to
(unstressed before consonant [tə], , unstressed before vowel [tʊ], , stressed [tu:])preposition
| 1. | [indicating place, direction]
a
to go to Liverpool/Spain/school ir a Liverpool/España/la escuela to go to the doctor's/John's ir al médico/a casa de John the road to Glasgow la carretera de Glasgow to the left/right a la izquierda/derecha to the east/west hacia el este/oeste |
| 2. | (to express indirect object)
a
to give something to somebody darle algo a alguien to talk to somebody hablar con alguien a threat to somebody una amenaza para alguien we were listening to the radio escuchábamos la radio |
| 3. | [as far as]
hasta, a
to count to ten contar hasta diez we work from nine to five trabajamos de nueve a cinco |
| 4. | [in expressions of time]
it's ten/a quarter to three son las tres menos diez/cuarto |
| 5. | [per]
por
40 miles to the gallon un galón (por) cada 40 millas |
| 6. | [of]
de
the key to the car la llave del coche |
| 7. | [for]
para
a letter to my daughter una carta para or a mi hija |
| 8. | [indicating reaction, effect]
to my surprise para sorpresa mía to be to one's advantage ir en beneficio de uno to be to somebody's liking ser del gusto de alguien |
| 9. | [in stating opinion]
to me, he's lying para mí que miente it seemed quite unnecessary to me/him etc. para mí/él etc. aquello parecía del todo innecesario |
| 10. | [indicating state, process]
to drive somebody to drink llevar a alguien a la bebida to shoot to fame verse catapultado a la fama to lead to trouble traer problemas |
| 11. | [accompanied by]
we danced to the sound of guitars bailábamos al son de las guitarras |
to
(unstressed before consonant [tə], , unstressed before vowel [tʊ], , stressed [tu:])adverb
[shut]
push the door to cierra la puerta
to
(unstressed before consonant [tə], , unstressed before vowel [tʊ], , stressed [tu:])with infinitive
| 1. | (forming simple infinitive)
to walk andar |
| 2. | (following another verb)
to begin to do something empezar a hacer algo to try/want to do something intentar/querer hacer algo to hate to have to do something odiar tener que hacer algo |
| 3. | (following an adjective)
difficult to do difícil de hacer ready to go listos para marchar |
| 4. | (indicating purpose)
para
I'm doing it to help you lo hago para ayudarte he came to see me vino a verme |
| 5. | (substituting for a relative clause)
I have a lot to do tengo mucho que hacer he told me to leave me dijo que me fuera |
| 6. | (to avoid repetition of infinitive)
I meant to call him but I forgot to tenía intención de llamarle pero se me olvidó |
| 7. | [in comments]
to be honest ... para ser honesto ... to sum up ... para resumir ..., resumiendo ... |
to and fro
adverb
de un lado para otro, de aquí para allá
