2.7.2 Vocab Enrichment Flashcards

This vocab deck touches on such topics as surprise, trouble, habit, agreement, and nature. This roughly covers cards 2540-2600 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 subject

e.g. History is my favorite subject in school

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la materia

ej. La historia es mi materia preferida en la escuela

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a subject / a topic

e.g. a subject for discussion

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un tema / un asunto

ej. un tema para discutir

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a theme

e.g. The theme of this party is Mardi Gras. Remember to bring a mask

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un tema

ej. El tema de esta fiesta es Carnaval. Recuerda traer una máscara

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With regard to / With respect to / As for

e.g. With regard to transportation, biking is probably the best option

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Con respecto a / Cuando se trata de

ej. Con respecto a la transportación, andar en bicicleta es probablemente la mejor opción

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to surprise

e.g. We plan to surprise him for his birthday

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sorprender

ej. Planeamos sorprenderlo para su cumpleaños

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to surprise / to stun / to shock

e.g. She stunned us all with her amazing talent

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asombrar / sorprender

ej. Nos asombró a todos con su maravilloso talento

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a surprise

e.g. I can’t tell you what’s in the box. It’s a surprise

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una sorpresa

ej. No te puedo decir qué hay en la caja. Es una sorpresa

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to be surprised

e.g. I was surprised at how he treated her

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estar sorprendido / estar asombrado / quedarse asombrado

ej. Me quedé asombrado por la manera en qué él la trataba

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a challenge

e.g. Running a marathon is a big challenge to aspire to

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un desafío / un reto

ej. Correr un maratón es un gran desafío que ponerse

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to challenge

e.g. He challenged me to a game of poker

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desafiar / retar

ej. Él me desafió a un juego de poker

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a test / a trial

e.g. a test of our alarm system

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una prueba

ej. una prueba de nuestro sistema de alarma

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to have trouble / to have problems / to have difficulty

e.g. We had trouble finding the place

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tener problemas / tener dificultad

ej. Tuvimos dificultad para encontrar el sitio

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to be in trouble

e.g. He’s in trouble with the police

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estar metido en problemas / estar metido en un lío

ej. Está metido en un lío con la policía

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to get in trouble

e.g. The mischievous kid always gets in trouble at school

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meterse en problemas / meterse en un lío

ej. El niño travieso siempre se mete en problemas en la escuela

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mostly / primarily / usually

e.g. I mostly work from home

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principalmente / usualmente

ej. Trabajo principalmente desde mi casa

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usual / habitual / regular

e.g. my usual morning routine

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usual / habitual / cotidiano

ej. mi rutina matutina habitual

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unusual

e.g. an unusual style of clothing

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inusual

ej. un estilo de vestir inusual

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as usual / as always

e.g. He’s late, as usual

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como siempre / como de costumbre

ej. Viene tarde, como siempre

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to be used to / to be accustomed to

e.g. I’m used to waking up early

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estar acostumbrado a / estar habituado a

ej. Estoy acostumbrado a despertarme temprano

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to get used to / to get accustomed to

e.g. You’ll get used to the noise after a few months

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acostumbrarse a / habituarse a

ej. Te acostumbrarás al ruido en algunos meses

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a habit

e.g. Smoking is a bad habit

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un hábito / una costumbre

ej. Fumar es un mal hábito

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a routine

e.g. Brushing my teeth is part of my morning routine

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una rutina

ej. Cepillarme los dientes es parte de mi rutina matutina

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a custom / a convention / a norm

e.g. This native custom is sometimes surprising to foreigners

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una costumbre / una convención / una norma

ej. Esta costumbre nativa a veces sorprende a los extranjeros

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to be customary

e.g. It’s customary to leave a tip

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ser costumbre

ej. Es costumbre dejar una propina

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to agree / to be in agreement / to concur

e.g. He agrees with me

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estar de acuerdo

ej. Él está de acuerdo conmigo

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to agree on / to nail down / to settle on

e.g. They finally agreed on a price

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acordar / fijar

ej. Por fin acordaron un precio

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an agreement / a consensus / an understanding

e.g. an agreement between two political parties

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un acuerdo / un consenso / un entendimiento

ej. un acuerdo entre dos partidos políticos

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to come to an agreement / to come to a consensus / to reach an agreement

e.g. We finally reached an agreement about what to have for dinner

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llegar a un acuerdo / llegar a un consenso / lograr un acuerdo

ej. Finalmente llegamos a un consenso sobre qué cenar

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to disagree

e.g. We disagree about which religion to raise our children

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estar en desacuerdo

ej. Estamos en desacuerdo sobre qué religión inculcar en nuestros hijos

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a disagreement

e.g. It was just a small disagreement, not a fierce argument

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un desacuerdo

ej. Fue solamente un pequeño desacuerdo, no una discusión fuerte

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I strongly disagree / I totally disagree

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Estoy totalmente en desacuerdo

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I completely agree / I couldn’t agree with you more

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Estoy completamente de acuerdo / No podría estar más de acuerdo

