Dan's DELE B2 vocab Flashcards
The night before last
Anteanoche
To beg, to pray
Rogar
To throw
Echar
To miss (absence of)
Extrañar (LAm) Echar de menos (Sp) Hacer falta
To be surprised
Extrañarse
To cope
Aguantar
Resentment, bitterness, rancour, hard feelings
Rancor
Slowly, softly, gently
Despacito
To forgive
Perdonar
Stubborness, obstinacy Persistence
Porfía
To insist
Porfiar
Chore (3 ways)
El quehacer
La tarea
La faena
To lay down, to put to bed
Acostar
To go to bed, to lie down
Acostarse
To surrender, to yield To exhaust, to tired out
Rendir
Stretcher
La camilla
Paste, pastry, cookie
La pasta (also means cash, dosh, moola!)
To miss (to not attend) / To be missing
Faltar
Beggar (n) Mean (adj)
(El) mendigo
To wear, to dress To get dressed
Vestir (to wear, to dress) Vestirse (to get dressed)
Relieved
Aliviado Tranquilizado
Tiny
Minúsculo Diminuto Chiquitito Pequeñito
Unhappy/unlucky/unfortunate (adj) Poor wretch (n)
Desdichado
Consecutive / In a row / One after the other / Running / Continuous / Uninterrupted (adj) Straight on / Without stopping (adv)
Seguido
Enough
Bastante / Suficiente
Useless
Inútil / Inservible
Bland (lacking flavour)
Soso / Insípido / Desabrido / Insulso
Bland (boring)
Insulso / Anodino
Bland (as in light diet) Also soft/weak/tender/lenient
Blando
Disgusting / filthy / revolting
Asqueroso
Taste (n)
El sabor El gusto
To taste
Probar Catar (wine) Degustar (food)
Can / tin
La lata
Pea
El guisante
Fog
La niebla
Fantastic, amazing, awesome
Alucinante
Lawn, grass, also means pitch
El césped
Loose (adj)
Suelto
Cliché(d) (noun/adj)
(El) tópico
Racket, commotion
El jaleo
Cloak (n)
La capa
Joint, spliff
El porro
Cigar
El puro, El cigarro
Old-fashioned (outdated) (3 ways)
Pasado de moda
Chapado a la antigua
Anticuado
Old-fashioned (traditional) (2 ways)
Tradicional
A la antigua
Narrow (not wide)
Estrecho
Angosto
Narrow-minded
Estrecho de mente
To emphasise, to stress, to highlight
Destacar
To certify
Acreditar
Scarce
Escaso
Entertainment
El entretenimiento
To have much to do (with)
Tener mucho que ver (con)