Palabras que confunden

Question 1

Salir

Answer 1

To leave a place or to stain

Question 2

Dejar

Answer 2

To not carry something with you; abandon something or someone

Question 3

Volver

Answer 3

go back; go somewhere again

Question 4

Devolver

Answer 4

give someone what that person had given you before

Question 5

Realizar

Answer 5

turn a thing into reality; get or achieve a desire, project, plan, ambition or dream

Question 6

Darse cuenta de

Answer 6

come to know something, come to have knowledge of something

Question 7

Poco

Answer 7

Opposite of mucho - refers to an amount

Question 8

Pequeno

Answer 8

Opposite of grande - refers to the size

Question 9

Pocos

Answer 9

Refers to a quantity that you can count

Question 10

Hacerse

Answer 10

make a change in one’s state, with will or effort (ex. se hizo rico)

Question 11

Ponerse

Answer 11

Change in an involuntary way (ex. ponerse enfermo, nervioso, etc.)

Question 12

Llegar a ser

Answer 12

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)

Question 13

Volverse

Answer 13

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 __)

Question 14

Ahorrar

Answer 14

not spend (not use) part of the money you have

Question 15

Guardar

Answer 15

Keep or retain something; have

Question 16

Salvar

Answer 16

free from danger

Question 17

Rescatar

Answer 17

release, save

Question 18

Gastar

Answer 18

Use or employ money or other resources

Question 19

Pasar

Answer 19

Pass time

Question 20

Tocar

Answer 20

Play a musical instrument

Question 21

Jugar

Answer 21

Hacer algo para divertirse, participar en un deporte

Question 22

Tiempo

Answer 22

duracion

Question 23

Vez

Answer 23

each act or event in a series

Question 24

Hora

Answer 24

A determined moment in the day

Question 25

Pensar en

Answer 25

keep in mind

Question 26

Pensar de/ sobre

Answer 26

Refers to an opinion

Question 27

Pensar

Answer 27

consider or contemplate a certain action

Question 28

Saber

Answer 28

knowing information

Question 29

Conocer

Answer 29

knowing a person/being familiar with someone

Question 30

Pero

Answer 30

involves the contrast between two ideas

Question 31

Sino

Answer 31

involves the contrast between a negative and affirmative idea (translates to “but rather”)

Question 32

Personaje

Answer 32

person represented in literature, film, etc.

Question 33

Caracter

Answer 33

personality, way of being a person or thing (ex. strong and chrismatic)

Question 34

Actual

Answer 34

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.

Question 35

Embarazada

Answer 35

A woman who is about to have a baby

Question 36

Relatar

Answer 36

to tell (a story etc) report [verb] to give a statement or description of what has been said, seen, done etc

Question 37

Atender

Answer 37

Caring, helping. It is not used to refer to being present in a place, party, class. etc. For that use the word “asistir”

Question 38

Falta

Answer 38

the state of not having something, of needing it

Question 39

Culpa

Answer 39

It is used to refer to responsibility for something bad

Question 40

A causa de

Answer 40

by; as a result of. Note that it is only used to introduce a clause