spanish class Flashcards
I’m American
soy americano (profesión, nacionalidad, ideología = ser)
I’m a sociologist
soy socialista (profesión, nacionalidad, ideología = ser)
there were many people in Ohio that spoke Spanish
había muchas personas en Ohio que hablaban español
there are not many people in Mexico who speak English
no hay muchas personas en México que hablen inglés
one hour every day
una hora todos los días
problem
el problema
program
el programa
system
el sistema
map
el mapa
theme / genre
el tema
language
el idioma ó el lengua (tongue)
I know how to do it
yo sé como lo hacer
so much energy
mucha energia
store
tienda (where you choose what to buy) // negocio
responses
respuestas
I am not going very fast
no estoy yendo muy rapida
budget
presupuesto
oil
aceite
oil for a car
petroleum
price
precio
short // low (as in prices)
bajo
last week
la semana pasada
meter // measuring device
medidor
you need to get out of there
necesitas de salir ahi
comfortable
comodo // comfortable
to leave
dejar / salir
accomplishment
logro
to drive (a car)
conducir
to get drunk
embriegarse // emborracharse
sick
enfermo
heat / hot
calor / caliente
my phone died
mi teléfono murió
to appear or seem
parecar
to measure depth using a weighted line (fathom)
sonar
it sounds like
suena como
to probe people’s opinions
sonar
exciting
emocionante, excitante
many interesting things happened
muchas cosas interesante pasadarón
for two days
por dos días
kind
amable
mountains
los montagnes
flat tire //
Neumático desinflado // caucho // llantas
the perfect place
el lugar perfecto
distracted
distraído
last week
la semana pasada
“b” in Venezuela
“v” in Venezuela
be grande
ve pequeña
“Vaca” is written with a “v” and “burro” is written with a “b”
“Vaca” se escribe con v chica, y “burro” se escribe con b grande.
it’s funny
es gracioso
to listen to an audiobook
escuchar un audiolibro
what does it mean
que significa eso
grandmother
abuela
to place // a place
lugar // un sitio
grammaticaly
gramaticalmente
One should use
se debe usar
Should we meet today?
¿Deberíamos encontrarnos hoy?
together
juntos
any
cualquier
racist
racista
at least
al menos
they always say that it is underpaid
siempre dicen que es malpagado
I went to Venezuela
volvi a Venezuela
I thought that I wasn’t going to go
yo pensé que no iba a ir
I had a trip
tenia un viaje
I give
yo doy
geopolitical
geopolítico
I can get
yo puedo conseguir
whatever I want from there in the USA
lo que yo quiero de alla de USA
It costs the same as it does there
cuesta lo mismo que alla
but we don’t make money like there (in the USA)
pero no ganamos como alla
the things which come from there
las cosas que vienen de alla
to play (a sport, game)
jugar
to play (an instrument)
tocar, also to touch
I don’t know how they teach you that
yo no se como le enseñan a uno eso
to one that
a uno eso
what happened to the glass of the van?
Que paso con el vidrio de la camioneta?
settle down // to establish
establecerse // eslablecer
to plan
planificar
in some ways
en algunas formas
bed sheet
sàbana
the Savannah
la Sabana
the people who I haven’t been able to see in a year
la gente que no he podido ver en un año
we go at six in the morning
vamos a las seis de la mañana
for now
por ahora
my parents
mis padres
family members
parientes
I don’t know if they are going to continue
no se si van a continuar
the silences are really awkward
los silencios son muy incómidos
your friend would ask you
tu amiga te preguntaría
10 years ago
hace diez años
sleeping
durmiendo
dolls
muñecas
to wake / to wake up
despertar // despertarse
to start
empezar
ir meanings
to go, to come, to be going to,
(reflexive) to go away, to leak out, to overflow, to go out (lights), to finish, wear out, disappear,
(reflexive) to die, to break wind or fart, to wet/soil oneself, to ejaculate/cum
almost unbelievable
casi incredible
the atrocities suffered
las atrocidades sufridas
medicine
medicamento
circumstance
circunstancia
human traficker
cojote?
Simón Bolívar
Venezuelan military & political leader who led Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia to independence from the Spanish Empire. El Libertador // the Liberator of America…
Pronto is Colombian, and still is a fan of the crown, because of the red street (there’s a single word for this) where Bolívar killed everyone to prove a point.
drugs
drogas
Operation Gideon (2020)
USA failed invasion of Venezuela (Silvercorp USA), to remove Maduro. There are some who support it, and think it could’ve saved them. Also Venezuelans love trump
When was the Venezuelan economy better than USA’s?
~1955
From the 1950s to the early 1980s, the Venezuelan economy, which was buoyed by high oil prices, was one of the strongest and most prosperous in South America. The continuous growth during that period attracted many immigrants.
In 1950, Venezuela was the world’s 4th wealthiest nation per capita.
However, Rómulo Betancourt (President from 1959 to 1964) inherited from 1958 to 1959 onward an enormous internal and external debt caused by rampant public spending.
Hugo Chávez
hates the USA
Marxist-Leninist (Fidel, Raúl, Evo Morales in Bolivia, Rafael Correa in Ecuador, Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua)
Chávez described his policies as anti-imperialist, being a prominent adversary of the United States’s foreign policy as well as a vocal critic of neoliberalism and laissez-faire capitalism. He described himself as a Marxist. He supported Latin American and Caribbean cooperation and was instrumental in setting up the pan-regional Union of South American Nations, the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas, the Bank of the South and the regional television network TeleSUR. Chavez’s ideas, programs, and style form the basis of “Chavismo”, a political ideology closely associated with Bolivarianism and socialism of the 21st century.
