to watch (to look at, view, or observe for a period of time) | |
| Estábamos mirando la televisión. - We were watching TV. | |
| 3. v. to watch (to mind, attend, or guard) | |
| 4. v. to consider, think over (to think about seriously) | |
| 5. v. (used for emphasis); look | |
| ¡Mira qué linda! - How pretty! | |
| ¡Mirad! Este es el hombre quien hurta entre vosotros, a él se le debe atribuir esto. - Behold! This is the man who is stealing amongst you all, to him this must be attributed. | |
| ¡Mirad! Allí está el que os engaño, ¡agarradlo todos vosotros! - Look! There is the one who deceived you all, all of you, get him! | |
| 6. v. to seek, look for (to try to find) | |
| 7. v. to look (to try to see something, to pay attention with one’s eyes) | |
| 8. v. to face, overlook (to be oriented towards a certain direction or thing) | |
| 9. v. to look at oneself | |
| severamente |
| 1. adv. severely, strictly | |
