General Vocab Part 9 Flashcards
a fact
un hecho
the clown
el payaso
close to, right next to (2 versions)
junto a, pegado a
Under control
Estar bajo control
the sign
la sen~al
the goal
la meta
Lipstick
El colorete
The sleeves
Las mangas
the platform
un ande’n
the stairs
las escaleras
the towel
la toalla
leather
cuero
the railroad
el farrocarril
downtown
el centro
the receipt (2 versions)
el recibo
la factura
Jealousy
Envidia
Mud
Lodo
The trail
La pista
Sweaty
Sudado o sudada
The form (paperwork)
Formulario
9 times When article (a/the) is used in Spanish but not English
1) day of the week (except following verb ser)
2) seasons of the year
3) after forms of gustar or similar verbs (dolar, encantar, fascinar, importar)
4) in front of all nouns in a series (el libro, el arte, y el lápiz)
5) with name of a subject matter (la ley, la historía)
6) before noun in general statement (los cigarrillos son malos)
7) to refer to all members of a class (los delfines son inteligentes)
8) before personal title (el señor Munoz está aquí)
9) before noun of measurement if means per (los bananos cuestan cincuenta centavos el kilo)
5 times article is omitted in Spanish
1) describing day of week after verb ser
2) after verb haber — can use indefinite article (a/an) but not definite (the)
3) after verb hablar when followed by name of language (habló inglés)
4) before personal title when directly addressing the e person (hole, señor Munoz)
5) when two nouns are joined be de to form compound noun (tiene un dolor de cabeza; lee un libro de historia)
Possessive pronoun
1) what is it
2) Spanish versions: mine, yours, yours, ours
3) how is it used
1) indicates who owns or possesses a noun and replaces the noun
2) el mío, la mía, los míos, las mías; el tuyo, la tuya, los tuyos, las tuyas; el suyo, la suya, los suyos, las suyas; el nuestro, la nuestra, los nuestros, las nuestras
3) agrees in gender and number with thing possessed, uses definite article unless it follows verb ser
Whose
Relative pronoun or relative adjective
i.e the children whose families live far away
i.e. the man whose book I have
Cuyo, cuya, cuyos, cuyas
Los niños cuya familia vive lejos
El hombre cuyo libro twngo
That which/what
i.e. Julia always understands what we teach her
i.e. what i want to say to you is the truth
Lo que
Julia siempre entiende lo que le enseñamos
Lo que quiero decirles es la verdad
Colleagues
Colegas
The shark
El tiburón
Past participle as adjective
1) use
2) ex: the rotten eggs, the closed window, the preferred restaurant
1) follows a noun to describe it further, agrees in gender and number
2) los huevos podridos, la ventana cerrada, el restaurante preferido
Past participle with
1) estar
2) ser
1) an adjective, indicates that the idea expressed is a result of an action, sort of like the completed present progressive
Ex. Of progression in time: S va a escribir un libro….S está escribiendo un libro….El libro está escrito
2) expresses via passive voice that an action occurred, often followed by “por” to indicate by whom
Ex. In preterite — el libro Don Quijote fue escrito por Cervantes
Ex. In present and past participle — los impuestos han sido preparados por los contadores
recently
recie’n
the hall
el pasillo
the degree (as in university)
el ti’tulo
the goal (2 versions)
el objectivo
la meta
the winner
el ganador
the competition/tournament
la competencia
grade (as in year of school)
curso
spelling
ortografi’a
beginner
el principiante/la principiante
the level (both height or level of study)
el nivel
trashcan
el basurero
tights
las mallas
las medias
the scissors
las tijeras
the eraser
el borrador
the square
el cuadrado
heartburn
acidez estomacal
la acedi’a
the bookcase
la estanteri’a
the line (i.e. people in a row)
la fila
the directions (to a location)
las indicaciones
the battery (2 versions)
la pila
la bateri’a
hiking boots
botas montan~eras
