| volvió |
| 1. v. third-person singular preterite indicative of volver | |
| volver |
| 1. v. to return, to revert, to get back | |
| Vuelvan a trabajar. / Vuelva al trabajo. - Get back to work. | |
| 2. v. to come back, go back | |
| Si realmente estás pensando en volver a aquel lugar sucio, debes haberte enloquecido totalmente. - If you're really thinking about going back to that filthy place, you must have gone totally cr | |
| 3. v. to do again | |
| Volvió a olvidarse de la foto. - He forgot the photo again. | |
| 4. v. to turn | |
| 5. v. to become, to get | |
| Me estoy volviendo loco. - I am going crazy. | |
| 6. v. to make, to drive | |
| Esto me está volviendo loco. - This is driving me mad. | |
| Me vuelves loco. - You drive me crazy. | |
| 7. v. to turn | |
| 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. | |
| hacer |
| 1. v. to do | |
| ¿Qué haces? - What are you doing? | |
| No sé que hago. - I don't know what I'm doing. | |
| Prefiero no hacerlo - I prefer not to do it. | |
| 2. v. to make (something) | |
| Empecemos a hacer el pastel. - Let's start making the cake. | |
| Le gustaba hacer poemas placenteros. - She liked to make pleasant poems. | |
| 3. v. to make (e.g. someone do something or feel a certain way.) | |
| No sabe cómo hacerla feliz. - He doesn't know how to make her happy. | |
| Lo hiciste llorar / Hiciste que llorara. - You made him cry. | |
| 4. v. to be | |
| hace frío - it's cold | |
| hace calor - it's hot | |
| hace sol - it's sunny | |
| hace viento - it's windy | |
| 5. v. to go (to release or excrete (urine, excrement)) | |
| hacer pis, pipí, el número uno - to pee | |
| hacer caca, pupú, el número dos - to poo | |
| 6. v. (ambitransitive, optionally with de) to play (a part in a play) | |
| hacer la princesa - to play the princess | |
| hacer de princesa - to play a princess | |
| hacer de Óscar - to play (the character of) Oscar | |
| 7. v. to become; to get | |
| ¡Hazte vegetariano! - Become vegetarian! | |
| Me haré rico. - I will get rich. | |
| Ese niño se hizo todo un hombre. - That boy became a real man. | |
| 8. v. to pretend being, play | |
| hacerse el tonto - to pretend being a fool, play the fool | |
| hacerse la víctima - to play the victim | |
| Háganse los sofisticados si quieren, igual nadie les cree. - You can pretend to be sophisticated if you want, no one believes you anyway. | |
| 9. v. to play the fool | |
| No te hagás: vos sabés lo que hiciste. - Don't play the fool, you know what you did. | |
| 10. v. to prep, adorn, do (a body part) | |
| hacerse las uñas - to do one's nails | |
| 11. v. to get used to (chiefly in idioms) | |
| El cuerpo se hace a las fatigas. - The body gets used to tiredness. | |
| El caballo se hace al fuego. - A horse gets used to fire (for the Luminarias). | |
| 12. v. to arrive (said of a certain time), be now | |
| Se hace tarde. - It's getting late. | |
| Se hicieron las doce. - It was now/suddenly 12 o'clock. | |
| 13. n-m. task, action | |
| Nos quedan muchos haceres. - We have a lot of tasks left. | |
| una |
| 1. n-f. feminine of uno | |
| a la una, a las dos y a las tres - after three...one, two, three | |
| 2. art. feminine singular of un | |
| 3. det. feminine singular of uno | |
| 4. pron. one (an indefinite plural pronoun using a singular feminine item, used for females) | |
| 5. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of unir | |
| unir |
| 1. v. to unite, join | |
| ¡Únete al sindicato! (Join up with the union!) | |
| 2. v. to merge, conflate | |
| un |
| 1. art. a | |
| 2. num. (before the noun) apocopic form of uno one | |
| señal |
| 1. n-f. sign | |
| 2. n-f. landmark | |
| 3. n-f. signal | |
| 4. n-f. reminder | |
| 5. n-f. representation | |
| con |
| 1. prep. with | |
| 2. prep. on | |
| Yo cuento con ustedes. - I count on you. | |
| 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) | |
| mano |
| 1. n-f. (anatomy) hand | |
| 2. n-f. (of an animal) front foot | |
| 3. n-f. (in a game) round; hand | |
| 4. n-f. (of paint) coat, lick | |
| 5. n-f. (of a clock) hand | |
| 6. n-f. skill, talent | |
| 7. n-f. mano (a stone resembling a rolling pin, used to grind maize or other grain on a metate) | |
| (synonyms, metlapil) | |
| 8. n-f. (colloquial Central America Caribbean Mexico) buddy, bro, man, mate, pal | |
| 9. n-m. (slang) buddy, friend | |
| 10. v. first-person singular present indicative of manar | |
| manar |
| 1. v. to gush forth | |
| 2. v. to flow | |
| 3. v. to abound | |
| 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. | |
| 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) | |
| enfermera |
| 1. n-f. female equivalent of enfermero, t=nurse | |
| jefe |
| 1. n-m. chief; president; head; leader of a business, political party, or other organization | |
| 2. n-m. boss; supervisor; manager | |
| 3. n-m. (military ranks) colonel; major; rank between captain and general | |
| 4. n-m. (heraldry) chief | |
| 5. n-m. (video games) boss | |
| 6. n-m. (colloquial Mexico) dad, father | |
| pulsó |
| 1. v. third-person singular preterit indicative of pulsar | |
| pulsar |
| 1. v. to press (a button, etc.) | |
| pulsar un botón - to press a button | |
| 2. v. (computing) to click (to press and release a button on a computer mouse) | |
| 3. v. to pulsate | |
| otra |
| 1. det. feminine singular of otro | |
| 2. interj. feminine singular of otro | |
| 3. pron. feminine singular of otro | |
| otro |
| 1. det. other, another | |
| Deme otro ejemplo. - Give me another example. | |
| 2. interj. "Not again!" or "What, again?" (also Otra vez! or Otra vez?) | |
| 3. pron. someone else; another person | |
| 4. pron. something else; another one | |
| palanca |
| 1. n-f. lever | |
| 2. n-f. leverage, influence | |
| 3. n-f. joystick | |
| 4. n-f. handle (on a toilet) | |
| 5. n-f. diving board, springboard | |
| 6. n-f. (football) chip, chipped shot | |
