Collocations Flashcards
To move house
Reflexive verb
Mudarse
It slipped my mind
Se me olvido
To move something from one place to another
Mover
To let know
To warn
Avisar
What a shame!
Qué lástima
Message
Mensaje
One must………work for a living, learn to walk before running etc.
Hay que
Don’t mention it (saying)
No hay de que
It’s worth the trouble
Vale la Pena
The only thing
Lo único
To teach them
Enseñarles
(Not)…at all
Para nada
To be useful for
Servir para
The good thing
Lo bueno
The bad thing
Lo malo
Night life
Vida nocturna
It is useful for
Sirve para
Above all
Sobre todo
At least
Por lo menos
Al menos
From time to time
De vez en cuando
How long
Cuanto tiempo
A long time
Mucho tiempo
It is about
Se trata de
What is it about?
De que se trata
How much does it come out to?
Cuanto sale?
It comes out to…
Sale a
Round trip
Ida y vuelta
One way ticket
Boleto de ida
That’s all
Nothing more
Just
Nada más
Instead of
En vez de
I think so
Creo que si
I don’t think so
Creo que no
I agree
Estoy acuerdo
In spite of…
A pesar de
TO feel like (doing something)
Tener ganas de
I feel like (doing something)
Tengo ganas de
It seems to me…
Me parece
A waste of time
Pérdida de tiempo
How about … or …what do you say?
Qué te parece?
See you soon
Nos vemos pronto
The best thing
Lo mejor
I can’t stand …
No soporto
Right now
Ahora mismo
As soon as possible
Cuanto antes
Of course
Por supuesto
In fact/Actually
De hecho
You are right
Tiene razón
While, as long as, in the meantime
Refers something that is happening simultaneously
Mientras
But
Sino
Anyway
De todos modos
Although or even though
Aunque
A lot to do
Mucho que hacer
Like this, like that, this way or that way
Así
To remember
Or
To remind
Recordar
On time
A tiempo
…besides
…furthermore
Además
To get there
Para llegar
To relax
Descansar
Almost
Casi
Often
A menudo
To repair
Arreglar
I did
Yo hice
I went
Yo fui
I had
Yo tuve
More slowly, slower
Más lento
I would prefer
Preferiría
I am about to
I am at the point of……
Estoy a punto de……
While
Mientras
I put
Yo puse
I said
Yo dije
I gave
Yo di
I spoke
Yo hablé
I was
Yo estuve
You spoke
Tu hablaste
You gave
Tu diste
You said
Tu dijiste
You put
Tu pusiste
You had
Tu tuviste
You went
Tu fuiste
You did
Tu hiciste
You were
Tu estuviste
He spoke
El habló
He gave
El dio
He said
El dijo
He put
El puso
He had
El tuvo
He went
El fue
He did
El hizo
He was
El estuvo
We spoke
Nosotros hablamos
We gave
Nosotros dimos
We said
Nosotros dijimos
We put
Nosotros pusimos
We had
Nosotros tuvimos
We went
Nosotros fuimos
We did
Nosotros hicimos
We were
Nosotros estuvimos
They spoke
Ellos hablaron
They gave
Ellos dieron
They said
Ellos dijeron
They put
Ellos pusieron
They had
Ellos tuvieron
They went
Ellos fueron
They did
Ellos hicieron
They were
Ellos estuvieron
“Calm down”
Calma
Daybreak
El amanecer
Dawn
Madrugada
A while
Refers to a period of time
Un rato
Around here
Por aqui
A little while
Un ratito
I would like
Me gustaría
I would prefer
Preferiría
I’m used to…
Estoy acostumbrado
I’m tired of…
Estoy cansado de…
I’m ready for
Estoy listo para
I might have…
Tenga
I write TO YOU…
I speak TO YOU by telephone.
Le escribo.
Le hablo por teléfono
To you…
For you…
Le ……
Le canto … i sing for you