Misc Flashcards
Forehead
Frente
Shoulder
Hombro
Throat
Garganta
To hide
Esconder
Shadow
Sombra
Fog
la niebla
City hall
ayuntamiento
To raise (child)
Criar
Hall
Pasillo
Envelope
Sobre
Village
Aldea
To leave (something)
Dejar
Methods
métodos
Daily
diaria
Nightmares
Pesadillas
around / about
alrededor
Guests
invitados
Costume
disfraz
To return
devolver
Lately
Últimamente
about to
a punto de
Stage (on stage)
escena
dressed as
vestida de
flood
inundación
thank goodness
Menos mal
To miss
Extrañar / faltar
To date
Salir con
Perhaps
Quizas
kick
patada
wheel
rueda
to sit
sentar
Terrifying
aterrador
bolsillo
The show
espectáculo
I mean…
Es decir
quiet (type of person)
callado
bills
facturas
To fight
pelear
against
contra
To delete
borrar
Refund
Reembolso
Shakes
tiembla
lightning
rayo
Moreover
Además
Hole
Hueco
Tool
herramienta
Dust
Polvo
A while ago
Hace un rato
Although
Aunque
Depressed
deprimido
Punctual
Puntual
Scholarship
Beca
To sign up
Inscribirse
As soon as possible
Cuanto antes
To hit
Golpear
No matter what
Sin importa
Hopefully
Ojalá
To fix
Arreglar
by accident
sin querer
To plug in
enchufar
Headphones
Auriculares
Speaker (for music)
parlante
Sign
Letrero
Mayor
alcalde
To put away; to save
Guardar
Proud
Orgulloso
To pretend
Fingir
lodging
alojamiento
To happen / to pass
Pasar
To hurt
Lastimar
Salty
Salada
To take out
Sacar
To splash
Salpicar
Location
Ubicación
Crosswalk
Cruce peatonal
Flu
Gripe
Profit
Lucro
Environment
Ambientó
Straw
Pajita
To kill
Matar
Glass
Vidrio
Rude
Grosero
Strange
Raro
Flavorful
Sabroso
Cucumber
Pepino
On top
Encima
Raw
Crudo
Wrong
Equivocado
To warn / to inform
Avisó
To promise
Prometer
Salary / wage
Sueldo
To increase
Aumentar
In fact…
De hecho
Successful
Exitoso
To lie
Mentir
To deliver
Entregar
Painting
Cuadro
Wide
Ancha
the only thing…
lo único
Sunset
atardecer
To spill
Derramar
Dance floor
Pista de baile
Awhile
un rato
…not even…
ni siquiera
Verb to use when talking about being familiar with a city
Conocer
Other uses of estar
Places, objects, people
Para vs por - how long something lasts
Por
Guess…. Ex: Guess who is coming over…
Adivina
Across
Del otro lado
Hacer - yo - PPI
Present: hago
Past: hice
Imperfect: hacia
To grow
Crecer
Polite way to ask for something
Quisiera
I feel like
Tengo ganas
On Friday
El viernes - you don’t use “on”
To leave - yo
Present: salgo
Past: salí
Imperfect: salía
Translate: Miguel likes to travel
A Miguel le gusta viajar
Giving the name of someone who likes something requires “A”
“that” - forms and plurals
ese
esa
esos
esas
Tomorrow morning
Mañana por la mañana
Translate - Do you know hector?
Conoces a Héctor?
When conocer means “to know” or “meet”, it is followed by “a”
Wednesday
miércoles
Days of the week are not capitalized.
Translate - My sister is a doctor
Mi hermana es médica
Don’t use “a” when talking about occupations.
What does accent mark do?
Tells you what syllable is stressed
Translate - I am going to the library at 11
Voy a la biblioteca a las once
To say a time you use “a las”
To walk
Caminar
Andar
Translate - you, your
Tú, Tu
Translate - I am visiting Juan
Yo visito a Juan
When talking about someone, you add “a”
To split
Partir
F***
Joder
Son of a bitch
Hijo de puta
F*** you
Que te den
F***ing
Pinche…
Bullshit
Los cojones
Motherfu**er
La madre que te parió
Cunt
Coño
Stupid
Pendejo
Jerk / asshole
Capullo
Slut / Bitch
Zorra
Whore
Puta
Cock / dick
pija (slang)
Dawn
Madrugada
To bear (to withstand)
Aguantar
Feminine noun endings
-d
-cion
-sion
-umbre
-z
Sheltered
Abrigado
Translate - Mr Perez is American
El señor Pérez es americano
Speaking directly of someone requires “el”
How does “that” change between masculine / feminine?
