2.1.2 Vocab Enrichment Flashcards

The majority of this deck deals with grammar words. This roughly covers cards 1580-1650 of our 9000+ Spanish vocabulary cards, which Brainscape's linguists have ordered from most fundamental (“hello”) to most esoteric (“fluorescent”).

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extra / spare

e.g. If we have extra time, then we can play a quick game of cards before we leave

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extra / de más / de sobra

ej. Si tenemos tiempo de sobra, podemos jugar una mano rápida de cartas antes de irnos

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farther

e.g. They live farther away from the city than we do

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más lejos

ej. Ellos viven más lejos de la ciudad que nosotros

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further / additional

e.g. further preparation

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adicional

ej. preparación adicional

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to get on / to board / to get in

e.g. to get on a plane, to get on a bike, to get into a car, etc.

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subir a / montar / montar en

ej. subir a un avión, montar en una bici, subir a un carro, etc.

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to get off of / to get off / to get out of

e.g. to get off a plane, to get off a bus, to get out of a car, etc.

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bajar de / salir de

ej. bajar de un avión, bajar de un bus, salir de un carro, etc.

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to get used to

e.g. I got used to the cold weather

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acostumbrarse / habituarse

ej. Me acostumbré al tiempo frío

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to get up / to get out of bed

e.g. He gets up early

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levantarse

ej. Él se levanta temprano

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to get up / to stand up

e.g. Get up off the ground

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levantarse / pararse / ponerse de pie

ej. Levántate del suelo

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grammar

e.g. I hate learning grammar in a foreign language, but it is sometimes necessary

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la gramática

ej. Detesto aprender gramática en un idioma extranjero, pero a veces es necesario

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grammatical

e.g. The two dialects have a few grammatical differences but are mostly the same

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gramatical, gramática

ej. Los dos dialectos tienen algunas diferencias gramáticas, pero son prácticamente iguales

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a paragraph

e.g. Don’t write a long essay. Three paragraphs would be fine

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un párrafo

ej. No escribas un largo ensayo. Tres párrafos serían suficiente

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a noun

e.g. “Food” is a noun, while “eat” is a verb

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un sustantivo / un nombre

ej. “Comida” es un sustantivo, mientras que “comer” es un verbo

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a verb

e.g. “Seat” is a noun, while “sit” is a verb

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un verbo

ej. “Asiento” es un sustantivo, mientras que “sentar” es un verbo

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an adjective

e.g. “Happy” is my favorite adjective

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un adjetivo

ej. “Feliz” es mi adjetivo preferido

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an adverb

e.g. Most English adverbs end in “-ly”

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un adverbio

ej. La mayoría de los adverbios en español terminan en “-mente”

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a preposition

e.g. Some of the most common prepositions are “for”, “by”, “on”, “in, and “at”

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una preposición

ej. Algunas de las preposiciones más comunes son “a”, “con”, “de”, “en” y “para”

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an article

e.g. My favorite articles in the newspaper are about sports

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un artículo

ej. Mis artículos favoritos en el periódico son los deportes

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a pronoun

e.g. He, she, you, and I are common pronouns

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un pronombre

ej. Él, ella, tú y yo son pronombres comunes

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a conjunction

e.g. “But” is a common conjunction

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una conjunción

ej. “Pero” es una conjunción común

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vocabulary

e.g. A strong vocabulary is an important part of learning a language

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el vocabulario

ej. Un buen vocabulario es una parte importante de aprender un idioma

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the meaning / the significance

e.g. I do not know the meaning of this word

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el significado

ej. No conozco el significado de esta palabra

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a definition

e.g. I looked up the definition of the word in the dictionary

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una definición

ej. Busqué la definición de la palabra en el diccionario

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to define

e.g. Can you define that word?

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definir

ej. ¿Puedes definir esa palabra?

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singular

e.g. “Cow” is the singular of “cattle”

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el singular

e.g. “Vaca” es el singular de “ganado”

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a plural

e.g. “Children” is the plural of “child”

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un plural

ej. “Hijos” es el plural de “hijo”

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alphabetical

e.g. Please arrange these files in alphabetical order

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alfabético

ej. Por favor organiza estos archivos en orden alfabético

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capital / uppercase

e.g. capital letters

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mayúscula

ej. letras mayúsculas

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lowercase

e.g. lowercase letters

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minúscula

ej. letras minúsculas

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a vowel

e.g. There are five vowels in English: a, e, i, o, and u

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una vocal

ej. Hay cinco vocales en español: a, e, i, o, u

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a consonant

e.g. Any letter that is not a vowel is a consonant

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una consonante

ej. Cualquier letra que no es una vocal es una consonante

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a syllable

e.g. The word “hello” has two syllables

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una sílaba

ej. La palabra “hola” tiene dos sílabas

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pronunciation

e.g. He can write English quite well, but he has terrible pronunciation when he speaks

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la pronunciación

ej. Él escribe inglés bastante bien, pero su pronunciación al hablar es terrible

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a phrase / an expression

e.g. I can’t speak Swedish fluently, but I do know a few basic phrases

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una frase

ej. No hablo bien el sueco, pero sí sé unas cuantas frases básicas

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a phrasebook

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una guía de conversación

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punctuation

e.g. English rules of punctuation are hard to understand

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la puntuación

ej. Las reglas de puntuación del inglés son difíciles de entender

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a punctuation mark

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un signo de puntuación

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a period

e.g. The period is the most common punctuation mark to use at the end of a sentence

