| 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. | |
| cierta |
| 1. adj. feminine singular of cierto | |
| 2. det. feminine singular of cierto | |
| cierto |
| 1. adj. (of a person) true | |
| 2. adj. (of a claim) true | |
| Cierto o falso: la mayoría de los Españoles son hispanohablantes. - True or false: the majority of Spanish people are Spanish speakers. | |
| Es cierto que ambos tienen razón. - It's true that both of them are right. | |
| 3. det. a certain, a specific | |
| Tiene cierta complejidad que no puedo explicar. - It has a certain complexity that I can't explain. | |
| distancia |
| 1. n-f. distance | |
| No podrían acertar a un elefante a esta distancia. - They couldn’t hit an elephant at this distance. | |
| 2. v. third-person singular present indicative of distanciar | |
| distanciar |
| 1. v. to separate, distance, space out | |
| 2. v. to become separated | |
| a distancia |
| 1. adv. at a distance; from a distance; aloof | |
| del |
| 1. contraction. of the, from the (+ a masculine noun in singular). | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| punto |
| 1. n-m. point (a specific spot, location, or place) | |
| 2. n-m. point (a unit of scoring) | |
| Tienes cinco puntos. - You have five points. | |
| Ese artículo cuesta tres puntos. - That item costs three points. | |
| 3. n-m. (grammar) point (a full stop or period) | |
| 4. n-m. (math) point (a decimal mark) | |
| 5. n-m. (sewing) stitch (a single pass of a needle in sewing or surgery suture) | |
| 6. n-m. bombshell (a great surprise or shock) | |
| 7. n-m. (historical) punto, Spanish point (a traditional small unit of length, equivalent to about 0.16 mm) | |
| 8. interj. that's it! | |
| 9. v. first-person singular present indicative of puntar | |
| puntar |
| 1. v. to point, to mark with points | |
| 2. v. to add vowel markings, to Hebrew or Arabic script | |
| previamente |
| 1. adv. previously | |
| designado |
| 1. n-m. (Honduras, politics) vice; stand-in | |
| 2. Participle. past participle of designar | |
| designar |
| 1. v. to designate | |
| Como |
| 1. Proper noun. Como (city and capital of Como) | |
| 2. adv. as (to such an extent or degree) | |
| No es tan alta como nosotras. - She's not as tall as us. | |
| 3. adv. like, about (approximately) | |
| Hemos esperado como media hora. - We've waited like half an hour. | |
| 4. conj. as (introducing a basis of comparison or equality) | |
| ¿Tienes tanta hambre como yo? - Are you as hungry as I am? | |
| 5. conj. as, since (being that) | |
| Como nunca vio mi mensaje, vamos sin ella. - Since she never saw my message, we're going without her. | |
| 6. conj. how (in which way) | |
| Me gusta como hablas. - I like how you talk. | |
| 7. conj. (followed by the subjunctive) if, unless (under the condition that) | |
| Como llegues tarde otra vez, ¡te mato! - If you arrive late again, I'll kill you! | |
| 8. prep. as (in the manner or role specified) | |
| Mis ahijados me ven como un tío. - My godchildren see me as an uncle. | |
| 9. prep. such as (for example) | |
| Algunos países de Asia, como Laos y Vietnam... - Some countries in Asia, such as Laos and Vietnam... | |
| 10. prep. like (similar to, reminiscent of) | |
| Llevan gafas redondas como las de John Lennon. - They wear round glasses like John Lennon's. | |
| 11. v. first-person singular present indicative of comer | |
| comer |
| 1. v. to eat | |
| ¿Cómo como? ¿Cómo cómo como? ¡Como como como! (classroom example of written accent) - How do I eat? What do you mean, how do I eat? I eat like I eat! | |
| 2. v. (colloquial) to eat away, corrode | |
| 3. v. to capture a piece | |
| 4. v. (double entendre, Mexico) to have sexual intercourse (because of similarity to coger) | |
| 5. n-m. eating, food | |
| quitárselo uno de su comer - to deprive oneself of something for the benefit of others | |
| el comer fuera es muy común - eating out is very common | |
| ...necesario para el alma como el comer para el cuerpo - ...necessary for the soul like food for the body | |
| allá |
| 1. adv. there, over there, thither, yonder (in a direction away from the speaker and the listener) | |
| 2. adv. then; back then (in time) | |
| 3. adv. expressing rejection or lack of interest towards the speaker | |
| allá tú - that's your problem / too bad for you / that's up to you | |
| 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 | |
| un |
| 1. art. a | |
| 2. num. (before the noun) apocopic form of uno one | |
| lugar |
| 1. n-m. place | |
| relativamente |
| 1. adv. relatively | |
| distante |
| 1. adj. distant (space or time) | |
| 2. adj. detached, aloof, standoffish | |
