| yo |
| 1. pron. First-person singular pronoun in the nominative case; I | |
| 2. n-m. (psychoanalysis) Freud's concept of the ego | |
| 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. | |
| pregunté |
| 1. v. first-person singular preterit indicative of preguntar | |
| preguntar |
| 1. v. to ask | |
| Me preguntó por su hija. - He asked me about his daughter. | |
| Le preguntamos a la profesora cómo proceder. - We asked the teacher how to proceed. | |
| 2. v. to wonder, to ask oneself, to ponder | |
| Me pregunté si todo había sido un sueño. - I wondered if everything had been a dream. | |
| Todavía me pregunto cómo pudo pasar eso. - I still wonder how that could happen. | |
| 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. | |
| mi |
| 1. det. (before the noun) apocopic form of mío, my | |
| 2. n-f. mu; the Greek letter Μ, μ | |
| madre |
| 1. n-f. mother | |
| 2. n-f. (figuratively) mother (source or origin) | |
| 3. n-f. (Christianity) mother (nun) | |
| 4. n-f. (hydrology) riverbed | |
| 5. n-f. dregs (of a drink) | |
| 6. n-f. (Mexico, colloquial, vulgar, slang) thing | |
| si |
| 1. conj. if | |
| el |
| 1. art. (masculine singular definite article); the | |
| 2. art. feminine singular definite article used before nouns which start with a stressed 'a': | |
| el alma, las almas - the soul, the souls | |
| el hacha, las hachas - the axe, the axes | |
| desayuno |
| 1. n-m. breakfast | |
| Para mi desayuno, tomo pan. - For my breakfast, I have bread. | |
| 2. v. first-person singular present indicative of desayunar | |
| desayunar |
| 1. v. to break a fast | |
| 2. v. to have (for) breakfast | |
| Desayuno a las siete y media. - I breakfast at 7:30. | |
| estaba |
| 1. v. third-person singular imperfect 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) | |
| listo |
| 1. adj. clever, smart (qual, with ser) | |
| Cree que es el estudiante más listo de su clase. - He has the illusion that he is the smartest in his class. | |
| 2. adj. ready, set, all set, prepared, poised, up, down (qual, with estar) | |
| ¿Estás listo? - Are you ready? | |
| Ella siempre estaba lista para un desafío. - She was always up for a challenge. | |
| Estoy listo para lo que quieras hacer. - I'm down for whatever you want to do. | |
| 3. adj. alert | |
| 4. interj. get set! (before starting a race) | |
| 5. interj. that's it! (it's finished!) | |
| 6. v. first-person singular present indicative of listar | |
| listar |
| 1. v. to register, enter in a list | |
| 2. v. to stripe, streak | |
