| y |
| 1. conj. and | |
| 2. conj. (in names of number) and | |
| setenta y seis - seventy-six | |
| 3. conj. (in arithmetic) plus, and | |
| uno y uno son dos - one plus one is two | |
| 4. conj. (informal) well | |
| ¡Y por supuesto! - Well, of course! | |
| 5. 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. | |
| con |
| 1. prep. with | |
| 2. prep. on | |
| Yo cuento con ustedes. - I count on you. | |
| Su |
| 1. Proper noun. given name, female, diminutive=Susana | |
| 2. det. (before the noun) apocopic form of suyo his, her, its, one's, their, your (formal) | |
| Vino con su amigo. (He came with his friend.) | |
| Habló a sus hijas. (She spoke to her daughters.) | |
| 3. det. (used to express an approximate number): about, approximately | |
| Pesa sus dos kilogramos. - It weighs its two kilograms. | |
| 4. det. (before the noun, formal) apocopic form of suyo t=your | |
| estrechez |
| 1. n-f. narrowness | |
| 2. n-f. close relationship (kinship) | |
| 3. n-f. close friendship | |
| 4. n-f. trouble; a problematic situation | |
| 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 | |
| miras |
| 1. n. plural of mira | |
| 2. v. informal second-person singular present indicative of mirar | |
| mirar |
| 1. v. to look at (to try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes) | |
| 2. v. to watch (to look at, view, or observe for a period of time) | |
| Estábamos mirando la televisión. - We were watching TV. | |
| 3. v. to watch (to mind, attend, or guard) | |
| 4. v. to consider, think over (to think about seriously) | |
| 5. v. (used for emphasis); look | |
| ¡Mira qué linda! - How pretty! | |
| ¡Mirad! Este es el hombre quien hurta entre vosotros, a él se le debe atribuir esto. - Behold! This is the man who is stealing amongst you all, to him this must be attributed. | |
| ¡Mirad! Allí está el que os engaño, ¡agarradlo todos vosotros! - Look! There is the one who deceived you all, all of you, get him! | |
| 6. v. to seek, look for (to try to find) | |
| 7. v. to look (to try to see something, to pay attention with one’s eyes) | |
| 8. v. to face, overlook (to be oriented towards a certain direction or thing) | |
| 9. v. to look at oneself | |
| mira |
| 1. n-f. target | |
| 2. n-f. purpose, object | |
| 3. v. formal second-person singular present indicative of mirar | |
| todo |
| 1. det. all, every | |
| todos los días - every day | |
| Todos somos jóvenes. - We are all young. | |
| todo tipo de - every type/kind/sort of; all kinds/sorts of | |
| 2. det. each, every | |
| Toda persona es un individuo. - Every person is an individual. | |
| 3. pron. everything | |
| todo lo que dijiste - everything that you said | |
| debía |
| 1. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of deber | |
| deber |
| 1. v. to owe | |
| Debo mucho dinero. (I owe a lot of money.) | |
| 2. v. (auxiliary) must, to need to, to have to (rarely used in the conditional with this meaning) | |
| Debo estudiar. (I must study.) | |
| Eso debe haber sido muy difícil. - That must have been really hard. | |
| 3. v. (auxiliary) should, to ought to, to be supposed to, to be to | |
| Debería haber un plan en marcha. - There should be a plan in place. | |
| La gente no debería mensajear y conducir. - People aren't supposed to text and drive. | |
| Deberías disculparte. - You ought to apologize. | |
| Usted debe despertarse antes del amanecer. - You are to be up before sunrise. | |
| Los niños deberían dormir un poco. - The children should get some sleep. | |
| 4. v. (auxiliary) should have (in the preterite; having haber follow "deber" is optional and not required) | |
| Debiste esperarme. - You should have waited for me. | |
| Debiste haberme esperado. - You should have waited for me. | |