Depending on the gender of the noun
To go up, to come up, to raise
Subir
Translate - one thing leads to another
Una cosa lleva a la otra.
Llevar - “leading to” example
What is the subjunctive form?
A verb form used after words that express possibilities doubts or desires.
Ordering - Can i have…
Me puedes dar….
un bistec por favor.
To spill
Derramar
To agree
Estar de acuerdo
around here
Por aquí
Along
A lo largo
I don’t think so
Pienso que no
I have done
He hecho
To raise/ lift
Levantar
Long time no see
Cuanto tiempo sin verte
Weekly
Semenal
Without a doubt
Sin duda
That’s why
Por eso
What if
Qué tal si
To smile
Sonreír
One must
Hay que
Once upon a time
Había una vez
Christmas Eve
Noche buena
New Year’s Eve
Noche vieja
Any
Cualquier
Beginning
Principio
Something like that
Algo así
Just because
Porque no
Bright, sunny
Soleado
Wow
Híjole
Drawer
Cajón
Bossy - telling someone what to do
Informal - drop the ‘s’
Formal - e to a, a to e
How to say what you are doing right now?
Form of estar and ‘ando’ or ‘iendo’
Two ways to say: Are you going to tell me your name?
Vas a decirme tu nombre
Me vas a decir tu nombre.
It only is interchangeable if your sentence has an infinitive.
What verbs require ‘a’ before the infinitive? Ex: Empiezo a trabajar el lunes.
Aprender, ayudar, empezar (and more)
What do the “little words” do when giving a command?
Ex: You have to wake up early
They have to get attached to the end of the verb.
Tienes que levantarte temprano.
Señor, lavase las manos
Him, her, or formal “you”
Le, les
Ella le quiere dar un libro
Estar - yo - PPI
Present - estoy
Past - estuve
Imperfect - estaba
Ir - yo
Present - voy
Past - fui
Imperfect - iba
There are going to be..
Va a haber…
Venir - yo
Present - vengo
Past - vine
Imperfect - venía
Ver - yo
Past, present, imperfect
Present - veo
Past - vi
Imperfect - veia
Oir - yo
Present - oigo
Past - oí
Imperfect - oía
Oir - el. / ella - PPI
Present - oye
Past - oyó
Imperfect - oía
Bruno, do this work now please.
Bruno, haz este trabajo ahora por favor.
Hacer has special form when giving a command. (Informal)
Carlos, put the letters on the table.
Carlos, pon las cartas sobre la mesa.
Poner has special form when giving a command. (Informal)
Rebeca, go home early
Receba, ve a casa temprano.
Ver has special form when giving a command. (Informal)
Ask your question now, Mr Lopez
Haga su pregunta ahora Señor López.
Hacer has special form when telling someone to do something politely.
Mr Perez, put the papers in the bag please.
Señor Pérez, ponga las pápales en la bolsa por favor.
Poner has special form when telling someone to do something politely.
Miss Sánchez, go to the bank on Wednesday.
Señorita Sánchez, vaya al banco el miércoles.
Ir has special form when telling someone to do something politely.
What is the imperfect tense?
Talking about what you always did or used to do.
I don’t have enough
Me falta
Faltar - to be missing
Cheerful
Alegres
Jokes
Chistes
To answer
Responder / contestar
Closet
Armario
Pedir - yo
Present: pido
Past: pedí
Imperfect: pedia
on time
a tiempo
To review
Repasar
Servir - present
sirvo
sirves
sirve
servimos
sirven
Pedir - present
pido
pides
pide
pedimos
piden
What happens with preterite tense verbs that end in -car, -gar, -zar?
Yo form changes. Ex: Yo llegué, practiqué, toqué
Ser - imperfect
era
eras
era
éramos
eran
How’s it going? (Formal and informal)
Cómo le va?
Cómo te va?
Traer - preterite
traje
trajiste
trajo
trajimos
trajeron
Decir - preterite
dije
dijiste
dijo
dijimos
dijeron
Tener - preterite
tuve
tuviste
tuvo
tuvimos
tuvieron
To turn off is apagar. How to say “The coffee maker is off”?
La cafetera está apagada
You can use verbs as adjectives - change ending to -ado (AR) or -ido (ER, IR)
Drawing is fun
Dibujar es divertido
Computers are useful
Las computadoras son útiles
General statements usually begin with el, la, los, las
Leer - preterite
leí
leíste
leyó
leímos
leyeron
Ir - imperfect
iba
ibas
iba
íbamos
iban
The king and queen were walking through the woods.
El rey y la reina caminaban por el bosque
Use imperfect tense to talk about what you “were” doing
Por or para - talking about destinations?
Ex: They are leaving for Spain in half an hour.
para
Salen para España en media hora.
