2.6.2 Vocab Enrichment Flashcards

In this deck you will find terms and phrases that have to do with guessing, hurry, imagination, improvement, and negation. This roughly covers cards 2380-2460 of our 9000+ Spanish vocabulary cards, which Brainscape's linguists have ordered from most fundamental (“hello”) to most esoteric (“fluorescent”).

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a category

e.g. There are two main categories of beer: ales and lagers

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una categoría

ej. Hay dos categorías principales de cerveza: oscura y rubia

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a crew

e.g. an airplane crew

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una dotación / una tripulación / un equipo

ej. la tripulación de un avión

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a tribe / a clan

e.g. an indian tribe

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una tribu / un clan

ej. una tribu de indígenas

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to guess

e.g. Try to guess my age

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adivinar

ej. Intenta adivinar mi edad

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a guess

e.g. Great guess

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una adivinanza / una suposición

ej. Buena adivinanza

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Guess what!

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¡Adivina qué!

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a hint / a clue

e.g. I can’t tell you the secret. But I can give you a hint

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una pista

ej. No te puedo contar el secreto. Pero te puedo dar una pista

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to assume / to suppose / to guess

e.g. I guess she’s not coming

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suponer

ej. Supongo que no viene

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to make an assumption

e.g. You shouldn’t make assumptions about people, just based on their looks

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hacer una suposición / presuponer / hacer una conjetura

ej. No deberías hacer suposiciones sobre la gente con base en su apariencia

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to hang / to hang up

e.g. They hung the clothes to dry

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colgar / tender

ej. Colgaron la ropa para secarla

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to hang out / to hang around

e.g. We hung out at John’s house last night

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pasar el rato / pasarla bien

ej. Pasamos el rato en casa de John anoche

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to hang out with / to hang around with

e.g. I don’t like the people he hangs out with

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andar con

e.g. No me gusta la gente con la que anda

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to pick up / to un-hang

e.g. Somebody pick up the phone!

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descolgar

ej. ¡Alguien descuelgue el teléfono!

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to get off the phone / to hang up

e.g. I said goodbye and hung up

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colgar el teléfono

ej. Me despedí y colgué el teléfono

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to hide

e.g. He hid in the closet

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esconderse / ocultarse

ej. Se escondió en el armario

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to hide / to conceal

e.g. He hid her keys

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esconder / ocultar

ej. Él ocultó las llaves de ella

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hidden / concealed

e.g. We found a hidden doorway in the old castle

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escondido / oculto

ej. Encontramos una puerta oculta en el castillo

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high

e.g. That plane is flying very high in the air

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alto

ej. Ese avión está volando muy alto en el cielo

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upper / higher

e.g. Our seats are in the upper level of the stadium

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superior

ej. Nuestros asientos están en el nivel superior del estadio

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lower

e.g. I can’t remember where I parked my car. It might have been on a lower level

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inferior

ej. No recuerdo dónde estacioné el auto. Puede estar en un nivel inferior

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low

e.g. low ceilings

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bajo

ej. techos bajos

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to be in a hurry / to be in a rush

e.g. I’m in a hurry, so I don’t have time to eat lunch with you

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tener prisa / estar apurado

ej. Estoy apurada, así que no tengo tiempo de comer contigo

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in a hurry / in a rush

e.g. to leave in a hurry

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de prisa / apurado

ej. irse de prisa

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Hurry up!

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¡Apúrate!

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to hurry / to hurry up / to rush

e.g. We have to hurry up, or else we won’t make it on time!

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apurarse / apresurarse / darse prisa

ej. ¡Debemos apurarnos, o no llegaremos a tiempo!

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hastily / hurriedly / quickly

e.g. She baked the cake hastily, and it did not turn out well

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apresuradamente / a toda prisa

ej. Hizo el pastel a toda prisa, y no salió muy bien

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to imagine / to visualize

e.g. Every young girl imagines her future wedding day

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imaginar / visualizar

ej. Toda niña pequeña imagina su futura boda

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imaginary / make-believe

e.g. an imaginary friend

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imaginario

ej. un amigo imaginario

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my imagination

e.g. Did a pink elephant just fly by, or was that just my imagination?

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mi imaginación

ej. ¿Acaba de pasar volando un elefante rosa, o fue mi imaginación?

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a fantasy

e.g. Stop living in a fantasy, and please come back to reality

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una fantasía

ej. Deja de vivir en una fantasía, por favor, y vuelve a la realidad

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hypothetical

e.g. What would you do in that hypothetical situation?

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hipotético

ej. ¿Qué harías en esa situación hipotética?

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hypothetically

e.g. Hypothetically, if she were to ask me out, I would say yes!

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hipotéticamente / de forma hipotética

ej. Hipotéticamente, si ella me invitara a salir, ¡diría que sí!

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to improve / to get better

e.g. He got better at math

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mejorar / mejorarse

ej. Él mejoró en matemáticas

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to improve / to make better

e.g. I want to make our relationship better

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mejorar

ej. Quiero mejorar nuestra relación

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an improvement / an upgrade

e.g. Yes, I see an improvement. But it’s still not enough

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una mejora / una mejoría

ej. Sí, veo una mejoría. Pero sigue sin ser suficiente

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to get worse / to worsen / to deteriorate

e.g. The economic crisis has gotten worse

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empeorar(se) / agravar(se) / deteriorar(se)

ej. La crisis económica ha empeorado

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to make worse / to worsen / exacerbate