Nicolás Maduro
Maduro has been described as an autocrat and a “dictator”. An Organization of American States (OAS) report determined that crimes against humanity have been committed during his presidency.
Most Venezuelan television channels are controlled by the state, and information unfavorable to the government is not covered completely.
On 26 March 2020, the U.S. Department of Justice indicted Maduro on charges of drug trafficking and narco-terrorism, and the Department of State offered a $15 million reward for information that helps “bring him to justice”.
In office since 5 March 2013
Disputed since 10 January 2019
Internationally, support has followed geopolitical lines, with Russia, China, Cuba, Iran, Syria, and Turkey supporting Maduro, while the majority of Western and Latin American countries supported Guaidó as acting president.
ironic
irónica
Gabriel García Márquez
Author kinda like game of thrones, with winding individual paths. very popular. Haimeé doesn’t like this kind of writing…
Should you travel to Venezuela (July 2022)
Do not travel to Venezuela due to crime, civil unrest, poor health infrastructure, kidnapping, and the arrest and detention of U.S. citizens without due process or fair trial guarantees. Exercise increased caution in Venezuela due to terrorism and wrongful detentions.
how far from south america to USA?
The first 60 miles would be a miserable slog through a swamp (the Darién Gap) but, once you get through that, one can take the Pan American Highway. Starting at Yaviza, Panama and going to Lorado, Texas, the trip is around 3000 miles. Assuming a travel time of 20 miles per day, which is quite fast for a non-infantry trained person, that works out to about 150 days, if one doesn’t take a day off every once in a while.
spouse (husband / wife)
esposo / esposa
nieces
sobrinas
divorced
divorciado
we have
hemos
to work
trabajar
storage
almacenamiento
full
lleno
a meeting or gathering
una reunion
competition
la competencia (the spirit of.)
la competición / el concurso (an event)
sports
desportes
players (female)
jugadoras
slow
lento
allergies
alergía
summer
el berano
spring
el primavera
winter
invierno
didn’t work
no funcionó
accent
acento
in the end
al final
diary
diario
restaurants
restaurantes
padlock
candado
desk desktop
escritorio
wood
madera
I am going to make flashcards
voy a hacer tarjetas
I made
hice
I can show you
puedo mostrarte
I click
doy click
nothing happened
nada ocurre
what have you done?
que has hecho
east
este
west
oeste
city
ciudad
I can park my van anywhere
yo puedo ubicar mi camioneta en cualquier lugar
wherever I am
donde quiera que esté
immediately
inmediatamente
and then…
y después
I am excited to go to Florida
estoy emocionado por ir a Florida
to teach
enseñar
my internet is bad for short periods of time
mi internet por pocos es malo
I don’t have a routine
no tengo una rutina
the only thing I did
lo único que hice
organizing
organizando
I wake up
me despierto
to wake up
despertarse
a sunrise (also a verb, to rise, to wake up)
(un) amanecer
the sun rises
el sol sale
a programmer
un programador
reading
leyendo
a project
un proyecto
17 million
diecisiete millones
100 million
cien millones
in a browser
en un buscador
too many projects
demasiados proyectos
to choose
elegir
I choose / he chose / I chose
yo elijo / el elijó / yo elijé
to find another project
encontrar otro proyecto
adjectives
adjetivos
a good project // a project good
un buen proyecto // un proyecto bueno
it pleased me to see you again
me encantó verte nuevamente
better than mine
mejor que el mio
to demand
exigir
an advantage
ventaja
in this way
de esta manera
I can squeeze through those bars
quepo entre los barrotes
to prepare / arrange, order, decide, stipulate, have available, to get ready to…
disponer
in fact, sometimes …
de hecho, a veces
to amuse, entertain, distract
distraigo
many different countries
muchos países diferentes
sin embargo
however
to compare and improve
comparar y mejorar
to chat
charlar
I get up at around 9
Yo me despierto a las nueve más o menos
it’s freezing cold
hace un frío helador
outside
afuera
to mix
mezclar
to ask (not preguntar)
pedir
my boyfriend / girlfriend
mi novio / novia
I can’t believe it
No puedo creerlo
it doesn’t hurt me
no me duele
my goodness!
¡menos mal!
between us two
entre nosotros
to smile
sonreír
even so // still
aún así // aún
I have to meet with my teacher
tengo que encontrarme con mi profesor
I hope that I finish
espero que yo termine (subj) // ó espero terminar
disease spread
contagio de enfermedades
the way in which they interact, how they spread diseases
la forma como ellos interactúan, como se contagian de las enfermedades
ó cómo propagan enfermedades
how spread works
cómo el contagio funciona
how parents give a name to their kids
como los padres dan un nombre a sus hijos
hypothesis
hipótesis
because I am embarrassed
porque me avergüenzo
it’s 4 hours from New York, because it’s in the middle of nowhere
es A 4 horas de Nueva York porque está en medio de la nada
southwest
suroeste
northwest
noroeste
northeast
noreste
southeast
sureste
without translating from English to Spanish
sin traducir del inglés al español
thanks for helping
gracias por ayudar
it seems very difficult
me parece muy difícil
the root
la raíz
I’m confused
estoy confundido
I do whatever I want
yo hago cualquier cosa que quiero
recently
recientemente
octopus
octopodo / pulpo