| 5. v. (auxiliary) shall (future tense usually) | |
| 6. v. to be due to, to be attributable to, to be the result of, to be caused by | |
| 7. v. (with de and infinitive) probably or most likely do or happen something (add a degree of insecurity to the verb) | |
| Debes de viajar por avión, China está muy lejos. (You should probably travel by plane, China is very far away.) | |
| 8. n-m. obligation, duty | |
| 9. n-m. debt | |
| 10. n-m. should, ought (modal noun) | |
| 11. n-m. (usually in the plural) homework | |
| 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 | |
| efecto |
| 1. n-m. effect | |
| No cree que los nuevos medicamentos tuvieran efecto alguno. - He doesn't believe that the new medications had any effect. | |
| surtir efecto - have an effect | |
| en efecto |
| 1. adv. indeed, in fact, actually | |
| 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 | |
| muy |
| 1. adv. very | |
| Tengo un coche muy caro. - I have a very expensive car. | |
| simple |
| 1. adj. simple (uncomplicated) | |
| 2. adj. (before the noun) mere, ordinary | |
| Soy un simple pescador. - I'm just a fisherman. | |
| 3. adj. simple, single (not divided into parts) | |
| 4. adj. simple-minded, stupid | |
| 5. adj. insipid, flavorless | |
| 6. adj. (grammar) simple | |
| 7. n. simpleton, fool | |
| 8. n-m. (pharmacology) simple | |
| muy |
| 1. adv. very | |
| Tengo un coche muy caro. - I have a very expensive car. | |
| Claro |
| 1. Proper noun. given name, male | |
| 2. adj. light, bright | |
| 3. adj. clear | |
| alto y claro - loud and clear | |
| 4. adv. certainly, naturally, of course | |
| 5. n-m. sunny spell | |
| Lluvia por la mañana y apertura de claros por la tarde. - Rain in the morning and sunny spells in the afternoon | |
| 6. n-m. clearing | |
| 7. n-m. bald patch | |
| 8. interj. of course; for sure; sure (indicates enthusiastic agreement) | |
| 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. | |
| según |
| 1. prep. according to | |
| Según dice Marta... - According to what Marta says... | |
| Según la leyenda... - According to the legend... | |
| 2. prep. as, just as, the same way | |
| Todo queda según estaba. - Everything stays just as it was. | |
| 3. prep. depending on | |
| Su |
| 1. Proper noun. given name, female, diminutive=Susana | |
| 2. det. (before the noun) apocopic form of suyo his, her, its, one's, their, your (formal) | |
| Vino con su amigo. (He came with his friend.) | |
| Habló a sus hijas. (She spoke to her daughters.) | |
| 3. det. (used to express an approximate number): about, approximately | |
| Pesa sus dos kilogramos. - It weighs its two kilograms. | |
| 4. det. (before the noun, formal) apocopic form of suyo t=your | |
| expresión |
| 1. n-f. expression | |
| no |
| 1. adv. no | |
| 2. adv. not | |
| 3. interj. eh? (used as a tag question, to emphasise what goes before or to request that the listener express an opinion about what has been said) | |
| 4. n-m. no | |
| 5. n-m. abbreviation of número; no. | |
| le |
| 1. pron. to him, for him; dative of él | |
| Mi mamá va a escribirle una carta. - My mom is going to write him a letter. | |
| 2. pron. to her, for her; dative of ella | |
| Le dio un beso a Ana. - He gave Ana a kiss. | |
| 3. pron. to it, for it; dative of ello | |
| ¡Ponle esfuerzo! - Put some effort into it! | |
| 4. pron. to you, for you (formal); dative of usted | |
| ¿A usted le gustan los caballos? - Do you like horses? | |
| 5. pron. gender-neutral;neologism to them, for them (singular); dative of elle | |
| Le diré que te llame. - I will tell them to call you. | |
| quedaba |
| 1. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of quedar | |
| quedar |
| 1. v. to be (as a result of something) | |
| quedar de acuerdo - to be in agreement (as a result of a discussion) | |
