vestido |
1. adj. dressed | |
vestido de gala - dressed up | |
bien vestido - well-dressed | |
2. n-m. dress | |
3. Participle. past participle of vestir | |
vestir |
1. v. to dress, to clothe, to attire | |
2. v. to wear | |
3. v. to adorn, to bedeck, to embellish | |
4. v. to disguise, to cover up | |
5. v. to make clothes for, to dress | |
6. v. to get dressed | |
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) | |
traje |
1. n-m. suit | |
Quiero este traje. - I'll take this suit. | |
El traje es de color azul. - The suit is blue. | |
2. n-m. dress (distinctive style for particular occasion) | |
3. n-m. gown, dress (e.g. bridal gown, evening gown) | |
4. n-m. costume, outfit, getup (e.g. superhero costume; a regional, national, folk costume) | |
5. v. first-person singular preterite indicative of traer | |
traer |
1. v. to bring, to fetch | |
¿Qué te trae por aquí? - What brings you here? | |
Voy a traerle una cerveza - I'm going to bring you a beer. | |
2. v. to attract, draw, pull | |
3. v. to bring about, cause, occasion | |
4. v. to make (cause to be in or have a certain condition or state) | |
Oye, me traes intranquilo. - Listen, you make me restless. | |
5. v. to wear (ellipsis of traer puesto) | |
6. v. to bring forward, advance, adduce | |
7. v. to make, compel, oblige | |
8. v. to persuade | |
9. v. to have, carry (in a publication, in stock) | |
10. v. to include (have as a component, part, accessory or ingredient) | |
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 | |
igual |
1. adj. equal, same | |
Isidora es igual de alta que yo. - Isidora is as tall as me. | |
Me da igual si vienes o no vienes. - It's the same to me whether you come by or don't. | |
2. adj. identical, sharing the same characteristics | |
Tu copia de la pintura te quedó igual. - Your copy of the painting turned out the same. | |
3. adj. level (surface) | |
Han dejado el terreno de abajo igual para poder construir encima. - They have levelled the terrain down there to build something on it. | |
4. n. equal (a person or thing of equal status) | |
No le hables así, como si fuera tu igual. - Don't talk to her/him like that, as if s/he was your equal. | |
5. n-m. equals sign | |
Se te olvidó poner un igual en la última línea. - You forgot to add an equals sign on the last line. | |
6. adv. in the same way; just like | |
La vio una vez, y ahora cocina la pasta igual. - He saw her just once, and now he cooks pasta the same way. | |
7. adv. regardless, anyway | |
Le pedí y pedí el favor. Igual no quiso ayudarme. - I asked him again and again for the favour. He didn't help us anyway. | |
8. adv. (colloquial Spain) maybe | |
Esta noche igual van al teatro. - Tonight maybe they’ll go to the cinema. | |
hechura |
1. n-f. appearance, form | |
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. | |
color |
1. n. color, colour, hue | |
2. n. (usually feminine archaic or dialectal) complexion | |
3. n-m. rouge (cosmetics) | |
4. n-m. pretext, motive, reason | |
5. n-m. character; special quality | |
6. n-m. side, party, faction | |
7. n-m. race, ethnicity | |
8. n-m. (poker) flush | |
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 | |
es |
1. v. third-person singular present indicative of ser; (he/she/it/one) is | |
2. n. plural of e | |
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 | |
e |
1. conj. and | |
Yo hablo francés e inglés. - I speak French and English. | |
usado |
1. adj. used | |
2. adj. worn, worn-out | |
3. Participle. past participle of usar | |
masculine singular usar |
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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 | |
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) | |
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. | |
colectivos |
1. adj. masculine plural of colectivo | |
2. n. plural of colectivo | |
colectivo |
1. adj. collective | |
2. n-m. collective, group, association, union, guild | |
3. n-m. (Argentina, Peru) public bus | |
Tales |
1. Proper noun. Thales (philosopher) | |
2. adj. plural of tal | |
3. v. informal second-person singular present subjunctive of talar | |
talar |
1. adj. covering or reaching the heel (cloth, garment or accessories) | |
2. v. to fell, chop, cut, cut down (particularly a tree, forest) | |
3. n-m. tala grove | |
tal |
1. adj. such | |
No hay tal cosa como los monstruos. - There's no such thing as monsters. | |
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 | |
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 | |
ejército |
1. n-m. army | |
colegios |
1. n. plural of colegio | |
colegí |
1. v. first-person singular preterite indicative of colegir | |
colegir |
1. v. (rare) to infer or conclude, gather, work out, deduce | |
os |
1. pron. you, to you, for you; dative and accusative of vosotros | |
algunos |
1. det. masculine plural of alguno | |
2. pron. masculine plural of alguno | |
alguno |
1. det. some, any | |
¿Quiere alguna cosa? - Do you want anything? | |
Algún día lo haré. - I will do it someday. | |
2. det. any (used for emphasis) | |
No tiene talento alguno. - He doesn't have any talent at all. | |
3. det. various | |
4. pron. someone | |
5. pron. some, some people | |
6. pron. one (thing); a few | |
profesionales |
1. adj. plural of profesional | |
2. n. plural of profesional | |
profesional |
1. adj. professional | |
2. n. professional | |
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