viendo |
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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!) | |
lo |
1. pron. accusative of él, ello, and usted (when referring to a man); him, it, you (formal) | |
lo veo - I see it | |
2. pron. impersonal neuter pronoun (clitic form of ello); it, that | |
lo es - That’s it | |
3. art. neuter definite article used to make abstract nouns from adjectives; the | |
lo pobre - the poorness / what is poor / the poor thing | |
moreno |
1. adj. dark colored | |
2. adj. dark-skinned, tan | |
3. adj. dark-haired | |
4. n-m. a dark-skinned or tan person | |
5. n-m. a person with dark-hair | |
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 | |
estás |
1. v. informal second-person singular present indicative of estar | |
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) | |
parece |
1. v. third-person singular present indicative of parecer | |
parecer |
1. v. (impersonal) to seem, to see fit | |
Me parece que... - It seems to me that... | |
como mejor le parezca - as you see fit; as one sees fit | |
2. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to believe | |
3. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to think | |
¿Qué te parece si vamos al bar? - What do you think about going to a bar? | |
4. v. to strike (seem, appear, make an impression) | |
Te voy a mandar una cosa que escribí el otro día, para ver que te parece. - I am going to send you something that I wrote the other day, in order to see how it strikes you. | |
¿Te parece que cambiemos el día para el martes? - How about we change the day to Tuesday? | |
5. v. to be like, to take after, to resemble | |
6. v. to perceive | |
7. n-m. opinion | |
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 | |
has |
1. v. informal second-person singular present indicative of haber | |
haber |
1. v. (auxiliary) to have | |
He trabajado muy duro durante este mes. - I have worked very hard during this month. | |
Mi hermanito me pidió más chocolate, pero ya le había dado demasiado. - My little brother asked me for more chocolate, but I had already given him too much. | |
2. v. (obsolete) to hold, to possess | |
3. v. (impersonal, in third person singular only) to exist; “there is”, “there are” (hay); “there was”, “there were” (había) | |
No hay muchas personas aquí. - There aren't many people here. | |
En el cofre había un libro antiguo. - In the chest there was an antique book. | |
4. v. (dated, or formal) to have to (+ de + infinitive) | |
5. v. (Used only in the third-person existential form) to be necessary (+ que + infinitive) | |
Hay que proteger el mundo. - It is necessary to protect the world. | |
6. v. used to denote a past obligation | |
Haberla llamado. - You ought to have phoned her. | |
7. n-m. asset | |
8. n-m. history | |
9. n-m. credit side | |
pasado |
1. adj. past | |
2. adj. former | |
3. adj. last | |
el pasado mes de noviembre - last November | |
4. n-m. past, bygones | |
Hemos prometido que lo pasado, pasado está. - We promised to let bygones be bygones. | |
5. n-m. (grammar) past | |
6. Participle. past participle of pasar | |
pasar |
1. v. to pass, to hand, to slip | |
2. v. to happen | |
¿qué pasa? - what's up? | |
estas cosas pasan - these things happen | |
Ya me ha pasado. - It has already happened to me. | |
3. v. to pass, to get past, to go past, to go by, to go over, to get through | |
¿Cómo pasaste la seguridad? - How did you get past security? | |
¡No pasarán! - They shall not pass! | |
4. v. to spend time | |
pasarlo bien - to have a good time | |
pásalo en grande - have a great time | |
5. v. to enter a room | |
6. v. to go too far, exaggerate | |
7. v. to exceed, surpass, go over | |
8. v. to ripen too much, become rotten, become off (food) | |
9. v. to pass (filter) | |
10. v. to strain, to sieve, to sift | |
11. v. to break the law, rule, order | |
12. v. to trespass (enter on someone's property without permission) | |
13. v. to puree (crush or grind food into a puree) | |
14. v. to omit, leave out | |
¡pasa de ellos! - pay no attention to them! | |