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to compromise / to reach a compromise

e.g. He wanted 10, and I wanted 20, so we compromized on 15

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llegar a un mutuo acuerdo / hacer concesiones

ej. Él quería 10 y yo quería 20, así que llegamos a un mutuo acuerdo de 15

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agriculture

e.g. the Department of Agriculture

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la agricultura

ej. el Ministerio de Agricultura

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agricultural

e.g. an agricultural product

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agrícola

ej. un producto agrícola

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a bush / a shrub

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un arbusto

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a branch

e.g. That tree has many branches

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una rama

ej. Ese árbol tiene muchas ramas

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a leaf

e.g. The leaves fall off the trees in the autumn

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una hoja

ej. Las hojas se caen de los árboles en otoño

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to plant

e.g. If you plant the seeds now, the crops will be ready to harvest by summer

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sembrar / plantar

ej. Si plantas las semillas ahora, los cultivos estarán listos para cosechar en el verano

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a crop

e.g. Costa Rica exports two major crops: bananas and coffee

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un cultivo

ej. Costa Rica exporta dos cultivos principales: bananos y café

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a seed

e.g. apple seeds

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una semilla

ej. semillas de manzana

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soil

e.g. The soil here is perfect for agriculture

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la tierra

ej. La tierra aquí es perfecta para la agricultura

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to grow / to cultivate

e.g. They grow corn

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cultivar

ej. Cultivan el maíz

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organic

e.g. organic food

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orgánico

ej. la comida orgánica

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gas / vapor

e.g. natural gas

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el gas / el vapor

ej. el gas natural

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a solid

e.g. Iron is a solid

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un sólido

ej. El hierro es un sólido

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a liquid

e.g. A strange green liquid was leaking out of the machine

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un líquido

ej. Un extraño líquido verde goteaba de la máquina

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a puddle

e.g. She jumped over the puddle so she wouldn’t get her shoes wet

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un charco / una poza

ej. Saltó el charco para no mojarse los zapatos

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cattle / livestock

e.g. That farmer owns lots of cattle – some for meat, and some for milk

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el ganado / las reses

ej. Ese granjero tiene mucho ganado: algunos para carne y otros para leche

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to allow / to permit

e.g. They don’t allow pets

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permitir

ej. No permiten mascotas

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to enable

e.g. The new policy enabled him to leave whenever he wanted

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habilitar / permitir

ej. La nueva política lo habilitaba para irse cuando quisiera

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to be allowed / to be permitted

e.g. Drinks are allowed in here

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ser permitido / permitirse

ej. Aquí se permiten las bebidas

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to prohibit / to forbid / to ban

e.g. This book was banned in the 1800s

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prohibir

ej. Este libro fue prohibido en el siglo XIX

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to be not allowed / to be prohibited / to be forbidden

e.g. Smoking is not allowed

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estar prohibido / prohibirse

ej. Está prohibido fumar

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permission

e.g. He got permission to leave early

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el permiso

ej. Le dieron permiso para irse temprano

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to annoy / to bother / to disturb

e.g. That noise bothers me

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molestar / fastidiar

ej. Ese ruido me molesta

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to irritate

e.g. This soap irritates my skin

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irritar

ej. Este jabón me irrita la piel

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annoying / irritating / obnoxious

e.g. She is so annoying. I don’t want to hang out with her anymore

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molesto / pesado / fastidioso

ej. Es tan pesada que ya no quiero pasar tiempo con ella

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to be annoyed / to be irritated / to be bothered

e.g. Dad is annoyed right now. I don’t recommend asking him for any favors

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estar molesto / estar enojado / estar enfadado

ej. Papá está molesto ahora. No recomiendo pedirle favores

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upsetting / hurtful

e.g. hurtful remarks

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hiriente / dañino

ej. comentarios hirientes

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to upset / to bother / to distress

e.g. The news really upset her

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molestar / disgustar / angustiar

ej. Las noticias le molestaron mucho

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to be upset / to be unhappy / to be annoyed

e.g. Why are you frowning? Are you upset?

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estar molesto

ej. ¿Por qué frunces el ceño? Estás molesta?

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backward / back / in reverse

e.g. The train is slowly moving backward

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hacia atrás / en reversa

ej. El tren se mueve lentamente hacia atrás

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backward / reversed

e.g. He read the list of names backward

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al revés / de forma inversa / a la inversa

ej. Él leyó la lista de nombres al revés

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backwards

e.g. Your shirt is on backwards

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al revés / con lo de adelante atrás

ej. Tu camisa está al revés

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inside-out

e.g. Your socks are inside-out

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al revés / con lo de dentro fuera

ej. Tus medias están puestas al revés

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upside-down

e.g. That painting is upside-down

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al revés / patas arriba / boca abajo

ej. Esa pintura está boca abajo

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to bite

e.g. That dog just bit me!

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morder

ej. Ese perro me acaba de morder

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a bite / a mouthful

e.g. a big mouthful of pizza

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un bocado / una mordida

e.g. un gran bocado de pizza

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a bite

e.g. a dog bite

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un mordisco / una mordida

ej. un mordisco de perro

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a bite / a sting

e.g. a mosquito bite

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una picadura

ej. una picadura de mosquito