| quedar embarazada - get pregnant | |
| Quedo contento con el coche. - I am pleased with the car (after buying it). | |
| Las ciudades quedaron destruidas por la guerra. - The cities were destroyed as a result of the war. | |
| 2. v. to be situated; to be located (used with only static objects, such as buildings) | |
| Queda muy lejos. - It is too far. | |
| Queda por allí. - It's over there. | |
| Nuestra tienda queda en la Alameda Central. - Our store is located on Central Boulevard. | |
| 3. v. to be left; to remain | |
| ¿Queda un poco de pastel? - Is there a little pie left? | |
| Me quedan muchas tareas por hacer. - There is a lot of homework left for me to do. | |
| 4. v. to fit, to suit; to look good (clothes) | |
| Esos pantalones ya no te quedan. - Those pants don't fit you anymore. | |
| No me queda bien este gorro - This hat doesn't look good on me. | |
| 5. v. to turn out, e.g. well or poorly | |
| quedar bien; quedar mal - turn out well; turn out badly | |
| ¡Le quedó excelente su maqueta! - Her miniature mockup turned out well! | |
| 6. v. to agree on | |
| quedar en - agree on | |
| Quedamos en encontrarnos mañana. - We agreed to meet tomorrow. | |
| 7. v. to agree to meet up (for drinks) | |
| Quedamos con Daniel. - We agreed to meet up with Daniel. | |
| 8. v. to die | |
| Ya quedé. - (It is certain) I am dead (e.g. in a videogame). | |
| Ya vas a quedar si sigues tomando tanto. - You're going to fall dead if you keep drinking (alcohol) like this. | |
| 9. v. to turn out, become, go (usually used for negative, physical descriptions) | |
| quedarse calvo - go bald | |
| quedarse ciego - go blind | |
| quedarse corto - come out short | |
| quedarse limpio - go broke | |
| quedarse embarazada - get pregnant | |
| quedarse triste - become sad | |
| 10. v. to stay; to remain, to stick | |
| quedarse atrás - stay behind, lag behind | |
| ¡quédate aquí! - stay here! | |
| ¿Te quedaste en casa todo el fin de semana? - Did you stay at home the whole weekend? | |
| Me quedaré con el mismo dentista que siempre he tenido. - I'll stick with the same dentist I've always had. | |
| 11. v. to keep, take (become the possessor of something) | |
| quedarse (con) algo - keep something | |
| Me quedo con este. - I'll take this one. | |
| ¿Puedo quedármelo? - Can I keep it? | |
| 12. v. to play for a fool | |
| quedarse con Anna - play Anna for a fool | |
| 13. v. to kid, to pull someone's leg | |
| más |
| 1. adv. more; -er (used to make comparisons) | |
| Teresa es más lista que su hermano. - Teresa is more clever than her brother. | |
| Hay más de cien personas aquí. - There are more than a hundred people here. | |
| 2. adv. (with definite article) most; -est (used to make superlatives) | |
| Teresa es la más inteligente de la clase. - Teresa is the most intelligent in her class. | |
| la cosa más grande - the biggest thing | |
| 3. adv. furthermore | |
| 4. adv. in addition | |
| 5. adv. else | |
| algo más - something/anything else | |
| nadie más - nobody else | |
| 6. adv. used with qué to express emphasis | |
| ¡Qué paisaje más hermoso! - What a pretty landscape! | |
| ¡Qué niño más tonto! - What a silly boy! | |
| 7. det. more, any more | |
| 8. det. most | |
| 9. conj. (mathematics) plus | |
| uno más uno es igual a dos - one plus one is equal to two | |
| sino |
| 1. n-m. destiny, fate, lot | |
| 2. conj. but (after a negative clause) (i.e., "but rather", "but only", or "but rather only") | |
| No es cantante, sino actor. - He is not a singer, but an actor. | |
| 3. conj. except, apart from | |
| 4. conj. only, solely | |
| No eres sino un alumno. - You are solely a student. | |
| 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 | |
| lógico |
| 1. adj. logical | |
| 2. n-m. logician | |
