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. | |
tragar |
1. v. to swallow (to cause to pass from the mouth into the stomach) | |
Dijo algo tan ridículo que casi olvidé tragarme la comida. - He said something so funny that I almost forgot to swallow my food. | |
2. v. to swallow, consume, absorb (take (something) in so that it disappears) | |
La oscuridad se tragó el bosque. - The murk consumed the forest. | |
3. v. to gulp, swallow, devour (eat quickly and eagerly) | |
4. v. to buy into, fall for (easily believe something without questioning) | |
5. v. to stand, tolerate | |
6. v. (proscribed, colloquial) to eat | |
saliva |
1. n-f. saliva, spittle | |
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of salivar | |
salivar |
1. v. to salivate (to secrete saliva) | |
tragar saliva |
1. v. to suck it up | |
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. | |
ésta |
1. pron. feminine singular of éste | |
éste |
1. pron. this one | |
era |
1. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of ser | |
2. n-f. era, age | |
la Nueva Era - New Age | |
3. n-f. (geology) era | |
4. n-f. threshing floor | |
5. n-f. tipple | |
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 | |
menos |
1. adv. less | |
2. adv. (often with definite article) least | |
3. det. less, fewer | |
4. det. least, fewest | |
5. prep. minus | |
Dos menos uno son uno. - Two minus one is one. | |
6. prep. except | |
7. n-m. minus sign | |
amarga |
1. adj. feminine singular of amargo | |
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of amargar | |
amargar |
1. v. to make bitter; embitter | |
2. v. to go bitter, get bitter | |
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. | |
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 | |
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 | |
cantidad |
1. n-f. amount | |
2. n-f. quantity | |
3. n-f. figure | |
4. n-f. (colloquial Spain) plenty | |
5. adv. (colloquial) like hell; a hell of a lot; shedloads | |