| saludo |
| 1. n-m. greeting, greetings | |
| 2. n-m. salutation | |
| 3. v. first-person singular present indicative of saludar | |
| saludar |
| 1. v. to greet | |
| 2. v. to wave | |
| utilizado |
| 1. Participle. past participle of utilizar | |
| utilizar |
| 1. v. to use; to make use of; to utilize | |
| 2. v. to utilize | |
| cuando |
| 1. adv. when | |
| 2. conj. when | |
| Ven cuando estés listo. - Come when you're ready. | |
| ya |
| 1. adv. now | |
| Púlsalo ya. - Press it now. | |
| Preparados, listos, ya. - Ready, set, go. | |
| 2. adv. already, yet | |
| Ya lo hice. - I already did it. | |
| 3. adv. in the near future; soon | |
| 4. adv. immediately | |
| 5. adv. anymore; no longer | |
| 6. adv. (emphatic) (emphatic (similar to the use of English "so" or "oh" as an interjection)) | |
| ¡Ya lo sé! - I do know! | |
| 7. adv. (in negatives) only | |
| no ya... - not only... | |
| 8. adv. (before pero) yes | |
| ya, pero... - yes, but... | |
| 9. adv. (before que) since, now | |
| ya que... - now that... | |
| 10. adv. OK | |
| 11. conj. first (something) then (something else); first (something), now (something else) | |
| ¡Ya lluvia ya nieve! - First rain, now snow! | |
| 12. conj. whether (something) or (something else) | |
| ya sol ya lluvia - whether sun or rain | |
| 13. interj. come on!, let's go! | |
| 14. interj. (colloquial) (used to acknowledge or dismiss the previous statement) | |
| —Sabes que quedamos con Antonio esta tarde. —Ya. - "You know we're hanging out with Antonio tonight." "I know.". | |
| —No podrás venir, que trabajas ese día. —Ya, pero cerramos temprano los viernes. - "You can't come, you're working that day." "Right, but we close early on Fridays.". | |
| 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 | |
| ha |
| 1. v. third-person singular present indicative of haber | |
| haber |
| 1. v. (auxiliary) to have | |
| He trabajado muy duro durante este mes. - I have worked very hard during this month. | |
| Mi hermanito me pidió más chocolate, pero ya le había dado demasiado. - My little brother asked me for more chocolate, but I had already given him too much. | |
| 2. v. (obsolete) to hold, to possess | |
| 3. v. (impersonal, in third person singular only) to exist; “there is”, “there are” (hay); “there was”, “there were” (había) | |
| No hay muchas personas aquí. - There aren't many people here. | |
| En el cofre había un libro antiguo. - In the chest there was an antique book. | |
| 4. v. (dated, or formal) to have to (+ de + infinitive) | |
| 5. v. (Used only in the third-person existential form) to be necessary (+ que + infinitive) | |
| Hay que proteger el mundo. - It is necessary to protect the world. | |
| 6. v. used to denote a past obligation | |
| Haberla llamado. - You ought to have phoned her. | |
| 7. n-m. asset | |
| 8. n-m. history | |
| 9. n-m. credit side | |
| ido |
| 1. adj. away with the fairies; absent-minded | |
| 2. adj. nuts; cuckoo; bonkers (crazy) | |
| 3. Participle. past participle of ir | |
| 4. n-m. Ido (language) | |
| ir |
| 1. v. to go (away from speaker and listener) | |
| Nos gusta ir al cine. - We like to go to the movies. | |
| 2. v. to come (towards or with the listener) | |
| Quiero ir contigo. - I want to come with you. | |
| Iré a tu casa. - I'll come to your house. | |
| 3. v. (auxiliary) to be going to (near future), to go (+ a + infinitive) | |
| Voy a decirle la verdad. - I am going to tell her the truth. | |
| 4. v. to go away, to leave, to depart, to go (when the destination is not essential; when something or someone is going somewhere else) | |
| Lo siento. Tengo que irme. - I'm sorry. I have to leave. | |
| Él se va a salvar al mundo otra vez. - He's off to save the world again. | |
| 5. v. to leak out (with liquids and gasses), to boil away, to go flat (gas in drinks) | |
| 6. v. to overflow | |
| 7. v. to go out (lights) | |
| 8. v. to finish, to wear out, to disappear (e.g. money, paint, pains, mechanical parts) | |
| 9. v. to die | |
| 10. v. to break wind, to fart | |
| 11. v. to wet/soil oneself (i.e., urinate or defecate in one's pants) | |
| 12. v. to come, to cum, to ejaculate, to orgasm | |
| la |
| 1. art. the | |
| 2. pron. accusative of ella, ello (when the antecedent's implied gender is feminine), and usted (when referring to a woman); her, it, you (formal) | |
| 3. pron. (impersonal neuter pronoun (accusative) in certain colloquial phrases): it, this | |
| La sabe toda. - He/she knows everything (it all) | |
| ¡Dónde la viste! - Where have you seen this! | |
| No te la creo. - I don't believe you. | |
| 4. n-m. (music) la (sixth note of the scale) | |
| 5. n-m. (music) A (the musical note or key) | |
| Luz |
| 1. Proper noun. given name, female | |
| 2. n-f. light | |
| la luz extinguida - the extinguished light | |
| 3. n-f. (anatomy) lumen | |
| 4. n-f. (figurative usually in the plural) brightness, intelligence | |
| Vas a llegar con menos luces. - You're going to get there with less intellect. | |
| 5. n-f. (figurative) focus, point of view, understanding | |
| Debes verlo bajo una nueva luz. (You must see it from a new point of view.) | |
| 6. n-f. (electricity) electric power | |
| Se fue la luz. (The lights went out. (There is a blackout.)) | |
| 7. n-f. (architecture) span | |
| 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 | |
| día |
| 1. n-m. day (any period of 24 hours) | |
| 2. n-m. day (a period from midnight to the following midnight) | |
| 3. n-m. day (rotational period of a planet) | |
| 4. n-m. day (the part of a day period which one spends at work, school, etc.) | |
| 5. n-m. day, daytime (the part of the day between sunrise and sunset) | |
