Distinciones problemáticas Prueba 1

Question 1

parecer

Answer 1

look, seem, appear, describing appearance

Question 2

aparecer

Answer 2

to appear, come into view

Question 3

desaparecer

Answer 3

to disappear, leave view

Question 4

comparecer

Answer 4

appear before authority

Question 5

pedir

Answer 5

ask for something, request, order

Question 6

preguntar

Answer 6

ask a question

Question 7

preguntar por/sobre

Answer 7

ask, inquire about something

Question 8

cuestión

Answer 8

question as issue

Question 9

cuestionar

Answer 9

raise an issue, challenge its validity

Question 10

probar(ue)

Answer 10

try something, try out, put to test

Question 11

probarse (ue)

Answer 11

try on (clothes, on oneself)

Question 12

intentar, procurar

Answer 12

to try to do something, attempt

Question 13

ensayer(se)

Answer 13

to try out (for), audition, rehearse

Question 14

juzgar, procesar, poner en juicio

Answer 14

to judge, try a suspect, a court case

Question 15

parar, detener(se)

Answer 15

stop, cease movement, come to a halt

Question 16

(parar, dejar, cesar) +de+inf

Answer 16

stop or cease doing something

Question 17

dejar

Answer 17

let or leave

Question 18

impedir (i)

Answer 18

to stop (impede, keep, prevent) someone from doing something

Question 19

obstruir (y)

Answer 19

to stop, obstruct, be in the way

Question 20

tapar

Answer 20

stop up a hole, cover one’s ears

Question 21

el pedazo

Answer 21

piece, fragment, sharp, scrap of something torn or broken

Question 22

el trozo

Answer 22

piece, chunk, short length of something long

Question 23

la pieza

Answer 23

piece, part of a mechanism, game piece, piece of music or drama

Question 24

una noticia

Answer 24

a piece of news

Question 25

una prenda

Answer 25

a piece of clothing

Question 26

una tiza

Answer 26

a piece of chalk

Question 27

un dulce

Answer 27

a piece of candy

Question 28

escuela

Answer 28

elementary school, middle school

Question 29

escuela de párvulos

Answer 29

preschool

Question 30

jardín de infancia

Answer 30

kindergarten

Question 31

colegio, escuela secundaria, instituto de segunda enseñanza

Answer 31

high school

Question 32

universidad

Answer 32

college, university

Question 33

estudiantes de (primer, segunda, etc. ) año

Answer 33

college students

Question 34

la ciudad universitaria

Answer 34

campus

Question 35

facultad

Answer 35

school as a branch or division of a university

Question 36

el profesorado

Answer 36

faculty, group of teachers

Question 37

instituto, academia

Answer 37

general words applicable to schools outside the general education system

Question 38

título

Answer 38

degree earned on graduation

Question 39

el licenciado

Answer 39

bachellor

Question 40

la maestría

Answer 40

masters

Question 41

el doctorado

Answer 41

PhD, MD etc.

Question 42

graduarse, titularse, licenciarse, doctorarse

Answer 42

getting degrees

Question 43

grado

Answer 43

grade, level of schooling

Question 44

nota

Answer 44

grade, mark evaluating academic work

Question 45

mirar

Answer 45

to look at, stare, watch

Question 46

buscar

Answer 46

look for, search, seek, look up

Question 47

cuidar de+ thing

Answer 47

look after

Question 48

cuidar de+person

Answer 48

take care of

Question 49

vigilar

Answer 49

watch over, keep an eye on, make sure something doesnt happen

Question 50

esperar

Answer 50

look forward to

Question 51

hojear

Answer 51

look over, scan, skim through

Question 52

ojo, tener cuidado

Answer 52

look out, watch out, be careful

Question 53

parecerse a

Answer 53

look like, resemble

Question 54

estar, parecaer

Answer 54

look in the sense of seem, appear, seem suggest, apparently

Question 55

lucir (zc)

Answer 55

look nice (said of things people are showing off, or of the people themselves)