Palabras que confunden Flashcards
Salir
To leave a place or to stain
Dejar
To not carry something with you; abandon something or someone
Volver
go back; go somewhere again
Devolver
give someone what that person had given you before
Realizar
turn a thing into reality; get or achieve a desire, project, plan, ambition or dream
Darse cuenta de
come to know something, come to have knowledge of something
Poco
Opposite of mucho - refers to an amount
Pequeno
Opposite of grande - refers to the size
Pocos
Refers to a quantity that you can count
Hacerse
make a change in one’s state, with will or effort (ex. se hizo rico)
Ponerse
Change in an involuntary way (ex. ponerse enfermo, nervioso, etc.)
Llegar a ser
Similar a hacerse. It can also be used in a more general way, for example when an action is not involuntary but is not clearly voluntary either. (ex. they became friends)
Volverse
Similar a ponerse. It is used to express something that happens suddenly, in a dramatic way. Used with adjectives (ex. he became __ when he found about __)
Ahorrar
not spend (not use) part of the money you have
Guardar
Keep or retain something; have
Salvar
free from danger
Rescatar
release, save
Gastar
Use or employ money or other resources
Pasar
Pass time
Tocar
Play a musical instrument
Jugar
Hacer algo para divertirse, participar en un deporte
Tiempo
duracion
Vez
each act or event in a series
Hora
A determined moment in the day
Pensar en
keep in mind
Pensar de/ sobre
Refers to an opinion
Pensar
consider or contemplate a certain action
Saber
knowing information
Conocer
knowing a person/being familiar with someone
Pero
involves the contrast between two ideas
Sino
involves the contrast between a negative and affirmative idea (translates to “but rather”)
Personaje
person represented in literature, film, etc.
Caracter
personality, way of being a person or thing (ex. strong and chrismatic)
Actual
present, what exists or happens at the moment in which it is spoken. It is not used to refer to reality; that’s what de veras, realmente, or en realidad or used for.
Embarazada
A woman who is about to have a baby
Relatar
to tell (a story etc) report [verb] to give a statement or description of what has been said, seen, done etc
Atender
Caring, helping. It is not used to refer to being present in a place, party, class. etc. For that use the word “asistir”
Falta
the state of not having something, of needing it
Culpa
It is used to refer to responsibility for something bad
A causa de
by; as a result of. Note that it is only used to introduce a clause