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un punto

ej. El punto es el signo de puntuación más común que se usa al final de una oración

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a comma / ,

e.g. I always forget when to use a comma

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una coma / ,

ej. Siempre se me olvida dónde usar una coma

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a colon / :

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dos puntos / :

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a semi-colon / ;

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un punto y coma / ;

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a hyphen / a dash

e.g. The term “physical-chemical” has a hyphen in the middle

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un guión

ej. El término “físico-químico” tiene un guión en medio

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an apostrophe

e.g. The word “don’t” has an apostrophe between the n and t

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un apóstrofo

ej. La palabra “don’t” en inglés tiene un apóstrofo entre la n y la t

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an accent / an accent mark

e.g. There’s an accent on the é

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un acento / una tilde

ej. Hay un acento en la é

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etc. / and so on / and so on and so forth

e.g. For breakfast, I ate eggs, bacon, toast, etc.

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etc. / y todo eso / etcétera

ej. Para desayunar, comí huevos, tocino, pan tostado, etc.

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an abbreviation

e.g. “Aug.” is the abbreviation for the month of August

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una abreviatura

ej. “Ago.” es la abreviatura para el mes de agosto

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a synonym

e.g. “Car” is a synonym for “automobile”

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un sinónimo

ej. “Coche” es un sinónimo de “auto”

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an antonym

e.g. “Tall” and “short” are antonyms

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un antónimo

ej. “Alto” y “bajo” son antónimos

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an acronym

e.g. NATO is a common acronym

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un acrónimo / una sigla

ej. OTAN es un acrónimo común

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conjugation

e.g. Verb conjugation is the hardest part of learning Spanish

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la conjugación

ej. La conjugación de los verbos es la parte más difícil de aprender español

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tense

e.g. present tense, future tense, simple past tense, etc.

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el tiempo

ej. el tiempo presente, el tiempo futuro, el pretérito simple, etc.

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infinitive

e.g. “To be” is the infinitive form of “am, are, is, was, etc.”

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el infinitivo

ej. “Ser” es el infinitivo de “soy, eres, es, era, etc”.

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the direct object

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el objeto directo

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the indirect object

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el objeto indirecto

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a guest / a house guest / company

e.g. My mother loves to have company over for dinner

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un invitado / un huésped

ej. A mi madre le encanta tener invitados a cenar

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to be welcome

e.g. You’re always welcome at our house

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ser bienvenido

ej. Serás siempre bienvenido en nuestra casa

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to hit / to strike / to bash

e.g. She hit him in stomach

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golpear / pegar / dar un golpe

ej. Lo golpeó en la barriga

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to hit back

e.g. She hit him and then he hit her back

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devolver el golpe

ej. Ella le pegó y entonces él le devolvió el golpe

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a hit / a strike / a blow

e.g. a hit to the face

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un golpe

ej. un golpe en la cara

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a hit / a success

e.g. That movie was a huge success for Brad Pitt

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un éxito

ej. Esa película fue un gran éxito para Brad Pitt

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to punch / to hit

e.g. She punched him in the face

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pegar / golpear

ej. Le pegó en la cara

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a punch / a blow

e.g. He threw a punch

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un puñetazo / un golpe / una piña

ej. Él lanzó un puñetazo

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to kick

e.g. She kicked the ball as hard as she could

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patear / dar una patada

ej. Ella pateó el balón tan fuerte como pudo

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a kick

e.g. a really hard kick to the groin

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una patada

ej. una patada muy fuerte en la ingle

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to slap / to smack

e.g. He smacked her

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abofetear / dar una bofetada / dar una cachetada

ej. Él le dio una bofetada

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a slap

e.g. The cold air felt like a slap in the face

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una bofetada / una cachetada

ej. El aire frío se sintió como una bofetada en la cara

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to hurt / to injure / to wound

e.g. She injured him

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herir / causar daño / lesionar

ej. Ella lo hirió

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to get hurt / to get injured / to get wounded

e.g. He got hurt during the game

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herirse / lastimarse / lesionarse

ej. Se hirió durante el partido

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hurt / injured / wounded

e.g. My leg is injured

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lesionado / herido

ej. Tengo la pierna lesionada

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to harm / to damage

e.g. The rain damaged our roof

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hacer daño / herir / dañar

ej. La lluvia dañó nuestro techo

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harm / damage

e.g. The damage cost him $1,000

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el daño / el perjuicio

ej. El daño le costó $1.000

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violence

e.g. There is too much violence in the Middle East

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la violencia

ej. Hay demasiada violencia en el Medio Oriente

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violent

e.g. a violent person, a violent movie, etc.

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violento

ej. una persona violenta, una película violenta, etc.

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to itch / to have an itch / to feel itchy

e.g. My arm itches

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picar / tener picazón / tener comezón

ej. Me pica el brazo

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to be itchy / to itch / to cause itchiness

e.g. Wool clothing is itchy

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dar picazón / dar comezón / picar

ej. La ropa de lana da picazón