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yo
1. pron. First-person singular pronoun in the nominative case; I
2. n-m. (psychoanalysis) Freud's concept of the ego
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.
sé
1. v. informal second-person singular positive imperative of ser
No lo sé. - I do not know.
2. v. informal second-person singular positive imperative of ser
¡Sé un voluntario! - Be a volunteer!
3. interj. (colloquial Chile Mexico) yes
saber
1. v. to know (a fact), to wit
Sé que volverá. - I know that it'll come back.
Lo siguiente que sé... - Next thing I know...
que yo sepa - as far as I know
Si tu supieras... - If you knew...
2. v. to know how to do something
Sabe hablar español. - He knows how to speak Spanish.
3. v. (in the preterite tense) to find out, to learn
4. v. to taste
Sabe a pollo. - It tastes like chicken.
5. v. to realize, to know (e.g. recognize)
El hombre no sabe lo talentoso que su hijo es. - The man doesn't realize how talented his son is.
6. v. to tell, to know (i.e. to discern or distinguish if something is the case)
Siempre es difícil saber si me mientes. - It's always hard to tell if you're lying to me.
7. v. (informal) to figure out
Todavía estamos tratando de saber qué acaba de pasar. - We're still trying to figure out what just happened.
8. v. to hear from (+ de)
No he sabido nada de ella en meses. - I haven't heard from her in months.
9. v. to hear of, to hear about, (+ de)
10. v. to learn of, to learn about, to find out about, to know about (+ de)
11. v. to be known
Ya se sabe que uno de los factores que aceleran esta enfermedad es el estrés. - It is known that one of the factors that speeds up this disease is stress.
12. v. to know (extremely well)
He oído que te sabes todas las líneas de la película de memoria. - I heard that you know all the lines of the movie by heart.
13. n-m. knowledge
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
no sé
1. Phrase. I don't know
tocar
1. v. to touch
2. v. to play (a musical instrument)
Ella toca el piano. - She plays the piano.
3. v. (impersonal, transitive) to be someone's time or turn
Ahora me toca jugar. - Now it's my turn to play.
te toca a ti - it's your turn
4. v. to knock
tocar la puerta - to knock on the door
5. v. to honk
tocar la bocina - to honk the horn
6. v. to ring
tocar un timbre - to ring a doorbell
7. v. to touch on (mention briefly)
8. v. to touch (affect emotionally)
9. v. to bunt
10. v. to comb or dress one's hair
11. v. to don a hat, scarf or other head covering
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
piano
1. n-m. (musical instrument) piano
pero
1. conj. but
Mi casa es pequeña pero cómoda. (My house is small but comfortable.)
2. conj. well well; so; well (used for emphasis)
3. n-m. but (restriction)
ella
1. pron. she, her (used subjectively and after prepositions)
2. pron. it (used subjectively and after prepositions to refer to feminine nouns)
sí
1. part. yes (commonly used to respond affirmatively to a question)
2. part. (Spain) hello (used to answer the telephone)
3. n-m. yes; aye, ay; approbation, acceptance
Ganaron los síes. - The ayes have it.
4. pron. himself, herself, itself, themselves, yourself, yourselves (form of se used after prepositions)
para sí - for himself/herself/itself/themselves/yourself/yourselves

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