| uso |
| 1. n-m. use | |
| 2. n-m. usage; habit | |
| 3. n-m. wear (degradation) | |
| 4. v. first-person singular present indicative of usar | |
| usar |
| 1. v. to use | |
| Usa la fuerza, Luke! - Use the force, Luke! | |
| 2. v. to wear | |
| 3. v. to consume | |
| 4. v. to be used | |
| 5. v. to be fashionable | |
| 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 | |
| ciertos |
| 1. adj. masculine plural of cierto | |
| 2. det. masculine plural of cierto | |
| cierto |
| 1. adj. (of a person) true | |
| 2. adj. (of a claim) true | |
| Cierto o falso: la mayoría de los Españoles son hispanohablantes. - True or false: the majority of Spanish people are Spanish speakers. | |
| Es cierto que ambos tienen razón. - It's true that both of them are right. | |
| 3. det. a certain, a specific | |
| Tiene cierta complejidad que no puedo explicar. - It has a certain complexity that I can't explain. | |
| contextos |
| 1. n. plural of contexto | |
| 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 | |
| usa |
| 1. v. third-person singular present indicative of usar | |
| usar |
| 1. v. to use | |
| Usa la fuerza, Luke! - Use the force, Luke! | |
| 2. v. to wear | |
| 3. v. to consume | |
| 4. v. to be used | |
| 5. v. to be fashionable | |
| Como |
| 1. Proper noun. Como (city and capital of Como) | |
| 2. adv. as (to such an extent or degree) | |
| No es tan alta como nosotras. - She's not as tall as us. | |
| 3. adv. like, about (approximately) | |
| Hemos esperado como media hora. - We've waited like half an hour. | |
| 4. conj. as (introducing a basis of comparison or equality) | |
| ¿Tienes tanta hambre como yo? - Are you as hungry as I am? | |
| 5. conj. as, since (being that) | |
| Como nunca vio mi mensaje, vamos sin ella. - Since she never saw my message, we're going without her. | |
| 6. conj. how (in which way) | |
| Me gusta como hablas. - I like how you talk. | |
| 7. conj. (followed by the subjunctive) if, unless (under the condition that) | |
| Como llegues tarde otra vez, ¡te mato! - If you arrive late again, I'll kill you! | |
| 8. prep. as (in the manner or role specified) | |
| Mis ahijados me ven como un tío. - My godchildren see me as an uncle. | |
| 9. prep. such as (for example) | |
| Algunos países de Asia, como Laos y Vietnam... - Some countries in Asia, such as Laos and Vietnam... | |
| 10. prep. like (similar to, reminiscent of) | |
| Llevan gafas redondas como las de John Lennon. - They wear round glasses like John Lennon's. | |
| 11. v. first-person singular present indicative of comer | |
| comer |
| 1. v. to eat | |
| ¿Cómo como? ¿Cómo cómo como? ¡Como como como! (classroom example of written accent) - How do I eat? What do you mean, how do I eat? I eat like I eat! | |
| 2. v. (colloquial) to eat away, corrode | |
| 3. v. to capture a piece | |
| 4. v. (double entendre, Mexico) to have sexual intercourse (because of similarity to coger) | |
| 5. n-m. eating, food | |
| quitárselo uno de su comer - to deprive oneself of something for the benefit of others | |
| el comer fuera es muy común - eating out is very common | |
| ...necesario para el alma como el comer para el cuerpo - ...necessary for the soul like food for the body | |
| intransitivo |
| 1. adj. (grammar, of a verb) intransitive (not taking a direct object) | |