15. v. to send, transmit | |
16. v. to stand, tolerate, bear | |
17. v. to go through, to pass through, to swing by (+ por) | |
18. v. (with a + infinitive) to begin a process or action; (gloss, with ser) to become, to come to be | |
19. v. (Latin America) to pass an exam | |
20. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to stop by, to swing by | |
21. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to spend (time) | |
la |
1. art. the | |
2. pron. accusative of ella, ello (when the antecedent's implied gender is feminine), and usted (when referring to a woman); her, it, you (formal) | |
3. pron. (impersonal neuter pronoun (accusative) in certain colloquial phrases): it, this | |
La sabe toda. - He/she knows everything (it all) | |
¡Dónde la viste! - Where have you seen this! | |
No te la creo. - I don't believe you. | |
4. n-m. (music) la (sixth note of the scale) | |
5. n-m. (music) A (the musical note or key) | |
mayor |
1. adj. comparative of grande: bigger | |
2. adj. comparative of viejo: older; elder | |
mi novio es mayor que yo - my boyfriend is older than me | |
tengo una hermana mayor - I've got an elder sister | |
3. adj. (of a person) comparative of viejo: old; at an advanced age | |
4. adj. of age; adult; grown-up | |
Cuando (yo) sea mayor voy a ser médico - When I'm grown-up, I want to be a doctor. | |
5. adj. major; main | |
una preocupación mayor - a major concern | |
la plaza mayor - the main square | |
6. adj. head; boss | |
7. adj. (music) major | |
8. adj. as a superlative, el/la/lo mayor superlative of grande: the biggest | |
9. adj. as a superlative superlative of viejo: the oldest | |
10. adj. enhanced | |
11. n-m. (military) major (military rank) | |
12. n-m. boss; head | |
13. n-m. (literary, in plural) ancestors | |
14. n-m. old person | |
15. n-f. (nautical) mainsail | |
parte |
1. n-f. part, section, portion, share, piece, bit, cut, proportion | |
Quiero una parte de la acción. Me la merezco. - I want a piece of the action. I deserve it. | |
El jefe del recién formado cartel también quería una parte del trato, así como su parte justa del producto y su benificio. - The leader of the newly formed cartel also wanted a cut of the deal | |
2. n-f. place, somewhere | |
Ve con tu ruido a otra parte. - Take your noise somewhere else. | |
3. n-f. side | |
Ese mueble va en esa otra parte. - That furniture goes on the other side. | |
4. n-f. (legal) party (e.g. a third party, state party, to be party to) | |
5. n-f. behalf | |
Hola. Llamo de parte de mi madre. - Hello. I'm calling on behalf of my mother. | |
6. n-f. stint (i.e. allotted portion of work) | |
7. n-m. message, report, dispatch | |
8. n-m. traffic ticket, sticker | |
9. v. third-person singular present indicative of partir | |
partir |
1. v. to divide, split | |
2. v. to go away, leave, depart | |
3. v. to crack up, have a laugh | |
4. v. to fall in love | |
5. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to crack open (e.g., one's head) | |
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 | |
tus |
1. det. plural of tu | |
tu |
1. det. (before the noun) apocopic form of tuyo, your | |
vacaciones |
1. n. plural of vacación | |
2. v. informal second-person singular present subjunctive of vacacionar | |
vacación |
1. n-f. vacation, holiday | |
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 | |
la |
1. art. the | |
2. pron. accusative of ella, ello (when the antecedent's implied gender is feminine), and usted (when referring to a woman); her, it, you (formal) | |
3. pron. (impersonal neuter pronoun (accusative) in certain colloquial phrases): it, this | |
La sabe toda. - He/she knows everything (it all) | |
¡Dónde la viste! - Where have you seen this! | |
No te la creo. - I don't believe you. | |
4. n-m. (music) la (sixth note of the scale) | |
5. n-m. (music) A (the musical note or key) | |
playa |
1. n-f. beach | |
2. n-f. car park | |
3. adj. feminine singular of playo | |
playo |
1. adj. (Latin America) shallow, flat | |
2. n-m. (Ecuador) pliers | |
3. n-m. (slang) homosexual | |