| con |
| 1. prep. with | |
| 2. prep. on | |
| Yo cuento con ustedes. - I count on 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. | |
| discontinuidad |
| 1. n-f. discontinuity | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| tiempo |
| 1. n-m. (also, physics) time | |
| No tengo tiempo. - I don't have time. / I haven't got time. | |
| 2. n-m. a while, period of time, long time, length of time, indeterminate amount of time | |
| ¿Cuánto tiempo hace que vives aquí? - How long have you been living here? | |
| Amiga, ha pasado demasiado tiempo. - Too much time has passed. | |
| Hace tiempo que yo no tomaba un buen trago. - It's been a while since I've had a good drink. | |
| 3. n-m. tense | |
| El verbo camina está en tiempo presente. - The verb camina is in the present tense. | |
| 4. n-m. weather | |
| ¿Qué tiempo hace? - What is the weather like? / How is the weather? | |
| Hace buen tiempo. - The weather is fine. | |
| mediando |
| 1. v. gerund of mediar | |
| mediar |
| 1. v. to mediate | |
| 2. v. to center, to give a central, medium or average value | |
| algún |
| 1. det. (before the noun) apocopic form of alguno; some, any | |
| ¿Haces algún deporte? - Do you do any sport? | |
| alguno |
| 1. det. some, any | |
| ¿Quiere alguna cosa? - Do you want anything? | |
| Algún día lo haré. - I will do it someday. | |
| 2. det. any (used for emphasis) | |
| No tiene talento alguno. - He doesn't have any talent at all. | |
| 3. det. various | |
| 4. pron. someone | |
| 5. pron. some, some people | |
| 6. pron. one (thing); a few | |
| tiempo |
| 1. n-m. (also, physics) time | |
| No tengo tiempo. - I don't have time. / I haven't got time. | |
| 2. n-m. a while, period of time, long time, length of time, indeterminate amount of time | |
| ¿Cuánto tiempo hace que vives aquí? - How long have you been living here? | |
| Amiga, ha pasado demasiado tiempo. - Too much time has passed. | |
| Hace tiempo que yo no tomaba un buen trago. - It's been a while since I've had a good drink. | |
| 3. n-m. tense | |
| El verbo camina está en tiempo presente. - The verb camina is in the present tense. | |
| 4. n-m. weather | |
| ¿Qué tiempo hace? - What is the weather like? / How is the weather? | |
| Hace buen tiempo. - The weather is fine. | |
| entre |
| 1. prep. between | |
| Entre tú y yo... - Between you and me... | |
| 2. prep. among, amongst, from | |
| Los estudiantes pueden elegir entre una amplia gama de clases. - Students may choose from a wide range of classes. | |
| 3. prep. divided by | |
| Diez entre cinco son dos. - Ten divided by five is two. | |
| 4. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of entrar | |
| entrar |
| 1. v. to enter | |
| 2. v. to come in, to get in, to go in, to get inside, to come on in | |
| 3. v. to break in | |
| 4. v. to join, to enter, to start | |
| 5. v. to access, to log in | |
| 6. v. to fit | |
| 7. v. to step in | |
| 8. v. to input, to enter (data, information) | |
| 9. v. to enter in, to enter into, to get into, to come into, to walk into, to step into, to slip into (entrar + en) | |
| 10. v. to break into (entrar + en) | |
| 11. v. to fit in, to fall in, to fall within (entrar + en) | |
| 12. v. (colloquial transitive) to make a move (on someone) | |
| 13. v. (soccer, sports) tackle (to attempt to take away a ball) | |
| acciones |
| 1. n. plural of acción | |
| 2. v. informal second-person singular present subjunctive of accionar | |
| accionar |
| 1. v. to put into motion; to start | |
| 2. v. to gesticulate | |
| 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) | |
| situaciones |
| 1. n. plural of situación | |
| situación |
| 1. n-f. situation, scenario, picture | |
| sea cual sea la situación - whatever/regardless of the situation | |
| 2. n-f. position (based on circumstance or the effect of another's actions) | |
| Me pones en una situación imposible. - You are putting me in a impossible position. | |
| 3. n-f. status, state of affairs, condition | |
| 4. n-f. location | |
| 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. | |
| sin |
| 1. prep. without | |
| (ant-lite, con) | |
| regularidad |
| 1. n-f. regularity | |
| establecida |
| 1. adj. feminine singular of establecido | |
| 2. Participle. feminine singular of establecido | |
| establecido |
| 1. adj. established | |
| 2. Participle. past participle of establecer | |
| 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. | |
| siempre |
| 1. adv. always | |
| ¿Por qué siempre me mientes? - Why do you always lie to me? | |
| Las cosas no siempre han sido así. - Things haven't always been that way. | |
| 2. adv. in spite of it, still...at least | |
| Pase lo que pase, nosotros siempre estaremos juntos. - Whatever happens, we'll still be together at least. | |
| 3. adv. (Latin America) all the same, ultimately, in the end | |
| Siempre no fui a la fiesta. - I didn't go to the party all the same. | |
| 4. adv. (Colombia, Philippines) of course | |