e.g. The rain made the situation worse

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empeorar / exacerbar

ej. La lluvia empeoró la situación

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a keyboard

e.g. I prefer to type with the keyboard on my lap

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un teclado

ej. Prefiero escribir con el teclado en el regazo

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a key

e.g. There are about 90 keys on the standard computer keyboard

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una tecla

ej. Hay como 90 teclas en el teclado de computadora estándar

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a typewriter

e.g. Hardly anyone uses a typewriter anymore, now that we have computers

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una máquina de escribir

ej. Ya casi nadie usa máquina de escribir, ahora que tenemos computadoras

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to type / to type up

e.g. I typed a letter to my grandmother

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escribir a máquina / teclear / teclar

ej. Escribí una carta a máquina para mi abuela

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to type in / to enter / to write in

e.g. Please type in your name, birthday, and email address

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ingresar / escribir / teclear

ej. Por favor ingrese su nombre, cumpleaños y dirección de correo electrónico

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to look like / to be similar to / to resemble

e.g. It looks like a palace

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parecer / ser parecido a / ser similar a

ej. Parece un palacio

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to be similar / to be alike / to look alike

e.g. All your brothers look alike to me

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parecerse / ser parecido / ser similar

ej. Todos tus hermanos se parecen, según yo

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alike

e.g. We think alike

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igual

ej. Pensamos igual

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similar / comparable

e.g. These two phones are similar

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similar / semejante / comparable

ej. Estos dos teléfonos son semejantes

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a similarity

e.g. There are many similarities between LA and New York

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una similitud / una semejanza / un parecido

ej. Hay muchas similitudes entre Los Ángeles y Nueva York

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a line

e.g. Draw a straight line on this paper

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una línea

ej. Dibuja una línea derecha en este papel

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a row / a line

e.g. a row of chairs

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una fila / una hilera

ej. una fila de sillas

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to get in line / to wait in line / to stand in line

e.g. Even if you have a ticket, you have to get in line

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hacer fila / hacer cola

ej. Incluso si tienes boleto, tienes que hacer cola

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to line up

e.g. Ok kids, line up from shortest to tallest

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ponerse en fila / hacer una fila

ej. Bien niños, hagan una fila, del más bajo al más alto

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to line up / to align

e.g. This piece does not line up with the other piece. How will we fasten them together?

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alinear

ej. Esta pieza no se alinea con la otra. ¿Cómo las vamos a atar juntas?

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an aisle

e.g. You can find cheese in the Dairy aisle

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un pasillo

ej. Puedes encontrar el queso en el pasillo de los lácteos

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loud / high-volume

e.g. a loud applause

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fuerte / de alto volumen

ej. un aplauso fuerte

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soft / low-volume / quiet

e.g. a soft cheer

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suave / de bajo volumen / quedo

ej. un vitoreo suave

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aloud

e.g. Please read the letter aloud, so we can hear you

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en voz alta

ej. Por favor lee la carta en voz alta, para que podamos escucharte

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loudly / at a high volume

e.g. The band played so loudly that we couldn’t hear each other speak

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fuerte / alto

ej. La banda tocaba tan fuerte que no podíamos escucharnos el uno al otro

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necessary / essential / indispensable

e.g. Practicing verb conjugation is an essential part of learning a language

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necesario / esencial / indispensable

ej. Practicar la conjugación de los verbos es una parte indispensable de aprender un idioma

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a need / a necessity

e.g. My parents pay for all my basic needs, but beyond that, I have to buy my own stuff

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una necesidad

ej. Mis padres pagan todas mis necesidades esenciales, pero fuera de eso, tengo que comprar todas mis cosas yo mismo

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a requirement

e.g. What are the requirements for admission into that university?

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un requisito

ej. ¿Cuáles son los requisitos para ser aceptado en esa universidad?

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you have to / one has to / it’s necessary to

e.g. You have to buy it first

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hay que / tienes que / es necesario que

ej. Hay que comprarlo primero

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unnecessary

e.g. an unnecessary war

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innecesario

ej. una guerra innecesaria

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not necessarily

e.g. Organic food is not necessarily healthy

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no necesariamente

ej. La comida orgánica no es necesariamente saludable

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mandatory / required / obligatory

e.g. a mandatory homework assignment

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obligatorio / requerido

ej. una tarea obligatoria

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optional

e.g. an optional assignment

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opcional / optativa

ej. una asignatura opcional

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Me neither

e.g. You don’t like it? Me neither

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Yo tampoco / A mí tampoco

ej. ¿No te gusta a ti? A mí tampoco

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There’s no way

e.g. There’s no way that’ll happen

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De ninguna manera / De ninguna forma / No hay forma de

ej. De ninguna manera sucederá eso

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No way! / Definitely not!

e.g. Would you go skydiving? No way!

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¡Para nada! / ¡De ninguna manera!

ej. ¿Harías paracaidismo? ¡Para nada!

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none of / not any of / not one of

e.g. None of these people speak English

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ninguno

ej. Ninguna de estas personas habla inglés

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nowhere / not anywhere

e.g. I’m not going anywhere

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ningún lado / ninguna parte

ej. No voy a ningún lado

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to not ___ anymore

e.g. He doesn’t want it anymore

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ya no ___

ej. Ya no lo quiere

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not even

e.g. You didn’t even call me

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ni siquiera

ej. Ni siquiera me llamaste

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at all / whatsoever / in the least

e.g. He didn’t contribute at all

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en absoluto / en lo más mínimo

ej. No contribuyó en absoluto

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whether it is …

e.g. Whether it is because of rain or snow, it appears that some type of bad weather has caused this damage

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ya sea …

ej. Ya sea por lluvia o por nieve, parece que algún tipo de mal tiempo causó este daño

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either … or

e.g. I want either the blue car, or the red one

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o … o

ej. Quiero o el carro azul o el rojo

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neither … nor

e.g. She wants neither the rice, nor the pasta.

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no … ni … ni

ej. Ella no quiere ni el arroz ni la pasta

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not … either

e.g. I don’t want the pasta either

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no … tampoco

ej. Yo no quiero la pasta tampoco