Por or para - mode of transportation?
She prefers to go by ship
Por
Ella prefiere ir por barco
Angry
enojado / enfadado
I was enjoying a coffee when you called me.
Yo disfrutaba un café cuando tú me llamaste.
Using imperfect and past tense in the same sentence.
Preterite or imperfect - descriptions on the past?
They loved nature
Imperfect
Ellas amaban la naturaleza
Imperfect or preterite - something that has never changed.
The queens name was Blanca
Imperfect
La reina se llamaba Blanca
Saber - preterite
supe
supiste
supo
supimos
supieron
Poder - past
pude
pudiste
pudo
pudimos
pudieron
Poner - preterite
puse
pusiste
puso
pusimos
pusieron
Dormir - preterite
dormí
dormiste
durmió
dormimos
durmieron
Haber - present
he
has
ha
hemos
han
Have you studied for the exam?
Tu has estudiado para el examen?
Saying what we have done recently uses ‘haber’ with -ado or -ido
How to say what you ‘were doing’?
The receptionist was talking to the customers?
Estar imperfect + -ndo verb
La receptionista estaba hablando con los clientes.
Pablo and Andrea, do that faster! (Formal)
Pablo y Andrea, hagan eso mas rápido
“hagan” - formal bossy
Antonio and Blanca, go to the store (formal)
Antonio y Blanca, vayan a la tienda!
‘vayan’ - formal bossy
We want to look elegant
Nosotros queremos vernos elegantes.
Ver means to see, ‘verse’ or ‘se ver’ means to look
Ver - imperfect
veía
veías
veía
veíamos
veían
I’m leaving for a few days
Yo me voy por unos días
Ir means to go, but ‘irse’ means to leave.
Just
Acabar de / recién
‘Acabar de’ is always followed by an infinite. ‘Recién’ is always followed by a preterite.
Acabo de terminar mi tarea. Recién termine mi tarea.
I gave it to her
Se lo di
When ‘le’ or ‘les’ come before lo, la, los, las, it turns into ‘se’
Verbs that don’t allow change to -ado or -ido after haber
hacer -> hecho
decir -> dicho
poner -> puesto
escribir -> escrito
ver -> visto
The children haven’t done the homework yet.
Los niños no han hecho la tarea todavía.
Spanish is spoken in Argentina
Se habla español en Argentina.
If / yes
Si / Sí
I am in a hurry
Tengo prisa
Conducir - preterite
conduje
condujiste
condujo
condujimos
condujeron
I like your cousin
Tu prima me cae bien
Caer followed by ‘bien’ or ‘mal’ means you like someone as a person.
Tener - future
tendré
tendrás
tendrá
tendremos
tendrán
Verbs - future - yo: poner, salir, venir, hacer, decir, saber, poder
pondré
saldré
vendré
haré
diré
sabré
podré
Carlos, come here!
Carlos, ven acá!
‘Ven’ special with command
Juan, get out of the room!
Juan, sal de la habitación.
‘sal’ special with command
Have a good trip!
Ten un buen viaje!
Pedro, go away please!
Pedro, vete por favor!
Young lady, leave now please.
Señorita, salga ahora por favor!
Mrs Lopez, come to the meeting.
Mrs Lopez, venga a la reunion.
ser seguro
estar seguro
to be safe
to be sure
ser listo
estar listo
to be smart
to be ready
ser verde
estar verde
to be green
to be unripe
When you entered the hotel, did you see dad?
Al entrar al hotel, tu viste a papá?
Saying “When I…” you start with ‘Al…’
Nice / pleasant
lindo
Folder
Carpeta
Level
Nivel
Not at all
Para nada
To leave
irse
To seem
Parecer
Now that you mention it
Ahora que lo dices
Maybe
Tal vez
Quizas
A lo mejor
Pieces
Pedazos
Fail
Reprobar
To get right
Acertar
To track
Rastrear
Forecast
Pronostico
Madness
Locura
UFO
Ovni
Again
de nuevo; otra vez
Class / subject / matter
Materia
To behave
Portarse
To promise
Prometer
Sacred
Sagrada
To be sure of/ about
segura de
Championship
Campeonato
Thieves
Ladrones
It doesn’t matter to me
Me da igual
Even, yet, still
Aún
Paddles
Remos
We realized
Nos dimos cuenta
It seems that
Se ve que
Clear
despejado
It could be so
Puede ser que si
I realized
me di cuenta
Seldom, rarely
muy pocas veces
but also
sino también
pregnancy
embarazo
Opposite
opuesto
Job
trabajo / oficio
Unfortunately
Desafortunadamente, lamentablemente
Stripes
Rayas
Ability
habilidad
