Difficult words1-12,29Dec,12feb

Question 1

the spring

Answer 1

el manantial
mañ-nahn-TY ahl

manan - tial

for gender it follows Loner

Question 2

intercropping

interplanted crops

Answer 2

• cultivos intercalados

- cultivos interplantados

Question 3

the creeper/climbing plant/bindweed

Answer 3

la enredadera

think in Ray´s and Dad´s era

Question 4

to slip/slide

to slip/slide

Answer 4

deslizar

resbalar (the dancing king or to re-bale)

Question 5

to overflow

Answer 5

rebosar
(think gozar-to enjoy but you don´t enjoy an overflow)
desbordar - to overflow/exceed
(not des-but DEHS)

Question 6

to resupply/refuel

Answer 6

• reabastecer
• the resupply/refuel = el reabastecimiento

to supply = abastecer also proveer/proporcionar/suministrar

Question 7

the supplies

Answer 7

• los suministros
• las provisiones
• los abastecimientos
• los víveres=the supplies/ provisions

Question 8

the stubble

Answer 8

el rastrojo

Question 9

to ricochet/bounce

Answer 9

rebotar (think botar is to fire so rebotar is to ricochet, also think re boot/kick a ball with a boot and it bounces)

botar=to throw away/bounce/ launch/ fire

Question 10

unpredictable

Answer 10

impredecible (spelled with e not i as it is in English)
(eem-prreh-deh-SEE-bleh)

EEM not imm deh not dee

Question 11

essential, indispensable

Answer 11

imprescindible

Question 12

the barley

Answer 12

la cebada

seh-BAH-dah

Question 13

the slot-opening-hole
the frog
the toad

Answer 13

la ranura
la rana
el sapo

Question 14

the transplanting trowel

Answer 14

la paleta de trasplante

Question 15

tasteless

Answer 15

desabrido

NOT des but DEHS

(dehs-ah-bree-doh)

Question 16

from-as of-starting

Answer 16

a partir de
!A partir de hoy, tú debes recordar esta frase!
From-as of- starting today, you must remember this phrase!
(debes de is like a ho, it must be so; without de it is obligation)

Question 17

the ditch

the fodder/grass

Answer 17

la zanja

el zacate

Question 18

incredible

unpredictable

Answer 18

• increíble suffix ible means something that can be - here using credible (it can be credible-creible)
• impredecible - im=not, so something not predictable
• prescindible=dispensable
• imprescindible=indispensable/essential

Question 19

predictable

essential/indispensable
dispensable

Answer 19

predecible=predictable
previsible=foreseeable

imprescindible=indispensable
but prescindible=dispensable

Question 20

to cause to crumble

Answer 20

desmoronar
dehs-moh-roh-nahr

DEHS not des!

Question 21

to insert/interspace/alternate/to place something among something-in computing: to merge

Answer 21

intercalar

used as plantas intercaladas or cultivo intercalado (intercropping)

Question 22

the indigenous species

Answer 22

las especies autóctonas
(S-peh-C-S) my way of sounding it out
au TOHK toe nas
(ow-TOHK-toh-nas)

Question 23

the species (singular)
the species (plural)
the spices

Answer 23

la especie (ehs-PEH-syeh)
las especies (ehs-peh-sy-ehs)  S-peh-C-S
las especias (ehs-PEH-syah)

so species is with an e and
spices is with an a