pequeño |
1. adj. small; little | |
Tengo un gatito pequeñito. - I have a small kitten. | |
instrumento |
1. n-m. instrument (device) | |
2. n-m. (musical) instrument | |
3. n-m. tool, means | |
4. n-m. (law) instrument | |
5. n-m. (vulgar) tool (a term for the penis) | |
6. v. first-person singular present indicative of instrumentar | |
instrumentar |
1. v. to orchestrate | |
musical |
1. adj. musical | |
2. n-m. musical | |
instrumento musical |
1. n-m. musical instrument | |
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 | |
viento |
1. n-m. wind (the movement of air) | |
2. n-m. woodwind section (of an orchestra) | |
3. n-m. guy rope | |
4. v. first-person singular present indicative of ventar | |
ventar |
1. v. to blow | |
2. v. to sniff, scent | |
con |
1. prep. with | |
2. prep. on | |
Yo cuento con ustedes. - I count on you. | |
lenguetas |
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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 | |
metal |
1. n-m. metal | |
2. n-m. (heraldry) metal | |
3. n-m. (music) metal | |
construído |
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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 | |
varios |
1. adj. masculine plural of vario | |
2. adj. various, several | |
tamaños |
1. adj. masculine plural of tamaño | |
2. n. plural of tamaño | |
tamaño |
1. adj. as big or small; equivalent in size; so big/so small; such a big/small | |
2. n-m. size | |
con |
1. prep. with | |
2. prep. on | |
Yo cuento con ustedes. - I count on you. | |
registro |
1. n-m. registration, record | |
2. n-m. roll, register, logbook, log | |
3. n-m. entry (in a register or log) | |
4. n-m. search (of a building, by police etc.) | |
5. n-m. recording (of audio or video) | |
6. n-m. (linguistics) register | |
7. n-m. (music) register (of voice) | |
8. n-m. (sports) record; personal best | |
9. v. first-person singular present indicative of registrar | |
registrar |
1. v. to register, record | |
2. v. to examine, inspect, search | |
3. v. to check in | |
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 | |
dos |
1. num. two | |
2. n. plural of do | |
do |
1. n-m. do (musical note) | |
2. n-m. C (musical note or key) | |
3. adv. (obsolete) where | |
4. pron. (obsolete) where | |
escalas |
1. n. plural of escala | |
2. v. informal second-person singular present indicative of escalar | |
escalar |
1. v. to scale, to climb | |
2. adj. scalar | |
escayolar |
1. v. to put a plaster cast on | |
escala |
1. n-f. ladder (a frame, usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, used for ascent and descent) | |
2. n-f. scale (an ordered, usually numerical sequence used for measurement, means of assigning a magnitude) | |
3. n-f. (music) scale (a series of notes spanning an octave) | |
4. n-f. ladder, hierarchy (of a company, of the military) | |
5. n-f. scale (the ratio of depicted distance to actual distance) | |
6. n-f. scale (size; scope) | |
a gran escala - on a broad scale | |
7. n-f. stopover, layover (a short interruption in a journey or the place visited during such an interruption) | |
8. v. third-person singular present indicative of escalar | |
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. | |
que |
1. conj. that | |
Él dice que está triste. - He says that he is sad. | |
2. conj. than | |
Llego más tarde que tú. - I am arriving later than you. | |
3. conj. (indicating a reason); because, for | |
¡Ve más lento, que es resbaloso! - Slow down, (for) it is slippery! | |
4. conj. (indicating desire or permission); may (used with the subjunctive) | |
Que te vaya bien. - May it go well for you. | |
Que Dios me perdone. - May God forgive me. | |
5. pron. who; that | |
la estrella que está en la película - the star who is in the movie | |
6. pron. that; whom | |
la mujer con la que yo hablé - the woman with whom I spoke | |
7. pron. that; which | |
la casa que yo quiero - the house that I want | |
8. prep. than | |
9. prep. like, as | |
10. part. to | |
se |
1. pron. (third person (also used for usted and ustedes) reflexive direct or indirect object) oneself, himself, herself, itself, yourself; each other; one another | |
Juan se lava. - Juan washes himself. | |
Juan se lava la cara. - Juan to himself washes the face. | |
Juan y María se aman. - Juan and María love each other. | |
2. pron. (used to convey the meaning of the English passive voice in the third person and with) usted and ustedes | |
¿Cómo se llama? - How do you call yourself? | |
Se dice que... - It says itself that... | |
Aquí se habla español - One speaks Spanish here, Spanish speaks itself here. | |
3. pron. (used instead of indirect object pronouns) le and les (before the direct object pronouns lo, la, los, or las) | |
El samaritano se las dio. - The Samaritan gave them to him. | |
4. v. misspelling of sé | |
toca |
1. n-f. kerchief, turban cloth (so to say) | |
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of tocar | |
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 | |
soplando |
1. v. gerund of soplar | |
soplar |
1. v. to blow | |
El viento siguió soplando todo el día. - The wind continued blowing all day. | |
2. v. to tattle, to snitch | |
3. v. to whisper | |
4. v. to prompt | |
5. v. to inspire | |
O |
1. Letter. the 16th letter of the Spanish alphabet | |
2. n. abbreviation of oeste; west | |
3. conj. or | |
¿Quieres un café o algo más? - Do you want a coffee or something else? | |
4. conj. either … or | |
(ant-lite, ni, alt1=ni … ni) | |
aspirando |
1. v. gerund of aspirar | |
aspirar |
1. v. to inhale | |
2. v. to aspire, to desire to be | |
3. v. to vacuum | |
sobre |
1. prep. over, above, on, upon, atop | |
La pluma de mi tía está sobre la mesa. - My aunt's pen is on the table. | |
2. prep. about | |
Dime algo sobre ti. - Tell me something about yourself. | |
3. n-m. envelope | |
4. n-m. small packet; sachet | |
5. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of sobrar | |
sobrar |
1. v. to be superfluous; to be left over or extra | |
Les sobran los libros. - They have too many books. | |
Me sobran diez dólares. - I have ten dollars left over. | |
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 | |