vi |
1. v. first-person singular preterite indicative of ver | |
ver |
1. v. to see, to spot | |
Vine, vi, vencí. - I came, I saw, I conquered. | |
Sí, con mis propios ojos, lo vi robar el dinero. - Yes, with my own eyes, I saw him steal the money. | |
2. v. to see, to look at, to view (perceive) | |
Hmm. Ya veo... - Hmm. I see... | |
Tal experiencia única en la vida cambiará tu manera de ver el mundo. - Such a once in a lifetime experience will change the way that you look at or see or view the world. | |
3. v. to see, to tell, to observe | |
Puedo ver que no eres como el resto. - I can tell you aren't like the rest of them. | |
4. v. to see, to check (verify) | |
Déjenme ver si hay moros en la costa. - Let me check if the coast is clear. | |
5. v. to watch | |
ver la televisión - to watch television | |
6. v. to look, to seem | |
Te ves tan diferente desde la última vez que te vi. - You look so different since the last time I saw you. | |
7. v. to see oneself, to picture oneself | |
Me veo así como un consejero, nada más. - I just see myself as an advisor, nothing more. | |
8. v. to find oneself, to be | |
Nos vemos obligados a hacernos una pregunta difícil. - We are forced to ask ourselves a difficult question. | |
9. v. (reciprocal) to see one another | |
Nos vemos! - We'll see each other!) | |
tu |
1. det. (before the noun) apocopic form of tuyo, your | |
progreso |
1. n-m. progress, headway, advancement | |
2. v. first-person singular present indicative of progresar | |
progresar |
1. v. to progress | |
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 | |
tu |
1. det. (before the noun) apocopic form of tuyo, your | |
Carrera |
1. Proper noun. a Spanish surname | |
2. n-f. race | |
Es una carrera contra el tiempo. - It's a race against time. | |
3. n-f. run (act of running) | |
4. n-f. (baseball) run | |
5. n-f. (academics) course of study | |
Es una carrera de cuatro años. - The course takes four years to complete. | |
Estoy haciendo la carrera de sociología. - I'm majoring in sociology. | |
6. n-f. career | |
El escándalo arruinó su carrera. - The scandal ruined his career. | |
7. n-f. run (line of knit stitches which have unravelled) | |
Tienes una carrera en las medias. - Your pantyhose has a run in it. | |
8. n-f. journey, fare (of a taxi) | |
9. n-f. path ((of a moving object)), trajectory | |
10. n-f. (Colombia) avenue generally in a north–south direction and vice versa, as opposed to a calle (east–west or vice versa) | |
11. n-f. female equivalent of carrero | |
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 | |
dentista |
1. n. dentist | |
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. | |
estoy |
1. v. first-person singular present indicative of estar; am. | |
estar |
1. v. to be (have a temporary or permanent location in space) | |
¿Dónde estás? - Where are you? | |
Estoy en casa. - I am at home. | |
2. v. to be (denotes a copula, in a transient fashion) | |
El tiempo estaba frío/caliente. - The weather was cold/hot back then. | |
¿Estás feliz? - Are you happy right now? | |
3. v. to be (auxiliary verb for the progressive/continuous aspect, preceding the gerund of the verb) | |
Ella está cantando. - She is singing. | |
4. v. to be in a state (in a passive voice sense) | |
Los vasos están rotos. - The vases are broken. (In passive voice with estar, unlike haber, its past participle agrees with number and gender of the subject) | |
Llegaron y vieron que el hotel estaba abandonado. - They arrived and saw the hotel was abandoned. | |
5. v. to be, stay (denotes a copula, in a transient fashion) | |
Estense callados y quietos. - Stay quiet and not moving. | |
6. v. to be to be done, to be (still) undone: | |
Esto todavía está por hacer. - This is still to be done. | |
Lo peor está por llegar. - The worst part is yet to come. | |
7. v. to be in a long-term state (in specific idioms) | |
estar muerto/a - to be dead | |
estar casado/a - to be married (can also be ser casado) | |
estar chico/a - to be short (colloquially) | |
verdaderamente |
1. adv. truthfully | |
feliz |
1. adj. happy, merry (trait) | |
Él es un tipo feliz en general. - He's just a happy guy in general. | |
2. adj. pleased, glad | |
3. adj. joyous, merry, happy | |
una ocasión feliz - a joyous occasion | |
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) | |
ti |
1. pron. you, thee (declined form of tú used as the object of a preposition) | |
¡Felicidades a ti! - Congratulations to you! | |